Ian Gardner (born May 5, 1981), nicknamed The Cobra for his slithering movements in the boxing ring, is a Canadian former professional boxer who was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. In 2001, he moved to the United States to train under Goody Petronelli in Brockton Massachusetts. He primarily fought at middleweight, but also fought once at junior middleweight against Tokunbo Olajide for the vacant NABO and NABC junior middleweight titles in 2004, winning the bout by majority decision. Gardner would then face future middleweight and super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham in 2005 for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title, losing by a 12-round decision. He later fought future light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson for the vacant NABO super middleweight title in the same year, losing by TKO in round 11.
Gardner is one of just six men who have gone the distance with future WBA, WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin, dropping an 8-round decision in 2008. He fought once more and defeated Marcus Thomas by KO in 2009, retiring afterwards.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Win21–4 Marcus ThomasKO4 (8), 2009-05-30 24Loss20–4 Gennady GolovkinUD82008-04-05 23Win20–3 Deandre LatimoreKO3 (8), 2007-01-25 22Loss19–3 Chad DawsonTKO11 (12), 2005-11-18 21Win19–2 Mohamad Abdallah Said SalemUD102005-07-05 20Loss18–2 Arthur AbrahamUD122005-02-12 19Win18–1 Tokunbo Olajide12Nov 20, 2004 18Win17–1 Kuvonchbek ToygonbaevSD102004-09-02 17Win16–1 Patrick PerezUD102004-06-25 16Win15–1 Joshua OnyangoUD8 2003-12-04 15Win14–1 Dave HaddenUD8 2003-08-09 14Win13–1 Dhafir SmithUD8 2003-06-20 13Win12–1 Aundalen SloanTKO8 (8)2003-06-13 12Win11–1 Mike McFailTKO6 (8)2003-04-26 11Win10–1 Luiz Augusto Dos SantosUD82003-03-20 10Win9–1 Joe LorenziTKO2 (6)2003-03-17 9Win8–1 James McCallister2 (8), 2003-01-16 8Win7–1 Michael CorleoneTKO3 (6)2002-11-23 7Win6–1 Keith SonleyTKO3 (6), 2002-10-25 6Win5–1 Kenny Stubbs3 (6)2002-08-30 5Win4–1 Gilberto ReyesSD42002-07-12 4Win3–1 Pierre Moke KulewaUD42001-11-29 3Loss2–1 Peter Manfredo Jr.SD42001-11-02 2Win2–0 Troy Rowland4May 26, 2001 1Win1–0 Tommy Huff42001-04-27
References
External links Gardner Promotions. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019.