Jerome Coffee

Jerome "Kid" Coffee (born March 16, 1958) is an American former boxer in the bantamweight division.

Jerome Coffee
Statistics
Real nameEdwin Jerome Coffee
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height5 ft 6+12 in (169 cm)[1]
Reach66 in (168 cm)[1]
Nationality United States
Born (1958-03-16) March 16, 1958[1]
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights49
Wins35
Wins by KO19
Losses13
Draws1
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan Flyweight

Amateur career

Coffee had an outstanding amateur career and won several national championships, Amateur record 205 fights 193 wins (or 185–8 by the May 5, 1980 estimate[2]) including:

  • 1977 National AAU Flyweight champion, decisioning Ronnie Clifford of Hickory Hills, Illinois, in the final.
  • 1978 National PAL Flyweight champion
  • 1979 National PAL Flyweight champion
  • 1979 Pan American Games bronze medalist

He was ranked #3 Flyweight amateur boxer in the world by the AIBA.[3]

Professional career

Coffee turned professional in 1980 and had great success. He won his first 26 bouts, leading up to a clash with Australian Jeff Fenech for the IBF bantamweight title in 1985 in Sydney, Australia. Fenech retained his title over Coffee via unanimous decision after the bout went the full 15 rounds. Coffee retired in 1994.

References

  1. "Jerome Coffee". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  2. Amateur Careers Wind Down: Trials Next For Coffee, Bumphus by Tom Wood, The Tennessean, May 18, 1980, p. 74.
  3. Top-ranked amateur boxers to square off Friday, The Jackson Sun, February 3, 1980, p. 29.


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