| Darnell Boone | |
| Realname: | Darnell Lamont Boone |
| Nickname: | Deezol |
| Height: | 5 ft 7+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 72+1/2 in |
| Weight: | |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 54 |
| Wins: | 24 |
| Ko: | 13 |
| Losses: | 25 |
| Draws: | 5 |
Darnell Lamont Boone (born January 21, 1980) is an American professional boxer. Despite having never challenged for a world title, Boone is notable for facing several future world champions throughout his career, from middleweight to light heavyweight.[1] [2] In 2004, he was the first to score a knockdown against undefeated Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, who went on to win a unanimous decision over Boone.[3] In 2010, Boone caused a major upset when he knocked out future world champion Adonis Stevenson, who later gained revenge by knocking out Boone in 2013.[4] Boone also defeated Willie Monroe Jr. in 2011, who later challenged twice for a world title. Other world champions Boone has faced include Jean Pascal, Erislandy Lara, and Sergey Kovalev (twice).[5]
Having gotten a late start into the sport of boxing, Boone had just ten amateur fights before turning professional in 2004. Boone had originally gotten into boxing after attending his younger brother's boxing gym. In his first training session, he sparred with future world champion Kelly Pavlik.[6]
Boone held a record of 6-2-1, with the two losses coming to former IBF middleweight contender Walid Smichet and future IBA contender Walter Wright. Ward, was a heavy favorite despite being just 6-0, and Boone took the fight on just one week's notice. Despite knocking down Ward twice in the fight, he lost a unanimous decision.
After improving to 10-3-1, Boone faced future two-time world title contenders Enrique Ornelas, and Anthony Thompson, losing unanimous decisions in each.
After drawing on points against another future title contender in Lajuan Simon, Boone lost a decision to then-undefeated (12-0) Jean Pascal.
In April 2010, Boone was matched up with future lineal, Ring, and world titleholder Adonis Stevenson, in another fight Boone took on short notice against an undefeated fighter as Stevenson was 13-0 at the time. Boone at the time was 16-15-2, and on a five-fight losing streak (the first three fights being decision losses to Craig McEwan, Erislandy Lara, and Edwin Rodriguez, respectively). In an upset Boone finished Stevenson 17 seconds into the second round. Leading up to the fight, Boone had been self-trained.
Boone took another short-notice fight against future champion and then, 17-0-1 Sergey Kovalev in a light heavyweight bout. Boone fought hard, knocking Kovalev down but later lost a point and ultimately a split decision. Boone was then defeated via first-round TKO against Marco Antonio Periban.
Boone was then matched up with future world title challenger and then-undefeated 10-0 Willie Monroe Jr. In March 2013, Boone fought Stevenson again in a rematch, losing via sixth-round KO.
Boone last fought in November 2018, making his cruiserweight debut, a draw.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Draw | 24–24–5 | Lamont Capers | MD | 8 | Nov 21, 2018 | |||
| 52 | Win | 24–24–4 | Jorge Alfredo Leal | TKO | 1 (6) | Aug 19, 2017 | |||
| 51 | Loss | 23–24–4 | Ramon Luis Nicolas | UD | 8 | Feb 25, 2017 | |||
| 50 | Loss | 23–23–4 | Schiller Hyppolite | UD | 10 | Mar 12, 2016 | |||
| 49 | Win | 23–22–4 | Jimmy Campbell | KO | 2 (6), | Dec 12, 2015 | |||
| 48 | Win | 22–22–4 | Samuel Miller | TKO | 5 (8), | Aug 22, 2015 | |||
| 47 | Loss | 21–22–4 | Arif Magomedov | TKO | 1 (8), | May 22, 2015 | |||
| 46 | Win | 21–21–4 | Phillip Jackson Benson | TKO | 6 (8), | Apr 18, 2015 | |||
| 45 | Win | 20–21–4 | Dionisio Miranda | KO | 3 (10), | Dec 11, 2014 | |||
| 44 | Draw | 19–21–4 | Morgan Fitch | 6 | Nov 30, 2013 | ||||
| 43 | Loss | 19–21–3 | Adonis Stevenson | KO | 6 (10), | Mar 22, 2013 | |||
| 42 | Loss | 19–20–3 | Derrick Webster | SD | 6 | Jan 19, 2013 | |||
| 41 | Loss | 19–19–3 | Sergey Kovalev | TKO | 2 (8), | Jun 1, 2012 | |||
| 40 | Loss | 19–18–3 | Dyah Davis | UD | 6 | Oct 21, 2011 | |||
| 39 | Win | 19–17–3 | Marcus Don Hall | TKO | 1 (6), | Aug 26, 2011 | |||
| 38 | Win | 18–17–3 | Willie Monroe Jr. | SD | 8 | Mar 29, 2011 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 17–17–3 | Marco Antonio Peribán | TKO | 1 (8), | Dec 3, 2010 | |||
| 36 | Loss | 17–16–3 | Sergey Kovalev | SD | 8 | Oct 9, 2010 | |||
| 35 | Draw | 17–15–3 | Lennox Allen | 8 | Aug 7, 2010 | ||||
| 34 | Win | 17–15–2 | Adonis Stevenson | TKO | 2 (8), | Mar 19, 2010 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 16–15–2 | Brandon Gonzales | UD | 8 | Jan 15, 2010 | |||
| 32 | Loss | 16–14–2 | Jose Angel Rodriguez | UD | 8 | Jan 15, 2010 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 16–13–2 | Edwin Rodríguez | UD | 8 | Oct 3, 2009 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 16–12–2 | Erislandy Lara | UD | 6 | Jul 17, 2009 | |||
| 29 | Loss | 16–11–2 | Craig McEwan | 8 | Jun 27, 2009 | ||||
| 28 | Win | 16–10–2 | Calvin Green | TKO | 7 (10), | May 29, 2009 | |||
| 27 | Win | 15–10–2 | Louis Turner | MD | 10 | Apr 4, 2009 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 14–10–2 | Brian Vera | UD | 10 | Jun 15, 2007 | |||
| 25 | Loss | 14–9–2 | Curtis Stevens | UD | 10 | Mar 22, 2007 | |||
| 24 | Win | 14–8–2 | James Johnson | UD | 4 | Feb 3, 2007 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 13–8–2 | Jesús González | UD | 8 | Dec 15, 2006 | |||
| 22 | Win | 13–7–2 | Norman Johnson | TKO | 2 (4) | Dec 1, 2006 | |||
| 21 | Win | 12–7–2 | William Johnson | UD | 4 | Nov 2, 2006 | |||
| 20 | Win | 11–7–2 | Marcus Brooks | UD | 4 | Oct 6, 2006 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 10–7–2 | Fernando Zuniga | MD | 8 | Sep 15, 2006 | |||
| 18 | Loss | 10–6–2 | Jean Pascal | UD | 10 | Jun 23, 2006 | |||
| 17 | Draw | 10–5–2 | Lajuan Simon | PTS | 6 | Apr 28, 2006 | |||
| 16 | Loss | 10–5–1 | Anthony Thompson | UD | 10 | Mar 31, 2006 | |||
| 15 | Loss | 10–4–1 | Enrique Ornelas | UD | 8 | Mar 3, 2006 | |||
| 14 | Win | 10–3–1 | Rasheem Brown | UD | 10 | Feb 18, 2006 | |||
| 13 | Win | 9–3–1 | James Countryman | UD | 6 | Feb 3, 2006 | |||
| 12 | Win | 8–3–1 | Willie Lee | UD | 6 | Jan 13, 2006 | |||
| 11 | Win | 7–3–1 | Ronald Johnson | 6 | Dec 16, 2005 | ||||
| 10 | Loss | 6–3–1 | Andre Ward | UD | 6 | Nov 19, 2005 | |||
| 9 | Win | 6–2–1 | Chris Archer | TKO | 4 (6) | Nov 11, 2005 | |||
| 8 | Loss | 5–2–1 | Walid Smichet | TKO | 6 (8), | Aug 31, 2005 | |||
| 7 | Win | 5–1–1 | James North | KO | 3 (6) | Aug 12, 2005 | |||
| 6 | Loss | 4–1–1 | Walter Wright | UD | 8 | May 24, 2005 | |||
| 5 | Draw | 4–0–1 | Walid Smichet | 4 | Feb 26, 2005 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Alex Black | TKO | 2 (6), | Nov 24, 2004 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Michael Rush | 1 (4), | Sep 29, 2004 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Shawn Williams | 4 | Jul 2, 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jay Holland | 4 | May 21, 2004 |