Glen Kelly | |
Realname: | Glen Kelly |
Nickname: | Kunga |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Reach: | 71 in |
Weight: | Light heavyweight, Cruiserweight |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 1971 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | La Perouse, Sydney, Australia |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 35 |
Wins: | 31 |
Ko: | 17 |
Losses: | 3 |
Draws: | 1 |
Glen Kelly (born 8 March 1971 in La Perouse, New South Wales) is an Indigenous Australian professional boxer. The pinnacle of Kelly's boxing career came in 2002, when he unsuccessfully challenged Roy Jones Jr for the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, WBF and IBA light heavyweight World titles. Kelly, who came in undefeated, was knocked out in the seventh round.[1]
Kelly won the New South Wales light-heavyweight title in 1996, before winning the Australian Light Heavyweight title the following year and the IBF Pan Pacific light heavyweight title (against Anthony Bigeni) in 1999. he defended them titles against Sam Soliman before relinquished his Australian titles to fight in USA, beating Billy Lewis for the IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title in 2000. Kelly then moved to be trained by former world champion, Jeff Fenech. His biggest fight was against Roy Jones Jr. for the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, WBF and IBA light heavyweight World titles in 2002. Kelly was outclassed by Jones, being knocked out in the seventh round.[2] His final fight was against David Haye in 2005 which he lost by TKO in the 2nd round.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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35 | Loss | 31–3–1 | David Haye | TKO | 2 (10), | 4 March 2005 | |||
34 | Win | 31–2–1 | Kariz Kariuki | UD | 12 | 8 August 2004 | |||
33 | Win | 30–2–1 | Luis Oscar Ricail | TKO | 6 (10), | 23 January 2004 | |||
32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Simon Paterson | UD | 12 | 13 April 2003 | |||
31 | Loss | 28–2–1 | Paul Briggs | TKO | 4 (12) | 18 September 2002 | |||
30 | Loss | 28–1–1 | Roy Jones Jr. | KO | 7 (12), | 2 February 2002 | |||
29 | Win | 28–0–1 | Jamie Wallace | UD | 8 | 3 August 2001 | |||
28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Sakeasi Dakua | TKO | 3 (10) | 29 June 2001 | |||
27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Billy Lewis | TKO | 10 (10), | 24 February 2001 | |||
26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Billy Lewis | TKO | 7 (12), | 7 September 2000 | |||
25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Mosese Sorovi | UD | 12 | 17 March 2000 | |||
24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Laverne Clark | TKO | 6 (10) | 22 November 1999 | |||
23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Sam Soliman | UD | 12 | 28 September 1999 | |||
22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Anthony Bigeni | PTS | 12 | 4 June 1999 | |||
21 | Win | 20–0–1 | John Mugabi | TKO | 8 (12) | 16 January 1999 | |||
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Sam Leuii | TKO | 7 (12) | 27 August 1998 | |||
19 | Win | 18–0–1 | John Wyborn | TKO | 3 (10) | 24 April 1998 |
His brother is also a professional boxer Kevin Kelly
he is married to Tracy Kelly and they have 5 kids together. they have been together for over 20 years.