| Willie Monroe Jr. | |
| Nickname: | El Mongoose[1] |
| Height: | 5feet |
| Weight: | Super Middleweight Middleweight |
| Reach: | 740NaN0 |
| Birth Date: | December 17, 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 27 |
| Wins: | 24 |
| Ko: | 6 |
| Losses: | 3 |
Willie Monroe Jr. (born December 17, 1986) is an American professional boxer. He has challenged twice for a world title; first in 2015 for the WBA (Super), interim WBC, and IBO middleweight titles. In 2017, he challenged for the WBO middleweight title.
Monroe's amateur record was 128–14, he won gold at the Empire Games and in the New York Golden Gloves.[2]
Monroe made his debut on March 27, 2008 against Erix Quinteros. After winning his first 10 fights, his first loss came against Darnell Boone in 2011. After the loss he was released by his promoter.[3] After 17 months without a fight, Monroe returned to the ring in August 2012.[4] In 2014 he won the Boxcino Tournament which aired on ESPN 2.[5] On January 16, 2015 he defeated Brian Vera in a 10-round unanimous decision.[6]
Monroe fought against undefeated Gennady Golovkin on May 16, 2015.[7] [8] He lost the fight with a sixth round TKO.[9]
On September 16, 2017, Monroe Jr challenged Billy Joe Saunders for his WBO middleweight title but ultimately suffered the third defeat of his career, via a unanimous decision.
On 24 August, 2018, Monroe Jr fought and defeated Javier Francisco Maciel via unanimous decision, winning 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 on the scorecards.[10]
In his next bout, Monroe Jr faced the WBC #14 at middleweight Hugo Centeno Jr.[11] In a largely slow and actionless fight, Monroe Jr managed to come out with a unanimous decision victory, 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94 on the scorecards.[12]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Win | 24–3 |  Hugo Centeno Jr. | | ||||
| 26 | Win | 23–3 |  Javier Francisco Maciel | | ||||
| 25 | Win | 22–3 |  Carlos Galvan | | ||||
| 24 | Loss | 21–3 | Billy Joe Saunders | |||||
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Gabriel Rosado | |||||
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | John Thompson | |||||
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 |  Gennadiy Golovkin | |||||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Brian Vera | |||||
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Brandon Adams | |||||
| 18 | Win | 17–1 |  Vitalii Kopylenko | |||||
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Donatas Bondorovas | |||||
| 16 | Win | 15–1 |  Miguel Alvarez | |||||
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Toris Smith | |||||
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Michael Walker | |||||
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Russell Jordan | |||||
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Mark Anderson | |||||
| 11 | Loss | 10–1 | Darnell Boone | |||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Mickey Scarborough | |||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Loren Myers | |||||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ibahiem King | |||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Troy Artis | |||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tyson Schwieger | |||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Torrence King | |||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Chris Aucoin | |||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Wilson Montero | |||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Edward Smith | |||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Erix Quinteros | |||||