Tim Austin Biography
Timothy Austin (born April 14, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He is now a coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym in Cincinnati.
Amateur career
Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113–9.
Amateur accomplishments
- 1990 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion
- 1991 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion
- 1991 United States Amateur flyweight champion
- Representing the United States, Austin won a bronze medal as a flyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Yuliyan Strogov (Bulgaria) 19-7
- Defeated Benjamin Mwangata (Tanzania) 19-8
- Lost to Raúl González (Cuba) RSC 1
Professional career
Known as "Cincinnati Kid", Austin won the IBF Bantamweight *le by defeating Mbulelo Botile in 1997. He successfully defended his *le against nine fighters before losing to Rafael Marquez by an 8th-round technical knockout in 2003.
Professional boxing record
Legal troubles
Austin was accused of *aulting an escort at the U.S olympic boxing team hotel in Sydney, Australia during the 2000 Olympics.
Shortly after the loss to Marquez, Austin was accused, and later acquitted, of raping a 16-year-old girl. With his legal troubles behind him, Austin resumed his career in 2005 but his comeback was quickly derailed when he lost via TKO to journeyman Eric Aiken, who went on to win the IBF featherweight *le.
See also
- List of southpaw stance boxers
- List of world bantamweight boxing champions
References
External links
- Boxing record for Tim Austin from BoxRec (registration required)
- Tim Austin at Olympedia
