Verno Phillips | |
Realname: | Verno Jeremias Phillips |
Weight: | |
Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
Reach: | 69 in |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1969 |
Birth Place: | Belize City, Belize |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 55 |
Wins: | 42 |
Ko: | 21 |
Losses: | 11 |
Draws: | 1 |
No Contests: | 1 |
Verno Jeremias Phillips (born November 29, 1969) is a Belizean former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He is a three-time junior middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1993 to 1995, and the IBF title twice in 2004 and 2008.
Phillips turned professional in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO light middleweight title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino. He defended the title four times before losing a decision to Paul Jones of England. In 2004 Phillips captured the vacant IBF light middleweight title by beating Carlos Bojorquez via a TKO, but lost the belt in his next fight to Kassim Ouma. He lost his next bout to Ike Quartey, but in 2006 rallied with wins over Juan Carlos Candelo and Teddy Reid, televised by ESPN. On March 27, 2008, Phillips beat Cory Spinks by disputed split decision to regain the IBF light middleweight title.
Philips signed to fight the young Paul Williams on November 29, 2008, on HBO for the vacant WBO interim light middleweight title, vacating his IBF title in the process.[1] Phillips ended up losing the bout the after his cornerman, Trevor Wittman, stopped the fight at the end of the eighth round, resulting in only the second loss via TKO in his career.[2]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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55 | Loss | 42–11–1 | Paul Williams | TKO | 8 (12), | Nov 29, 2008 | |||
54 | Win | 42–10–1 | Cory Spinks | SD | 12 | Mar 27, 2008 | |||
53 | Win | 41–10–1 | Eduardo Sanchez | UD | 10 | Feb 16, 2007 | |||
52 | Win | 40–10–1 | Teddy Reid | TKO | 12 (12), | Aug 9, 2006 | |||
51 | Win | 39–10–1 | Juan Carlos Candelo | UD | 10 | Apr 5, 2006 | |||
50 | Loss | 38–10–1 | Ike Quartey | UD | 10 | Jun 18, 2005 | |||
49 | Loss | 38–9–1 | Kassim Ouma | UD | 12 | Oct 2, 2004 | |||
48 | Win | 38–8–1 | Carlos Bojorquez | 6 (12), | Jun 5, 2004 | ||||
47 | Win | 37–8–1 | Julio Garcia | TKO | 1 (12), | Mar 5, 2004 | |||
46 | Win | 36–8–1 | Michael Lerma | UD | 10 | Sep 5, 2003 | |||
45 | Win | 35–8–1 | Bronco McKart | UD | 10 | Apr 25, 2003 | |||
44 | Win | 34–8–1 | Jose Flores | UD | 10 | Dec 6, 2002 | |||
43 | Win | 33–8–1 | Tony Badea | TKO | 4 (10), | Jul 19, 2002 | |||
42 | Win | 32–8–1 | Christian Lloyd Joseph | TKO | 5 (12) | Mar 29, 2002 | |||
41 | Loss | 31–8–1 | Kassim Ouma | UD | 10 | Sep 7, 2001 | |||
40 | Win | 31–7–1 | Vincent Moses | KO | 5 (8) | Jun 30, 2000 | |||
39 | Win | 30–7–1 | Julian Jackson | KO | 9 (12), | Jan 23, 1998 | |||
38 | Win | 29–7–1 | Godfrey Nyakana | TKO | 11 (12), | Aug 29, 1997 | |||
37 | Win | 28–7–1 | Gianfranco Rosi | MD | 12 | May 21, 1997 | |||
36 | Win | 27–7–1 | Darryl Ruffin | UD | 8 | Mar 14, 1997 | |||
35 | Loss | 26–7–1 | Silvio Branco | UD | 12 | Feb 13, 1997 | |||
34 | Win | 26–6–1 | Juan Italo Meza | UD | 10 | Oct 4, 1996 | |||
33 | Loss | 25–6–1 | Peter Venancio | UD | 10 | Jun 25, 1996 | |||
32 | Loss | 25–5–1 | Paul Jones | 12 | Nov 22, 1995 | ||||
31 | 25–4–1 | Gianfranco Rosi | UD | 12 | May 17, 1995 | ||||
30 | Win | 25–4–1 | Santos Cardona | 12 | Feb 3, 1995 | ||||
29 | Win | 24–4–1 | Santos Cardona | UD | 12 | Nov 9, 1994 | |||
28 | Win | 23–4–1 | Jaime Llanes | TKO | 7 (12), | Jul 25, 1994 | |||
27 | Win | 22–4–1 | Lupe Aquino | TKO | 7 (12), | Oct 30, 1993 | |||
26 | Win | 21–4–1 | Rafael Williams | TKO | 5 (10), | May 28, 1993 | |||
25 | Win | 20–4–1 | Michael Ward | UD | 10 | Dec 23, 1992 | |||
24 | Win | 19–4–1 | Ricardo Raul Nunez | KO | 6 (10) | May 22, 1992 | |||
23 | Win | 18–4–1 | Jose Luis Saldivia | KO | 2 (10) | Apr 24, 1992 | |||
22 | Win | 17–4–1 | Mario Alberto Gaston Chavez | TKO | 6 (10) | Jan 24, 1992 | |||
21 | Win | 16–4–1 | Victor Hugo Marino | KO | 7 (10) | Dec 7, 1991 | |||
20 | Win | 15–4–1 | Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla | KO | 2 (10) | Aug 16, 1991 | |||
19 | Win | 14–4–1 | Daniel Omar Dominguez | PTS | 10 | Jul 21, 1991 | |||
18 | Win | 13–4–1 | Julio César Vásquez | 6 (10) | Jun 14, 1991 | ||||
17 | Draw | 12–4–1 | Ramon Anibal Jara | 10 | May 24, 1991 | ||||
16 | Win | 12–4 | Marcelo Domingo Di Croce | TKO | 8 (10) | Nov 23, 1990 | |||
15 | Win | 11–4 | Hector Hugo Vilte | 4 (10) | Nov 16, 1990 | ||||
14 | Win | 10–4 | Floyd Peavy | TKO | 5 (10), | Sep 6, 1990 | |||
13 | Win | 9–4 | Simon Rengifo | UD | 8 | Jun 28, 1990 | |||
12 | Loss | 8–4 | Kenny Gould | UD | 6 | Apr 29, 1990 | |||
11 | Win | 8–3 | Curtis Summit | UD | 10 | Feb 12, 1990 | |||
10 | Loss | 7–3 | Larry Barnes | UD | 8 | Jan 3, 1990 | |||
9 | Win | 7–2 | Clarence White | UD | 6 | Aug 8, 1989 | |||
8 | Win | 6–2 | Jose Nieves | TKO | 3 | Jun 24, 1989 | |||
7 | Win | 5–2 | Anthony Rorie | PTS | 4 | Mar 17, 1989 | |||
6 | Loss | 4–2 | Carl Sullivan | UD | 8 | Sep 29, 1988 | |||
5 | Loss | 4–1 | Carl Sullivan | TKO | 5 | Jul 30, 1988 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Bill Robinson | 3 | May 17, 1988 | ||||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Chris Royal | PTS | 4 | Mar 30, 1988 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Anthony Rorie | 4 | Feb 5, 1988 | ||||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Manuel Braga Opher | 4 | Jan 23, 1988 |