The Resume

(January 16, 1969- )
1988 Olympic Silver medalist
Professional boxing debut (May 6th 1989)
IBF Middleweight Champion (May 22, 1993 - December 2004)
IBF Super Middleweight Champion (November 18, 1994 - December 1996)
Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion (November 22, 1996 - March 21, 1997; August 7th, 1997 - May 16, 2004)
WBA Heavyweight Champion (March 1, 2003 - February 20, 2004)
Defeated by Antonio Tarver in a 2nd round knockout to lose the WBC and WBA Light Heavyweight title (May 16, 2004)

Why he might be annoying:

He threaten to quit boxing to become a European professional basketball player.
He may have coined the term 'greatest pound for pound fighter.'
He rides a motorcycle.
He has been accused of choosing inferior opponents and dodging challenges.
He was disqualified from a fight after landing two punches on a kneeling opponent (Montell Griffin - March 21, 1997).
A week before losing a 2nd round knockout to Antonio Tarver, he told a reporter: 'Tarver couldn't beat me at my worst' (May 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

Despite having a broken hand going into his first title fight (against Bernard Hopkins), he refused to back out and wound up winning the vacant IBF Middleweight title.
At 13 years old, he fought Antonio Tarver at the Sunshine State Games (Gainesville, FL) and won (1982).
He unfairly lost a controversial decision in the 1988 Olympics that cost him the gold medal.
While fighting Vinny Pazienza, he went an entire round without getting hit by a punch (June 24th 1995).
By 2002, he held seven light heavyweight championship titles.
He defeated John Ruiz in a 12 round decision to become the WBA Heavyweight Champion (2004).
He fought in 50 professional boxing matches before losing for the first time by knockout (May 16, 2004).
He helps support the financial needs of his friend, Gerald McClellan, who went blind and wheelchair bound after coming out of a boxing fight induced coma.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Arli$$ - Guest Stars
• Athletes Who Think They are Musicians
• Boxers
• Boxing Hall of Famers (Ranked: 2022)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1161969)
• Celebrity Juniors
• Complex.com's 50 Cockiest Athletes of All-Time (Ranked: 21)
• Dual Sport Participants
• ESPY’s Best Boxer (Ranked: 1996)
• ESPY’s Best Boxer (Ranked: 2000)
• ESPY’s Best Boxer (Ranked: 2003)
• Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [1999] (Ranked: 95)
• Fox's Top 50 Sports People of 2003 (Ranked: 16)
• Howard Stern's E! Show
• I Squandered My Talent
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Boxing Gloves
• Look at Me, I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
• Lycos' Top 8 Junior Searches [July 2001] (Ranked: 8)
• Matrix [Series]
• MTV's Cribs
• PopCrunch's 19 Most Embarrassing Crossover Hip-Hop Attempts [April 2009]
• Profiles 1-250 (Ranked: 215)
• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year (Ranked: 1994)
• Secret Talents of the Stars [2008]
• Smith Versus Jones
• Sport's Illustrated's 101 Most Influential Minorites in Sports (Ranked: 70)
• Supersized Egos

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 55.81% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 110 Votes: 75.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 137 Votes: 67.88% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 261 Votes: 57.85% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 490 Votes: 56.33% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 761 Votes: 55.19% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2506 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 5382 Votes: 44.59% Annoying