| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Choo Choo |
| Nationality | Bahamian |
| Born | 27 December 1979 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | middleweight/super middleweight/light heavyweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 27 |
| Wins | 19(KO 15) |
| Losses | 8 (KO 3) |
Jermain "Choo Choo" Mackey (born 27 December 1979) is a Bahamian professional boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the Bahamas super middleweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) super middleweight title, World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedecaribe super middleweight title, Commonwealth super middleweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) North American Boxing Organization (NABO) super middleweight title against Jean Pascal, WBC International super middleweight title against Adonis Stevenson, and World Boxing Association Fedelatin super middleweight title against Kirt Sinnette, his professional fighting weight varied from welterweight to light heavyweight.[1] He represented the Bahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[2]
Early life and amateur career
editMackey was born in Nassau, The Bahamas.[3]
Mackey trained with Ray Minus Jr., beginning at a gym located near his home.[4] As an amateur, he became a four-time gold medallist at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association Championships and won the Senior Boxer-of-the-Year award at the Ray Minus Boxing Club in 2002 and 2003.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "17.Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England - July 26 - August 4 2002". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Jermain Mackey". BoxRec. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ Stubbs, Brent (24 August 2020). "Ray Minus Jr's Champion Amateur Boxing Club relocates". The Tribune. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ "Mackey wins Bahamas Boxer of the Year award". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 26 December 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Jermain Mackey from BoxRec (registration required)
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