Michael Gibbons
Boxer
- Born
- 23 September 1978
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer
Michael "The Godfather" Gibbons (born September 23, 1978 in Midfield, Alabama) is a former lightweight prizefighter who fought as a southpaw out of Birmingham, Alabama. He was known for his uncanny ability to make people miss him with punches.
He is the reigning Southern Championship Boxing Council Junior Welterweight Champion and as an amateur won the 2004 Alabama State Golden Gloves title, 2005 Alabama State Golden Gloves title, 2006 Alabama State Golden Gloves 132-pound open division championship. He also won the 2005 Southeastern Association Championship.
Gibbons was turned onto the sport at the age of 16 when he saw Pernell Whitaker fight Buddy McGirt on HBO on October 1, 1994. He began collecting fight tapes emulating what he saw and says that he modelled his style of fighting on that of Pernell Whitaker's. He graduated from Midfield High School in 1996 and trained locally until his coaches' houses were destroyed by the 1998 F-5 Oak Grove tornado.
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