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George "Comanche Boy" Tahdooahnippah (born December 3, 1978) is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC Continental Americas middleweight and Native American Boxing Council super middleweight titles. He also works as an environment and Diabetes specialist.

George Tahdooahnippah
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Comanche Boy
Weight(s)	Light Heavyweight Super Middleweight Middleweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach	73 in (185 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	(1978-12-03) December 3, 1978 (age 43) Colorado, United States
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	42
Wins	34
Wins by KO	24
Losses	3
Draws	3
No contests	2

Early life

Tahdooahnippah is a member of the Comanche Nation and is also Choctaw. He won the honor as a Cadet Greco-Roman All-American, placing 7th in the United States. He also represented Oklahoma as an "Oklahoma All Star" and toured Japan before receiving a full wrestling scholarship to Delaware State University.[1]

Kickboxer

At the age of 23, he became an amateur kickboxer, winning the North Texas light heavyweight title. He was also the runner-up at the 2002 "Sansho-Kickboxing World Championships". He participated in the Original Toughman competition, where he won the light heavyweight championship.

Professional boxing career

He did not have his first professional boxing match until age 25. He eventually teamed with manager Bobby Dobbs. He has worked with world class trainers such as Shadeed Suluki and David Vaughn. He currently trains at the Mad Man Boxing Gym in Elgin, OK.[2]

NABC Super Middleweight Championship

On September 12, 2008, Tahdooahnippah defeated Jonathan Corn with a seventh round TKO to win the vacant Native American Boxing Council Super Middleweight Championship.[3]

Professional boxing record

28 Wins (21 knockouts), 0 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	28-0-1	Jimmy Holmes	KO	1st (2:28) of 10	July 16, 2011	Comanche Nation Casino, Lawton, Oklahoma	vacant WBC Continental Americas title
Win	27-0-1	Thomas Longacre	UD	6 of 6	February 25, 2011	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Win	26-0-1	Eloy Suarez	UD	6 of 6	January 13, 2011	Remington Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Win	25-0-1	Steve Walker	TKO	2 (0:37) of 6	November 12, 2010	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Win	24-0-1	Dezi Ford	TKO	1 (2:59) of 6	July 8, 2010	Remington Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Win	23-0-1	Dave Saunders	UD	6 of 6	April 22, 2010	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma

References

External links

• Official website archived from the original.
• Boxing record for George Tahdooahnippah from BoxRec (registration required)

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