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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Edwin Jerome Coffee March 16, 1958 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) | |||||||||||
| Weight | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
| Boxing career | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 66 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||
| Total fights | 49 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 35 | |||||||||||
| Win by KO | 19 | |||||||||||
| Losses | 13 | |||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||
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Jerome "Kid" Coffee (born March 16, 1958) is an American former professional boxer in the bantamweight division.
Coffee had an outstanding amateur career and won several national championships, Amateur record 205 fights 193 wins (or 185–8 by the May 5, 1980 estimate) including:
He was ranked #3 Flyweight amateur boxer in the world by the AIBA.
Coffee turned professional in 1980 and had great success. He won his first 26 bouts, leading up to a clash with Jeff Fenech for the IBF bantamweight title in 1985 in Sydney, Australia. Fenech retained his title over Coffee via unanimous decision after the bout went the full 15 rounds. Coffee retired in 1994.
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