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Cedric Boswell (born July 21, 1969) is an American professional boxer. He was touted as a future heavyweight contender early in his pro career, which began in 1994.

As an amateur, he defeated Shannon Briggs on points at the National Golden Gloves quarterfinals.

Known as "The Bos", Boswell began his professional career with 21 straight wins, blasting out limited opposition to set up a fight against Jameel McCline in 2003. McCline won via TKO in the 10th, and Boswell didn't fight again until 2006.

Boswell fought undefeated (27-0) Roman Greenberg in August 2008, and won via a shocking 2nd-round TKO.

As of July 2009, he was 30-1 and ranked 38th in the International Boxing Organization's heavyweight computerized rankings. He also ranked 14th in the United States in the heavyweight division.

On December 3, 2011, Boswell lost to Alexander Povetkin for the WBA (regular) title. The fight took place at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland.

Professional boxing record

35 Wins (26 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts, 0 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	22-0	Alexander Povetkin	KO	8	2011-12-03	Helsinki, Finland	WBA Heavyweight Title. Boswell knocked out at 2:58 of the eighth round.
Win	20-2	Kertson Manswell	UD	10	2011-06-04	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	WBC Latino/NABA Heavyweight Titles.
Win	55-10	Oliver McCall	UD	10	2011-03-18	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	WBC Latino/NABA Heavyweight Titles.
Win	20-9-1	Dominique Alexander	TKO	2	2011-01-22	White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S.	WBC Latino Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the second round.
Win	29-6	Owen Beck	KO	9	2010-12-07	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	WBC Latino Heavyweight Title. Beck knocked out at 2:29 of the ninth round.
Win	23-15-2	Cisse Salif	UD	8	2009-09-26	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Win	9-6-2	Serdal Uysal	TKO	6	2009-06-20	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Win	15-19-2	Harold Sconiers	TKO	1	2009-04-03	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the first round.
Win	27-0	Roman Greenberg	TKO	2	2008-08-29	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	IBF North American/USBA Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the second round.
Win	26-16-2	Cliff Couser	TKO	2	2008-07-12	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the second round.
Win	15-19-1	Zack Page	UD	8	2008-05-23	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Win	18-7	Josh Gutcher	KO	2	2007-12-01	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.	Gutcher knocked out at 2:18 of the second round.
Win	34-11	Steve Pannell	KO	1	2007-05-18	Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.	Pannell knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.
Win	9-6	Robert Kooser	TKO	1	2007-01-12	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:12 of the first round.
Win	7-11	Wallace McDaniel	TKO	2	2006-04-28	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the second round.
Loss	29-3-3	Jameel McCline	TKO	10	2003-10-03	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the tenth round.
Win	25-1	Jim Strohl	TKO	5	2003-01-25	Temecula, California, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:46 of the fifth round.
Win	6-3	Willie Perryman	KO	3	2002-12-06	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Win	21-3-3	Talmadge Griffis	TKO	2	2002-11-03	Friant, California, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the second round.
Win	23-11-1	Melvin Foster	UD	8	2002-09-22	Friant, California, U.S.
Win	5-7-2	Clarence Goins	KO	2	2002-08-18	Temecula, California, U.S.	Goins knocked out at 2:19 of the second round.
Win	13-4-2	Terry Porter	TKO	7	1999-12-18	Tunica, Mississippi, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the seventh round.
Win	5-6	Mike Middleton	TKO	2	1999-05-15	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:38 of the second round.
Win	31-17-2	Mike Sedillo	UD	10	1998-05-12	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Win	16-60-2	Danny Wofford	TKO	3	1997-09-09	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Win	14-0	Marcus McIntyre	TKO	3	1997-06-17	Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
Win	2-0-1	Jermaine Woods	UD	6	1997-04-18	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	0-1	Gerald Mitchell	TKO	1	1997-02-26	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Win	0-1	Alexander Vasiliev	TKO	5	1996-10-08	London, England
Win	8-4	Keith Fletcher	TKO	3	1996-04-02	Southwark, London, England
Win	1-3	Jeff Garrigan	KO	1	1995-08-23	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Win	3-5	Bradley Rone	PTS	4	1995-05-23	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Win	--	Nelson Ramsey	KO	1	1995-04-26	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Win	--	Bernard Hatcher	KO	1	1995-03-31	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Win	--	Nardi Johnson	TKO	1	1995-03-01	Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Win	2-39-2	Jordan Keepers	PTS	4	1995-01-26	Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Win	2-0	Tommy Clark	TKO	4	1994-07-20	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.