Jerome Coffee
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Born
March 16, 1958
Edwin Jerome Coffee
March 16, 1958
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
Reach66 in (168 cm)
Jerome Coffee | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Edwin Jerome Coffee March 16, 1958 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) | |||||||||||
| Reach | 66 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||
| Total fights | 49 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 35 | |||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 19 | |||||||||||
| Losses | 13 | |||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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[1]) including:
- 1977 National AAU Flyweight champion, decisioning Ronnie Clifford of Hickory Hills, Illinois, in the final.
- 1978 National PAL Flyweight champion
- 1979 National PAL Flyweight champion
- 1979 Pan American Games bronze medalist
- Defeated Gilberto Román (Mexico) points
- Defeated Jorge Hernández (Cuba) points
- Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic) points
He was ranked #3 Flyweight amateur boxer in the world by the AIBA.[2]
