ko weight birth_place height nationality article_title total birth_date draws wins realname losses name style
24 middleweight dallas , texas , united states 5 9 american quincy taylor
 32 18 july 1963 0 28 quincy taylor 4 quincy taylor southpaw
quincy taylor

quincy taylor -lrb- born july 18 , 1963 in dallas , texas -rrb- , was a professional boxer in the middleweight -lrb- 160lb -rrb- division .
taylor , a southpaw , turned pro in 1986 .
in 1987 , he nearly ko ´ d sugar ray leonard whilst sparring in preparation for leonard 's match against world middleweight champion ` marvelous ' marvin hagler .
in 1994 , he landed a shot at wbc middleweight title holder julian jackson .
taylor scored a upset tko victory over jackson , but lost the title in his next fight to keith holmes .
after a two year layoff and a victory in 1998 , followed by a three year layoff and a victory in 2001 , taylor retired from boxing .
in 2010 , he works at fed-ex for the city of lufkin .
he coaches amateur boxers at the boys and girls club and trains along with them .
