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Eric Denson is an American amateur boxer from Lakeland, Florida. Born November 4th ,2004. Denson got into the sport rather late, but had tons of success early. Standing five feet six inches tall and weighing 132 pounds, Denson has definitely marked his presence in the sport of boxing. Over the course of four years, Denson has won numerous amateur titles. Dating back in November 4th 2016, Denson was on the road collecting titles. 11/4/16 Denson was named Champion, due to no available opponent in his weight class. Now a state champion, Denson challenges for his second title. One month later Denson is back challenging for the second title of his amateur career. Denson fought hard hitting, sluggish Jacob Reza at the Sugar Bert National  Tournament. Having to go the distance, Denson out pointed Jacob Reza winning a 2-1 split decision. Three months later Denson has improved to a perfect record of five wins to 0 defeats. On the date of February 18th, 2018 Denson has his first taste of Defeat. Jose Hernandez out landed and outpointed Denson in night of war at plant city boxing gym. Now rivals, Denson made it more than clear he wanted Hernandez in a rematch. Before having the rematch Denson remained active, two months later challenging for his third title. Denson faced familiar foe Zee Zamora. This is the third time Zamora and Denson have fought, and the same outcome revealed itself, Denson dropping Zamora in the third round solidifying a clear cut unanimous decision victory. Denson now named champion for the third time after competing in the Junior Olympic State Tournament. Two months later Denson faced veteran fighter Joaquin Roberson, where once again Denson came up short losing a controversial 2-1 split decision fight. Although Denson, the crowd, and his team believed they did enough to pull out the victory the judges didn’t. Denson took it into his hands to request  a rematch...it was declined. Moving on from his defeat, Denson was able to get Hernandez in a rematch. Denson’s relentless pressure scored him a 2-1 split decision victory. Denson was now seemingly being avoided by the novice fighters in his decision. For a year Denson was in-active after three attempts to get a fight. After being “avoided “ for quite some time Denson was finally able to get back to his groove. On the date of April 20th, 2019 Denson lived up to his hype, scoring a second round knockout over SBBP national champion Dekeyz Chandler. Ring rust now gone, Denson attempted for his second fight of the year..he was then faced with a bit of familiar struggle...his opponent turned down the fight, forcing Denson to become an open fighter. One week later Denson was back in action facing golden glove champion ,Tylan Mouzon. Although Denson didn’t get the stoppage he was hoping for, Denson gave mouzon a standing 8 count after a hard body shot in round 3. Denson and Mouzon trades blows throughout the night having the crowd on its feet throughout most of the fight. Denson was announced winner, scoring a 4-1 decision over Mouzon. Denson stated on social media “Mouzon was Definitely the hardest fight up to date. Nearly a month later Denson won his hometown crowd over, Denson punished Marcos Garcia in lakeland, Florida..winning the Big Dreams Boxing Bash Belt. Denson threw and landed numerous left hooks and jabs. After punishing and bloodying Garcia Denson was announced winner via 4-1 decision. Not even a month later, Denson was back facing once ranked #12 fighter in the country and 7x national champion and 2x State Champion Damazion. Denson and vanhouter have bit of history, dating back November 20th Vanhouter attempted to get a shot at the national title Denson held at the SBBP, Denson was not willing to face Vanhouter. Three years later, Denson granted Vanhouter with his wish. Vanhouter was clearly outpointed and out worked over the course of 3 rounds, giving Denson a clear 5-0 unanimous decision victory. Later that night the crowd referred to Denson as “little Muhammad Ali” After facing some of the top opposition locally Denson plans on being recognized globally. Denson and his team expect to compete in the Silver glove state tournament later in December, and compete nationally and internationally later in 2020. Denson is set to fight October 19th in Zephyr-hills Which is expected to be a rematch. You may follow Denson on Instagram ~realericdenson and Facebook ~Eric Denson