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Eric Purdy Robert Purdy, age 44, of Bountiful, Utah, is a registered amateur boxer with the USA Boxing Commission (currently the #2 ranked amateur) in the Master's Division. Purdy is a cruiserweight/heavyweight trained by Bellator MMA middleweight legend, Sean Powers in Roy, Utah. Eric Purdy is 19-0 (17 TKO's) dating back to 1998 when he was the #1 ranked heavyweight in the United States Army (2nd Infantry Division, 23rd Support Group-Korea). Purdy was slated to fight for the All-Army Heavyweight Title in 1998 before a sudden Other Than Honorable discharge was passed down for AWOL, issuing bad checks and diagnosis of bi-polar disorder. Following his 3 year service, Purdy played professional arena football for the Utah Saints of the AIFL. Purdy served a total of 6 (violations and new charges) years in the Utah State Prison for fraud and theft charges before being falsely accused of having child pornography on his computer during a routine search of his home. After court rulings that the pictures were those of Eric Purdy's ex-girlfriend, Purdy then plead guilty to forgery of certificates and was released from prison. Eric Purdy has returned to the boxing ring and had signed with Maximus Boxing Gym but then rebuked Aaron Garcia to train with Sean Powers at PowersMMA in Roy, Utah. Purdy is a sponsored amateur by Max Nutrition, Outback Steakhouse and the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army is yet to upgrade Purdy's discharge. No attempts have been made to change the discharge by Purdy. Eric Purdy is scheduled to make his boxing re-debut in November of 2019 in Layton, Utah.