Gerald Washington

Washington next fought in December 2014 against 39 year old journeyman Mike Sheppard (22-17-1, 9 KOs) at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.

The fight lasted just 1 minute and 26 seconds as Washington dropped Sheppard twice.

On March 13, 2015 Washington went the 8 round distance, winning a wide decision of 78–71, 79–70, and 79–70, against 37 year old journeyman Jason Gavern (26-18-4, 11 KOs).

The fight took place at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on the undercard of Andre Berto vs. Josesito Lopez interim welterweight title fight.

Gavern was dropped three times in the fight.

On June 8, 2013, Washington fought 40 year old veteran Sherman Williams (35-12-2, 19 KOs) to an 8-round unanimous decision victory at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Washington fought veteran journeyman Travis Walker (39-11-1, 31 KOs) in June 2014.

The fight ended when Washington stopped Walker in round 2, following some hard power shots.

Walker had trouble getting back up and the referee waved the fight off.

Two months later, Washington was taken the 8-round distance for the first time when he fought 28 year old Nagy Aguilera (19-8, 13 KOs).

Washington won on the scorecards 78–74, 78–74, and 77–75.

Gerald Washington (born 23 April 1982) is an American professional boxer.

Since 2005, Williams had only lost two of his last thirteen fights.

The three judges all had it 79-72 in favour for Washington.

At the relatively advanced age of 30 Washington made his professional debut in 2012, having had no actual amateur career.

In his first professional fight, Washington knocked out Blue DeLong at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

A month later in August, Washington defeated Gary Cobia via 1st-round TKO at the Fantasy Springs Casino in California.

Washington's first decision win came in his 3rd professional fight against Terrance Perro.

Perro was knocked down once in round 1, after 4 rounds the scorecards were 40–34, 39–35, and 39–35 in favor of Washington.

In April 2014, Washington scored a 2nd-round knockout of fellow American Skipp Scott (16-1, 10 KOs).

There was controversy after the fight as Scott took a knee, but was hit with a body shot after he was on the canvas.

The stoppage was at 1 minute, 40 seconds of round two.

Due to the controversy, Scott's team filed a protest to correct the decision.

In September 2015, it was announced that Washington would fight heavyweight contender Amir Mansour (22-1, 16 KOs) at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington.

Washington had his best win to date in March 2015 when he beat longtime veteran Jason Gavern in a 10-round decision victory.

The fight took place on Tuesday 13 October 2015.

The fight was to take place on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1 from the Little Creek Casino Resort, in Shelton, Washington.

In a controversial decision, Washington and Mansour fought to a 10-round draw.

The final judges' scores were 97–93 for Washington, 96–94 for Mansour, and 95–95.

Washington looked to be fading after round 4, he previously had a reputation of being gassed out after 5 rounds in previous fights.

Washington appeared to lose the last 6 rounds of the fight due to his running, holding and low punch output.

Washington was mostly just holding and running away from Mansour from rounds 5 to 10.

Mansour was able to land a lot of body shots that clearly bothered Washington and him holding on and doing a lot of shoving.

The crowd loudly booed the outcome.

He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2017.

Washington was born to an African American father and a Mexican American mother, and lived in Mexico for part of his childhood.

Growing up, Washington played tennis and one season of high school football.

Washington later served in the United States Navy as a helicopter mechanic Despite having played one season of organized football, he enrolled at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California and was an NJCAA All-American as a tight end.

As a junior, Washington transferred to play for the University of Southern California, where he played tight end as well as defensive end, but had a difficult time staying on the field due to injuries.

In the NFL, he went undrafted and was a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills practice squads.