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Julian Letterlough (December 25, 1969 – July 8, 2005) was an American professional boxer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Known as "Mr. KO", Letterlough was boxer who was often featured on ESPN.

Pro career

Letterlough became a professional boxer in 1998 at the late age of 28 after a seven-year stint in prison for assault. He fought as a light heavyweight and was unbeaten in his first 16 fights.

He fought against Julio César González in 2001, a fight in which González was down three times, and Letterlough down twice. González won by decision. Later that year, he got a shot at International Boxing Federation cruiserweight titleholder Vassiliy Jirov, but lost in the 8th round by TKO. He lost a decision later that year to David Telesco, and in 2003 was knocked out by Richard Hall. In 2004 he fought a draw against Daniel Judah, a fight in which Judah went down in round five and was docked a point for holding in round seven.

Professional boxing record

21 Wins (20 knockouts, 1 decision), 5 Losses (2 knockouts, 3 decisions), 3 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	13-17-2	Eric Starr	TKO	2	01/10/2004	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the second round.
Draw	19-0-2	Daniel Judah	PTS	12	17/04/2004	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	USBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	77-17-1	Tony Menefee	TKO	5	23/01/2004	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:45 of the fifth round.
Loss	10-7	Faustino González	MD	6	29/08/2003	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Loss	25-4	Richard Hall	TKO	2	18/07/2003	Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.
Win	32-30-2	Stacy Goodson	TKO	1	27/03/2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:23 of the first round.
Draw	2-8-2	John Douglas	PTS	6	15/11/2002	Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Win	20-8	Lloyd Bryan	TKO	4	22/06/2002	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Loss	25-3	David Telesco	UD	10	18/01/2002	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Loss	29-0	Vassiliy Jirov	TKO	8	08/09/2001	Reno, Nevada, U.S.	IBF Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:24 of the eighth round.
Win	24-4	Ka-Dy King	KO	2	22/06/2001	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.	King knocked out at 1:34 of the second round.
Win	11-18-1	Dennis McKinney	UD	6	08/04/2001	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Loss	25-0	Julio César González	UD	12	02/02/2001	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	WBO–NABO and FECARBOX Light Heavyweight Titles.
Win	11-2-3	Max Heyman	TKO	5	17/11/2000	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.	WBO–NABO Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:25 of the fifth round.
Draw	15-0-2	Sam Ahmad	PTS	10	22/09/2000	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	18-4	Demetrius Jenkins	TKO	7	14/07/2000	Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:58 of the seventh round.
Win	8-0	Manny Rose	TKO	1	09/06/2000	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Pennsylvania Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	13-6-2	Troy Weaver	TKO	1	09/04/2000	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.	WBO–NABO Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the first round.
Win	17-19-2	Vinson Durham	KO	2	11/02/2000	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	11-7	Darryl Hollowell	KO	6	18/11/1999	Glen Burnie, Maryland, U.S.	Hollowell knocked out at 2:55 of the sixth round.
Win	15-27-2	Eric Davis	KO	3	29/10/1999	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	14-11-1	Napoleon Pitt	TKO	3	25/09/1999	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	2-6-2	Charles Lee	TKO	5	18/06/1999	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	3-8	Felton Hamilton	KO	5	09/04/1999	Waldorf, Maryland, U.S.	Hamilton knocked out at 0:22 of the fifth round.
Win	6-0	Dana Rucker	KO	3	25/03/1999	Glen Burnie, Maryland, U.S.	Rucker knocked out at 0:16 of the third round.
Win	6-4	Ricardo Dabney	KO	1	29/01/1999	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	1-0	Ted Megginson	KO	1	16/12/1998	Glenarden, Maryland, U.S.	Megginson knocked out at 0:36 of the first round.
Win	2-3-2	Cleveland Issacs	TKO	3	03/12/1998	Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Win	1-5-1	Byron Jones	TKO	2	23/10/1998	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Murder

Letterlough was shot in the back and killed while leaving a bar with his wife in Reading, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 2005.^[1]

References

External links

• Boxing record for Julian Letterlough from BoxRec (registration required)