Rocky Lockridge trivia: 40 facts about the famous boxer!

Rocky Lockridge was one of the most famous professional boxers. Unfortunately, he passed away recently.

1. His proper name is Rick Lockridge
2. He was called by everyone as Rocky
3. He was born in January 10, 1959
4. He passed away in February 7, 2019
5. Rocky Lockridge was an American professional boxer
6. He is perhaps best known for having handed Roger Mayweather his first defeat
7. It was a first- round knockout in just 98 seconds
8. It earned him the WBA
9. And lineal super featherweight titles
10. He later won the IBF super featherweight title
11. Rocky Lockridge started boxing as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys Club
12. He is one of four world champions to originate from Tacoma
13. The others are Freddie Steele, Leo Randolph and Johnny Bumphus
14. In 1977 he won the National AAU Bantamweight Champion
15. This happened by stopping David Douglas of the U.S. Army in the second round of the final
16. In 1978 he came second in the National Golden Gloves in Bantamweight Class
17. Also in 1978 he was the Runner Up in National AAU Championships in Bantamweight Class
18. This was by losing to Jackie Beard in Biloxi, MS
19. He was defeated in the quarter- finals of the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
20. He lost to Fazlija Šaćirović
21. Rocky Lockridge played 53 total fights
22. He had 44 wins
23. He had 36 wins by KO
24. Rocky Lockridge lost 9 times
25. For the last two decades of his life, Rocky Lockridge had drug problems
26. He became homeless
27. He suffered a stroke which forced him to walk with a cane
28. He was featured on A & E’s Intervention TV series
29. There he claimed that the intervention and the help of his sons saved his life
30. His appearance on the show is noted for a notorious moment where his son Lamar says, “Because I know, somewhere deep down in my heart, I still love you,”
31. This caused Rocky Lockridge to break down crying hard enough to the point where he was screaming at the top of his lungs
32. This spawned the internet meme “Best Cry Ever”
33. He was also caught on video defending himself by knocking out a bully with a single one- two jab- cross combination near a convenience store
34. In interviews, he expressed a desire to be drug- free
35. He had stated that he had never been this clean
36. He was also interested in becoming a boxing trainer
37. Rocky Lockridge died at the age of 60
38. He was placed on home hospice care following another series of strokes
39. He was removed from life support about one week prior to his death
40. His height was 5 ft 6,5 in