Mark Connor FIGHTING CHANCE/BOXING FOR LIFE
Contact Mark
—Available for hire as
- Paid Sparring Partner
- Personal Trainer
- Fight Trainer
- Consultant for Theatrical and Film Productions
- Speaking Engagements
- Analysis and Commentary
Phone (612) 369-3778 for rates and terms
“Malicious” Mark Connor Boxing Record
September 1979—-April 1994
66 W–36 L–20 KOs
1987 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Lightweight (132) Champion
Contestant 1987 National Golden Gloves, Knoxville, Tennessee
Contestant 1987 Western Trials, Pan American Games Team, Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1986 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Lightweight (132) Runner-up
1993, 1994 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Junior Welterweight (139) Runner-up
1984 Quarter finalist (final 8), National Junior Olympics, Flyweight (112), Saginaw Michigan
1984 Minnesota and four state regional Flyweight Champion
1983 Minnesota and four state regional Junior Flyweight (106) Champion, intermediate (12-13 year old) bracket
Most Noteworthy Opponents
Jamal Hinton (1988 119 pound Olympic Alternate and professional Junior Featherweight, 122 pound WBC Intercontinental Champion) L, RSC
Wayne Martel (1992 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves 139 pound Junior Welterweight , 1994 Welterweight Champion, as a professional defeated former Olympic Gold Medalist and Featherweight Champion Meldrick Taylor and former Lightweight Champion Livingstone Bramble) L, Decision
Anthony Bonsante, four time Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Champion, appeared in first season of “The Contender” L, Decision
Most Noteworthy Sparring Partners
Will Grigsby, IBF and WBO Junior Flyweight Champion
Mike Evgen, Challenged Rafael Ruelas in 1994 for IBF World Lightweight Championship
Dan Schommer, Challenged Chris Eubank for IBF Super Middleweight (168 pound) title
Sevarino Garcia, first professional I ever sparred with (Featherweight and Lightweight who trained in the Marvin Hagler Stable run by the Petronelli Brothers)
Raul Gracia, Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Champion and National Police Athletic League Champion
Tony Lee, 2007, 2008, 2009 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion and 2008 World Golden Gloves Champion
Assisted in Training
Will Grigsby
Raul Gracia
