Tim Austin

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Men's Boxing
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Flyweight

Timothy ("Tim") Austin (born April 14, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a professional boxer from the United States.

1 Amateur career
2 Amateur accomplishments
3 Pro career
4 Legal Troubles
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113-9.

[edit] Amateur accomplishments

1990 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion
1991 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion
1991 United States Amateur flyweight champion
Representing the United States, Austin won a bronze medal as a flyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Julian Strogov (Bulgaria) 19-7
- Defeated Benjamin Mwangata (Tanzania) 19-8
- Lost to Raúl González (Cuba) RSC 1

[edit] Pro career

Known as "Cincinnati Kid", Austin was an exciting Bantamweight fighter, and successfully defended his IBF Bantamweight title ten times after defeating Mbulelo Botile in 1997. Austin lost his title to dominant Rafael Marquez in an 8th round TKO upset in 2003.

[edit] Legal Troubles

Shortly after the loss to Marquez, Austin was accused, and later acquitted, of raping a 16 year old girl ^[1]. With his legal troubles behind him, Austin resumed his career in 2005 but his comeback was quickly derailed when he lost via TKO to journeyman Eric Aiken, who went on to win the IBF Bantamweight Title.

Austin had another run in with the law in January of 2008. He was arrested and charged with domestic violence after allegedly threatening to kill his wife, and for kicking and punching her about the face. ^[2]