| Troy Ross | |
| Realname: | Troy Amos-Ross |
| Nickname: | The Boss |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Reach: | 72 in[1] |
| Weight: | Cruiserweight Light Heavyweight |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Birth Date: | July 17, 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Georgetown, Guyana |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 28 |
| Wins: | 25 |
| Ko: | 16 |
| Losses: | 3 |
Troy Amos-Ross (born July 17, 1975) is a Guyanese-Canadian retired professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
He is the son of retired boxer Charles Amos who represented Guyana at the 1968 Summer Olympics and first cousin of Egerton Marcus who won the silver medal for Canada in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.[2]
In the 1996 Olympics, after having defeated Roland Raforme (Seychelles) and Paul M'Bongo (Cameroon), Ross lost 14–8 in quarterfinals to Kazakhstan's eventual gold medalist Vassili Jirov. Ross entered the 2000 Olympics as a gold medal hopeful, however he was eliminated after a disappointing loss in his first fight with a knockout at the 2nd round by a Nigerian boxer Jegbefumere Albert
Ross turned pro after the 2000 Summer Olympics, however he announced his retirement in 2005 after compiling a record of 13–1, due to the inability to get quality fights. In 2007 he began a comeback and on March 19, 2007, he captured the Commonwealth Cruiserweight title by knocking out John Keeton in the second round.
In 2008 Ross joined the cast of the boxing reality TV show The Contender filming in Singapore. He became a member of the gold team and on 14 January 2009 won his first round contest against Australian Lawrence Tauasa.[3] He fought American Felix Cora Jr. in the quarterfinals winning when the fight was stopped after 2:48 of the first round.[3] In the semifinals Troy faced Nigerian Akinyemi Laleye, the fight was scored 50–45 by all three judges in Troy's favor. Troy fought another Nigerian, Ehinomen Ehikhamenor, in the finals on February 25, 2009, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Ross defeated Ehikhamenor by fourth-round TKO to become the Contender champion.[4]
Ross has also achieved success out of the ring starting his own fashion line, Ross Wear, and playing roles in movies. He appeared in the 2005 movie Cinderella Man opposite Russell Crowe playing the role of heavyweight boxer John Henry Lewis. Ross also appeared in the 2007 movie Resurrecting the Champ with Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson, playing the younger version of the champ. He also appears in the movie Phantom Punch, in the role of Heavyweight boxer Floyd Patterson.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Loss | 25–3 |  Yoan Pablo Hernández | UD | 12 | Sep 15, 2012 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 |  Lukasz Rusiewicz | UD | 8 | Feb 4, 2012 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–2 |  Carl Handy | UD | 10 | Oct 30, 2010 | | ||
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 |  Steve Cunningham | TKO | 5 (12), 0:01 | June 5, 2010 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 |  Daniel Bispo | KO | 1 (8), 1:12 | Dec 5, 2009 | | ||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Michael Simms | UD | 10 | June 19, 2009 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  Ehinomen Ehikhamenor | TKO | 4 (10), 2:00 | Feb 25, 2009 | | ||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Akinyemi Laleye | UD | 5 | Feb 18, 2009 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Felix Cora Jr. | TKO | 1 (5), 2:38 | Jan 28, 2009 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Lawrence Tauasa | TKO | 2 (5) | Jan 14, 2009 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Kendrick Releford | UD | 8 | May 3, 2008 | | ||
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Tony Booth | TKO | 2 (8), 1:52 | May 18, 2007 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | John Keeton | KO | 2 (12), 2:08 | Mar 19, 2007 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Hastings Rasani | TKO | 3 (8), 3:05 | Jan 20, 2007 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Claudio Rîșco | TKO | 8 (10), 1:25 | May 28, 2005 | | ||
| 13 | Loss | 12–1 | Willie Herring | SD | 8 | Mar 5, 2005 | | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Etianne Whitaker | KO | 2 (8), 1:09 | Feb 4, 2005 | | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | John Battle | TKO | 5 (6), 1:26 | Jan 8, 2005 | | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Caseny Truesdale | TKO | 1 (8), 2:24 | Dec 11, 2004 | | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Robert Marsh | TKO | 4 (6), 0:44 | Nov 20, 2004 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sam Reese | KO | 3 (6), 0:38 | Jan 31, 2003 | | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Norman Jones | UD | 6 | Aug 6, 2002 | | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Dennis Matthews | KO | 2 (6), 1:13 | May 24, 2002 | | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Dan Sheehan | UD | 4 | Dec 14, 2001 | | ||
| 4 | Win | 4-0 | Will Little | UD | 4 | Oct 26, 2001 | | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Kip Triplet | TKO | 2 (4), 2:40 | June 22, 2001 | | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Tim Scoggins | TKO | 1 (4), 2:12 | June 1, 2001 | | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Roger Bowden | UD | 4 | April 20, 2001 | |