Kertson Manswell

Kertson Manswell
Kertson Manswell
Born	October 28, 1976 (age 48); Pembroke, Tobago
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Other names	The Pride of Tobago
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	25
Wins by KO	18
Losses	12
Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

Kertson Manswell (born October 28, 1976) also known as The Pride of Tobago, is a heavyweight former professional boxer from Trinidad and Tobago.

Amateur career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manswell won the silver medal, losing the gold to Canadian Jason Douglas. Manswell again won silver at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, losing final to Victor Bisbal. At the 2003 Pan Am Games Manswell beat American Devin Vargas in the semifinals, but lost in the final to Cuban Odlanier Solis 3 to 15, giving him yet another silver medal. Manswell lost to Vargas in 2004 at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and did not continue to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

Manswell turned pro in 2004 at age 27 and beat his first 20 opponents, including Louis Monaco.

Manswell signed with boxing promoter Don King.

In 2011 Manswell lost three fights in a row; first KO'd by Bermane Stiverne, then outpointed by undefeated Mike Perez and fringe contender Cedric Boswell.

In 2012 he was outpointed by former and future world champion Ruslan Chagaev.

MMA

In 2018 Manswell at the age of 43 announced that he would begin training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and would be featured in the main bout against MMA fighter and sambo champion Jeremy Rodulfo in the Ruff and Tuff MMA tournament in Couva. Rodulfo defeated Manswell by securing a submission via a rear naked choke hold.

Professional boxing record

25 Wins (18 knockouts, 7 decisions), 12 Losses (7 knockout, 5 decisions)^[1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	2–2–1	Kenneth Bishop	UD	8	09/02/2019	Woodbook Youth Facility, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Loss	20–0–1	Vyacheslav Glazkov	KO	4 (10), 1:33	15/08/2015	Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia
Loss	8–4	Mitchell Rogers	UD	12	19/06/2015	San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Loss	10–0	Bogdan Dinu	TKO	2 (8), 2:04	23/09/2014	Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
Loss	17–0–1	Charles Martin	TKO	3 (10), 2:33	23/06/2014	BB King Blues Club & Grill, New York City, New York, U.S.	For WBO–NABO heavyweight title
Loss	20–2	Wendell Jorkhu	KO	2	1/12/2013	Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	20–2	Tor Hamer	TKO	1	14/08/2013	BB King Blues Club & Grill, New York City, New York, U.S.
Loss	15–1	Skip Scott	UD	12	10/01/2013	Bayou Event Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.	for World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental Heavyweight Title
Loss	31–0	Deontay Wilder	TKO	1	04/08/2012	Mobile Civic Center–Expo Hall, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Loss	25–0	Alexander Ustinov	TKO	1	03/03/2012	ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
Win	6–3	Mitchell Rodgers	UD	12	30/12/2011	Woodbook Youth Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Loss	27-2-1	Ruslan Chagaev	UD	8	28/01/2012	Grand Elysée, Rotherbaum, Germany
Win	6–15–3	Leon Gilkes	KO	1	19/11/2011	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	6–8–1	Curtis Murray	KO	1	29/07/2011	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Loss	34–1	Cedric Boswell	UD	10	04/06/2011	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	WBC Latino/NABA World Heavyweight Titles.
Loss	13–0	Mike Perez	UD	3	07/05/2011	Muswell Hill, London, England	Prizefighter Tournament International Heavyweight Quarter-Finals. Manswell was knocked down in the first round.
Loss	19–1–1	Bermane Stiverne	TKO	2	29/01/2011	Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.	WBC International/WBC USNBC/WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 1:52 of the second round.
Win	4–25–5	Tomas Mrazek	UD	8	19/03/2010	Merksem, Antwerp, Belgium
Win	28–49–1	Dennis McKinney	UD	8	20/02/2010	Mérida, Mexico
Win	16–3–1	Jimmy Joseph	TKO	4	24/07/2009	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the fourth round.
Win	9–24–2	Cullen Rogers	TKO	1	04/04/2009	Pleasantville, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the first round.
Win	14–18–1	Earl Ladson	SD	8	02/08/2008	Ponce, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Win	8–7	Cerrone Fox	TKO	1	27/03/2008	St Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:53 of the first round.
Win	9–12	Willie Perryman	UD	8	30/11/2007	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Win	12–3–1	Saul Farah	TKO	7	26/12/2006	Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	23–10	Corey Sanders	UD	10	14/10/2006	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	14–32–4	Louis Monaco	TKO	8	15/06/2006	Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 2:36 of the eighth round.
Win	2–2–1	Glen Williams	TKO	3	31/03/2006	Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the third round.
Win	5–0–1	Curtis Murray	KO	3	27/01/2006	Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago	Murray knocked out at 1:19 of the third round.
Win	--	Salim Zinnerman	TKO	1	12/01/2006	Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 1:01 of the first round.
Win	3–2	Kerron Speid	KO	3	28/10/2005	Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago	Speid knocked out at 2:39 of the third round.
Win	--	Mitchell Rogers	KO	1	13/08/2005	Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago	Rogers knocked out at 1:28 of the first round.
Win	--	Mickey Richards	TKO	3	16/06/2005	Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at the end of the third round.
Win	--	Clyde Williams	TKO	1	03/12/2004	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the first round.
Win	0–1	Kurt Bess	TKO	4	28/11/2004	Georgetown, Guyana	Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the fourth round.
Win	--	Kurt Bess	TKO	1	23/09/2004	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Referee stopped the bout at 0:54 of the first round.
Win	2–10	David McMillan	KO	1	29/07/2004	Arima, Trinidad and Tobago	McMillan knocked out at 0:40 of the first round.