Michael Nunn

Nunn is one of those fighters who fascinates me precisely because his story refuses to be tidy. At his peak he was a slick, towering southpaw who made middleweight craft look effortless, and that 1989 Knockout of the Year still stands as a snapshot of pure talent. Yet his later conviction for drug trafficking casts a long shadow over the legacy. I find myself unwilling to flatten him into either hero or cautionary tale. What I keep is the footwork and the timing of his prime, brilliance that deserves to be remembered alongside, not erased by, the fall.

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Name (English)

Michael Nunn

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ナン

Reading

まいける・なん

Born

April 14, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Height

190 cm

Occupation

boxer / drug trafficker

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

High school

Davenport Central High School

Awards & achievements

• IBF World Middleweight Champion
• WBA World Super Middleweight Champion
• The Ring World Middleweight Champion
• 1989 The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year
• 1988 The Ring magazine Progress of the Year

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Nunn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330723

Tags

• Iowa
• boxer
• drug trafficker

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.