Trevor Berbick

Trevor Berbick is one of those fighters history tends to treat as a footnote, which honestly feels like a disservice — the man beat Muhammad Ali in Ali's final fight, and that alone earns him a permanent place in boxing lore. His 1986 WBC heavyweight title win over Pinklon Thomas showed he had real, legitimate championship-level ability. Yes, the Mike Tyson loss that same year was a violent, one-sided shutdown, but nearly everyone who faced peak Tyson ended up in the same place, so I don't hold that against him. What I find genuinely fascinating about Berbick is the weight of the moments he lived through — his career bookended two of boxing's most iconic stories. He deserved more of a legacy than he got, and his tragic death in 2006 cut short any chance for the appreciation to catch up.

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Name (English)

Trevor Berbick

Name (Japanese)

トレバー・バービック

Reading

とればー・ばーびっく

Born

August 1, 1954 – October 28, 2006

Origin

Port Antonio, Jamaica

Height

188 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Awards & achievements

• WBC World Heavyweight Champion

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Berbick
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447609

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.