I had a great jab, nobody controlled me with a jab, if they did you’d never have heard of me. In the ’80s, Bramble, one of life’s characters, once had a snake he named “Dog” and a dog named “Snake.” Only in boxing!īramble graciously took time to speak to about the best he fought in 10 key categories.Īnthony Fletcher: He was a southpaw and he boxes really well. However, over the years, he’s homed a menagerie of animals, including various snakes and reptiles. The dog was a gift from the WBC, that he has since paid to be trained as a service dog. He is an animal lover and currently has two pets, a dog and snake. Croix when the lease on his property is up next March. They still want me to come there and work with the kids.”īramble, 56, lives in Las Vegas but intends to move back to St. I’m proud of what I’ve done for myself and the people who supported me.
“My proudest moment was winning the title because of where I came from,” he said. Looking back, Bramble feels his proudest moment is achieving what he did in his career. Despite fighting past his prime, he was only stopped five times in his career. He refuses to rule out a comeback and his record stands at 40-26-3, (25 knockouts). I came home after that fight and my girlfriend didn’t want to have sex, my face was so beat up! (laughs)Īfter losing for the sixth consecutive time, Bramble stepped away from the sport in 2003. The eccentric Bramble dropped a unanimous decision to Ruelas in the summer of ’96 but remembers the aftermath well: “The Ruelas kid, he would headbutt. He was still able to give a good account of himself and was a stern test for fighters making their bones in the sport, among them a young Oba Carr, up-and-coming Kostya Tszyu and savvy veterans like Buddy McGirt, Charles Murray (twice) and Rafael Ruelas. He did win the USBA junior welterweight title in the late-’80s before slowly fading into gatekeeper status in the ’90s. After a good opening round, Bramble was caught by a thumb to the eye, went down and was counted out.Īfter the Rosario reverse, Bramble never won another world title but stayed in the sport for another 17 years with mixed success. He met former WBC beltholder Edwin Rosario and, this time, Bramble was the 4-1 favorite. When he returned, he stopped mandatory challenger Tyrone Crawley in the 13th round. One non-title fight and eight months later the two met again in rematch, again Bramble won, eking out a razor thin 15-round unanimous decision, by a single point on all three scorecards.īramble sat out for the remainder of ’85 because of managerial issues and a problems with his hands and shoulder. Kitts and Nevis’ first – and to this day – only boxing world champion. He clearly paid no respect to the oddsmakers or Mancini and became St. He was tabbed as a 4-1 underdog with the bookies, ahead of his first world title fight when he entered the ring in Buffalo, New York. The win earned him a shot at Mancini in the summer of 1984. Bramble outboxed the Panamanian-born fighter en route to a unanimous decision. He debuted shortly after his 20th birthday and went 19-1-1 before meeting then-unbeaten Rafael Williams. He decided to make the transition to the pros, leaving the amateur stage with a record of 43-4 (27 knockouts). boycott and the Virgin Islands being under U.S. “Me winning, that was a shocker for even myself,” he said with a chuckle.īramble was all set to represent the Virgin Islands at the 1980 Olympics but because of the U.S. He was awarded the “Outstanding Boxer Award” for the tournament. However, his efforts didn’t go unnoticed. He fought at the 1980 Golden Gloves, losing in the semifinal round to eventual winner Bernard Taylor. With only future two-division Julian Jackson to rival him on the Islands, Bramble made his way to the mainland to try his hand. Although boxing was very popular in the Caribbean, the sport didn’t have the same infrastructure as North America.
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