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Missouri State Super featherweight Champion
Over 150 plus amateur fights, with 7 Gateway Classic, 6 Golden Gloves Titles and over 30 local championships. Robbie has fought and won in every major national tournament including The National Golden Gloves in Las Vegas and Denver. He also fought at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Marquette Michigan.Menard vs. Cannon
UBO Title Fight July 31st 2010 Rayne Louisiana
”This will probably be the best fight in the past 5-10 years within the state of Louisiana. We are looking forward to a war!” So said promoter Chad Broussard after announcing Missouri State Champion Robbie Cannon as the opponent for Mason Menard (11-1, 9 KOs) in the UBO All-America Lightweight title fight at the Civic Center in Rayne on July 31. Cannon, a six-time Golden Gloves amateur champion with more than 150 bouts in the unpaid ranks, turned professional in 2005 and has since compiled a 12-5-1 record with six victories inside the distance. Every one of his losses were against very strong opposition (with a combined record of 69-6-1), and at only 24 years of age he is still full of ambition and confidence, despite going into Menard-territory: “I am excited about the opportunity to fight for the UBO All-America title. I am training very hard and will be coming to win. It is going to be a good fight”, stated Cannon, who is trained and managed by Joe Pounds and fights out of the Twin City Athletic Club in hometown Festus.
Best Boxer 2008
Robbie "The Peashooter" Cannon
A boxer isn't defined by whom he trains with or by his last fight. A boxer is defined by his career. This is the story of how a kid named Robbie "The Peashooter" Cannon fought his way out of Jefferson County to join the upper echelon of local boxing alongside the likes of Deandre Latimore, Devon Alexander and Hollie Dunaway. Cannon has fought more than 150 amateur bouts, won an unprecedented six Golden Gloves titles and 30 some-odd championships. His pro record stands at 11-2 with one draw. The 22-year-old Missouri State Super Featherweight champ fights out of the Twin City Athletic Club in Festus, trained by Joe Pounds, the gym's head coach. Cannon's watershed moment came when he stepped into the ring with Ira Terry. It was assumed Cannon was just another chump for Terry to brutalize, thus the crowd in Tunica was on its feet when Cannon stepped to him for ten rounds before Terry was narrowly awarded the victory. Cannon's mettle was tested last March, when Rafael Valenzuela stopped him in the second round with a series of body blows and headshots that drove Cannon into the ropes. The defeat was the price Cannon paid for dropping weight to make the 125-pound limit. Bad strategy — but Cannon's young, and he will learn.
Cannon welcomes challengers, builds boxing future
By Adam Williams
Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:25 PM CDT
Robbie Cannon has hung out his shingle, bigger and brighter. The boxer is open for business.
After last week's six-round unanimous decision over Springfield's Steve Minks at Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Cannon is 10-0-1 and accepting fights from challengers.
"We'll risk that goose egg, as long as everything's right," Joe Pounds, the head trainer for Cannon and the Twin City Athletic Club, said referring to the undefeated record.A boxing promoter named Capone from New York recently tested Cannon's willingness.
"It wasn't a matter of us not taking the fight," Pounds said. "It was a matter of them not taking the fight."
Capone dropped the gauntlet at Cannon's feet. The fight, which came with but a few days' notice, required jetting to Puerto Rico for a lightweight bout. The Festus fighter, who is the Missouri State Super Featherweight title holder, was game to get it on.
When his prospective opponent, Juan Ramon Cruz (14-3-1), got a glimpse of Cannon's resume he said, "No thanks," and rescinded that gauntlet, preferring to face a less sturdy opponent.
That's the boxing biz. There's a fight; there's not a fight. There's a fight with someone else; maybe not. Just be ready.
The value of this sudden almost-opportunity for the Cannon boxing camp is that, Robbie "The Peashooter" Cannon is making a name for himself, an intimidating name. And he's ready for big opportunities.
Robbie speaks to Missouri options students
On May 21, 2007 Robbie was invited to speak to a group of 20 or so students who attend the Fox C6 School Districts Missouri Options alternative school program known as Bridges. The students were able to watch a few of Robbies fights as Rob explained the steps and goals he set to get to the title fight. Robbie also brought along the Title belt and allowed the students to pass it around the class. Shown below is Robbie with teacher Kolin Peterson and student, boxing fan Nick Wilson.
