Harold Warren: Regional Titles and World-Title Challenges
Harold Ray Warren was an American southpaw boxer from Corpus Christi, Texas. His professional career ran from 1985 to 2000 and included regional championships at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight. He challenged for major world titles but did not win the WBA or IBF super-featherweight championship.
Career and championship record
His recorded regional achievements included the NABF featherweight title, the WBC International super-featherweight belt and the WBO NABO lightweight championship. Those titles belonged to different organizations and weight divisions. The regional belts were separate from the world championships for which he later challenged, so they should not be read as three world-title reigns.
Warren defeated Darryl Pinckney by unanimous decision in Kingsville, Texas, on February 18, 1995, to win the vacant NABF featherweight title. He later beat John Brown by split decision for the USBA super-featherweight championship in Philadelphia in November 1996. Another regional success came against David Tetteh in Biloxi in June 1999, when Warren won a split decision for the NABO lightweight belt.
His IBF opportunity came against Robert Garcia on March 13, 1998, at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami. The championship was vacant. Both boxers weighed 130 pounds, and the contest reached the full twelve rounds. Garcia won a unanimous decision, receiving scores of 116–112 on two cards and 119–109 on the third. The decision made Garcia champion and left Warren without the IBF belt.
An earlier WBA super-featherweight challenge against Genaro Hernández also ended in a twelve-round decision defeat in October 1993. Warren continued competing after both world-title attempts. His later opponents included Derrick Gainer, Héctor Camacho Jr., Alejandro González, Victoriano Sosa and Lamont Pearson. His record therefore spans regional championship wins, unsuccessful world-title challenges and subsequent appearances against established opponents, rather than ending with the Garcia fight.
Further career results
BoxRec identifies Warren as the brother of fellow boxers Willie Warren and Frankie Warren.
Sources
Additional sources: https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Harold_Warren; https://boxerlist.com/en/boxer/harold-warren/3047; https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Roberto_Garcia_vs._Harold_Warren
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