ABOUT US

  HALL OF FAMERS

  DICK KADIS AWARD

  SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

  OTHER HONORS

  BANQUET INFO

  SPONSORS

  PAST BANQUETS

  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  RANDOM INDUCTEE

  WEBSITE CREDITS

  SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Verquan Kimbrough

Boxing ∙ Aliquippa

 

 

 

 

Verquan Kimbrough – "The Show" – is one of the most accomplished boxers in Beaver County history.

At Aliquippa High School, Verquan excelled in several sports, such as baseball, football, and wrestling, but his true calling was boxing. Verquan's boxing potential was recognized in 1993 at age 11 by 2014 Beaver County Sports Hall of Famer Tom Yankello when he saw Verquan wrestling with friends at Aliquippa High School. Yankello asked Verquan to come to his gym in Ambridge to train as an amateur boxer. Yankello would serve as Verquan's trainer until mid-2007.

Before he graduated from Aliquippa in 2001, Verquan amassed an impressive record as an amateur boxer: Ohio State Fair Champion in 1998 (flyweight) and 1999 (featherweight), Junior Olympic National Featherweight Champion in 1999, and Eastern Trials Featherweight Champion, Olympic Trial Featherweight Participant, and Under 19 National Featherweight Champion in 2000. In 2001 and 2002, Verquan was the #1 ranked lightweight amateur in the United States, winning the U.S. Challenge Lightweight Championship in 2001 and 2002 and the U.S. National Lightweight Championship in 2002. Verquan compiled a 125-12 record as an amateur.

Verquan passed up the opportunity to represent the United States in the 2004 Athens Olympics on the U.S. Boxing Team, and instead turned pro in July 2003 with legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard by his side. 5'-5" Verquan made his pro debut on July 31 that year and, during his pro tenure, Verquan reached #15 in the World Boxing Association Lightweight rankings and held the International Boxing Council (IBC) World Lightweight Title in 2007, the United States Boxing Association (USBA) Lightweight Title in 2007, and the North American Boxing Association (NABA) Lightweight Title in 2008. Most of Verquan's professional bouts were at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, where he was under contract until 2008. Verquan's later bouts were across the United States and in Australia. In 2012, Verquan finished his professional career with a 21-5-3 record over 29 bouts in the featherweight and lightweight divisions.

Verquan retired from boxing in 2012 due to injuries, and his comeback attempt in 2016 was halted due to a car accident. Verquan currently lives with his wife Ciara in Aliquippa and travels to Houston, TX, for his second career in residential and commercial real estate. Verquan is the father of four children: Verquan II, Mia, Kinsley, and Kasen.