Trevor Berbick

Trevor Berbick was married twice and had seven children namely Trevor Jr. Berbick, Jamaal Berbick, Quinn Berbick, Trisha Berbick, Nadia Berbick, Anita Berbick, and Shawn Berbick from both the marriages. One of his wives name was Nadene

He was sent to jail on account of sexual assault against his child’s babysitter in 1992.

He was deported from United States to Canada as he had violated his parole as well.

Trevor Berbick was born on August 1, 1954, at Port Antonio, Jamaica.

In 1975, he represented Jamaica in the Pan American Games and won a bronze medal.

He was selected to represent Jamaica in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His Olympic journey came to an end when he lost to the ventual silver medalist, Mircea Şimon of Romania.

After the 1976 Olympics Trevor Berbick, decided to end his amateur boxing career and start his professional boxing career. In this pursuit, he left Jamaica and settled in Canada. His earlier fights were around the area of Halifax where he fought numerous boxers, and won 11 fights, out of which ten were knockouts.

In 1977, he fought various boxers like Joe Maye, Willie Moore, Eddie Owens, and Eugene Green. All these fights were fought in Canada, and he managed to win them all.

From 1978 - 1980, he became a better fighter, and moved up in the league, whilst taking on the likes of boxers like John Tate, Gregory Johnson, Greg Sorrentino, Chuck Gardner, Chuck Findlay, and many more.

The first loss in his professional career came against Bernardo Mercado, on April 3, 1979. It was a knockout in the first round. As an amateur boxer Trevor Berbick had beaten Mercado, but failed to win in the professional league.

Trevor Berbick’s first big fight in the United States at ‘Caesar’s Palace’ was set on April 11, 1981 against Larry Holmes also known as the ‘Easton Assassin’. Berbick lost the fight against Larry Holmes in a 15-round unanimous decision.