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Sam Goodman (boxer)
Sam Goodman (born 10 October 1998) is an Australian professional boxer. He challenged for the WBA featherweight title in August 2025.
Hailing from Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, Goodman was born on 10 October 1998. At the age of 10 years old, Goodman injured his arm while playing rugby league. His father, a former rugby player, advised Sam to try boxing. He has listed Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. as his early boxing heroes, however, that would change as he got older, and he became more fond of Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk.
Goodman started his amateur career after his father suggested to go to the local PCYC Sutherland Club, he didn't thrive immediately, even admitting that he used to cry at every loss, but it didn't take him long to catch up, he also fought every week since he started amateur boxing, at the age of 12, Goodman won his first National title and took part in 100 fights in the unpaid ranks, he would peak in amateur career in 2017 world championships which he prevailed at, however he always preferred longer fights; "proper battles" as he called them, which is one reason he went professional in 2018. Goodman also wanted to represent Australia in the 2020 Summer Olympics, but it wasn't meant to be. As per BoxRec, Goodman won the Australian National Championships at "Schoolboy" age on 2012, he participated in the 2013 and 2014 National Championships Junior but would fall short at the semi-finals, on 2015 he participated in the Youth National Championships but would fail again at the semi-finals but would win a bronze medal in the 2016 version, he won the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) 2016 world championships and the 2017 Oceanian championships.
Goodman stood at the super-bantamweight division and made his debut match against Thai veteran, Worawatchai Boonjan on 13 April 2018, by that time, Thai had composed a record of 11–12–1, which would be a challenge for a debutant, Goodman won via 2nd round technical knockout.
On 16 June 2021, Goodman successfully stopped Regional challenger Nort Beauchamp for the Australian Featherweight title, he would have a new record of nine wins, no losses and five knockouts, with wins against veterans and fellow newcomer boxers, and one of those victory is against olympian Simplice Fotsala.
On 22 December 2021, a match between Goodman and three-time world challenger Richie Mepranum for the vacant WBO Oriental super bantamweight title took place at The Star, Sydney. Goodman won via 6th round stoppage after Mepranum received an arm injury, therefore, Goodman is the new WBO Oriental champion.
Goodman defended his WBO Oriental title against Japanese Fumiya Fuse for the vacant IBF Inter-continental super-bantamweight title, winning via unanimous decision.
By July 2022 Goodman would be set to face former world challenger Juan Miguel Elorde, to defend his WBO Oriental and IBF Inter-continental titles, Goodman won via eighth round stoppage in a commanding display.
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Sam Goodman (boxer)
Sam Goodman (born 10 October 1998) is an Australian professional boxer. He challenged for the WBA featherweight title in August 2025.
Hailing from Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, Goodman was born on 10 October 1998. At the age of 10 years old, Goodman injured his arm while playing rugby league. His father, a former rugby player, advised Sam to try boxing. He has listed Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. as his early boxing heroes, however, that would change as he got older, and he became more fond of Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk.
Goodman started his amateur career after his father suggested to go to the local PCYC Sutherland Club, he didn't thrive immediately, even admitting that he used to cry at every loss, but it didn't take him long to catch up, he also fought every week since he started amateur boxing, at the age of 12, Goodman won his first National title and took part in 100 fights in the unpaid ranks, he would peak in amateur career in 2017 world championships which he prevailed at, however he always preferred longer fights; "proper battles" as he called them, which is one reason he went professional in 2018. Goodman also wanted to represent Australia in the 2020 Summer Olympics, but it wasn't meant to be. As per BoxRec, Goodman won the Australian National Championships at "Schoolboy" age on 2012, he participated in the 2013 and 2014 National Championships Junior but would fall short at the semi-finals, on 2015 he participated in the Youth National Championships but would fail again at the semi-finals but would win a bronze medal in the 2016 version, he won the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) 2016 world championships and the 2017 Oceanian championships.
Goodman stood at the super-bantamweight division and made his debut match against Thai veteran, Worawatchai Boonjan on 13 April 2018, by that time, Thai had composed a record of 11–12–1, which would be a challenge for a debutant, Goodman won via 2nd round technical knockout.
On 16 June 2021, Goodman successfully stopped Regional challenger Nort Beauchamp for the Australian Featherweight title, he would have a new record of nine wins, no losses and five knockouts, with wins against veterans and fellow newcomer boxers, and one of those victory is against olympian Simplice Fotsala.
On 22 December 2021, a match between Goodman and three-time world challenger Richie Mepranum for the vacant WBO Oriental super bantamweight title took place at The Star, Sydney. Goodman won via 6th round stoppage after Mepranum received an arm injury, therefore, Goodman is the new WBO Oriental champion.
Goodman defended his WBO Oriental title against Japanese Fumiya Fuse for the vacant IBF Inter-continental super-bantamweight title, winning via unanimous decision.
By July 2022 Goodman would be set to face former world challenger Juan Miguel Elorde, to defend his WBO Oriental and IBF Inter-continental titles, Goodman won via eighth round stoppage in a commanding display.