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“Big” Michael Grant
A physical specimen, standing 6’ 7” and weighing in around 255 lbs, with an extremely likeable personality, Grant was once hailed as the next superstar of boxing… perhaps a bit too soon. Early in his career, Grant beat Corey “T-Rex” Sanders, fringe contender Lionel Butler, Cuba’s Jorge Luis Gonzalez, respected veterans Obed Sullivan, Al Cole, and David Izon and outpointed Lou Savarese. During an HBO-televised battle against well-known Andrew Golota, Grant was knocked down twice but came from behind to score a thrilling knockout in the tenth round. And thus, at 25 years old and in the 32nd fight of his career, with very little amateur boxing experience to rely on, Grant found himself in the ring with all-time-great champion Lennox Lewis in a PPV showdown at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Four knockdowns in two rounds later, Grant was a KO victim. His status as a future star was further dimmed in his very next fight when, in front of the bright lights of a prime-time HBO audience, Grant broke his ankle and was forced to stop against relatively unknown New Yorker Jameel McCline. A sensitive and deeply religious man, Grant spent a long time soul searching his future in the brutal sport. After scoring a few lower profile victories, then-undefeated Dominick Guinn knocked out a seemingly listless and uninspired Grant in 2003. It seemed like a disappointing end to what many said should have been a meteoric rise to the top of the world.
The Chicago native, currently residing in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has returned to action with an all-new team behind him including legendary former world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad as his trainer and tenacious promoter Nick Garone of X-Cel Worldwide as his promoter. In July, Grant scored a unanimous eight-round decision over Michigan spoiler Demetrice King at the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia. It was an impressive, controlled performance that went a long way toward backing up claims of being renewed and reinvigorated for the sport. |
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Former NABF Heavyweight Champion and world #1 contender “Big” Michael Grant (45-3-1, 33 KOs), has seen it all in professional boxing. 
Today, at 36 years old, “Big” Michael says that during his time out of the spotlight, he’s had time to mature and gather up the much-needed confidence he lacked as a younger, more inexperienced man. 