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Dewey Bozella was born on August 15, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is 61 years old as of 2020. He is an American boxer who was wrongfully imprisoned for 26 years.
He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m). He has a slim build with black hair and brown eyes.
Dewey Bozella has not been previously engaged. He has two children, a son and a daughter.
Dewey Bozella is a professional boxer who has competed in the light heavyweight division. He was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1983 and spent 26 years in prison before being exonerated in 2009. He was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2010 ESPY Awards.
As of 2020, Dewey Bozella’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his boxing career and other business ventures.
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Dewey Bozella Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Dewey Bozella's Wife?
His wife is Trena Boone (m. 2006)
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Dewey Bozella Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dewey Bozella worth at the age of 64 years old? Dewey Bozella’s income source is mostly from being a successful Boxer. He is from United States. We have estimated
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Timeline
Bozella was nine when his father beat his pregnant mother so badly that she later died. He was a witness to the beating. His father ran away and never returned. One of his brothers was stabbed to death, another was shot and killed, and a third died of AIDS. As a teenager, Bozella trained for a time with former world champion boxer Floyd Patterson. At 20, Bozella was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for attempted robbery. He earned a bachelor's degree from Mercy College and a master’s from New York Theological Seminary.
In 2016, Bozella published his memoir, Stand Tall: Fighting For My Life, Inside and Outside the Ring.
In 2012, Bozella was a guest at the Ring 10 Veteran's Boxing Foundation 2nd Annual Fundraiser where he credited boxing and the champions with whom he shared the dais for saving his life.
Bozella currently lives in Fishkill, New York with his wife, Trena. While accepting an award in 2011, he told an ESPN reporter that he still dreamed of having at least one professional fight one day. In 2011, boxing champion Bernard Hopkins helped Bozella's dream come true.
On July 13, 2011, Bozella's life was chronicled in ESPN's annual ESPY Award show in the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, where he was honored as the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
On October 15, 2011, at the age of 52 years, Bozella won his professional boxing debut on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson match-up at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, against Larry Hopkins by a 4-round unanimous decision. Bozella had been training with Bernard Hopkins in Philadelphia. President Barack Obama telephoned Bozella to wish him luck in the upcoming fight.
In 1977, 92-year-old Emma Crapser was murdered in her Poughkeepsie, New York apartment. Police alleged that Crapser walked in on a burglary that was being committed by a then 18-year-old Bozella, who then killed her. In 1983, Bozella was convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. He continued to claim he was innocent and refused to admit to the crimes he was alleged to have committed, even when in front of the parole board, who denied him parole on four occasions. Bozella contacted the Innocence Project, who agreed to examine his case. When the Innocence Project discovered that there was no DNA evidence remaining to be tested, they referred the case to WilmerHale. Lawyers at WilmerHale discovered new evidence that had been suppressed by prosecutors showing Bozella was in fact innocent and had been framed. Supreme Court Justice James Rooney of Putnam County agreed that the Dutchess County District Attorney, John King, had failed to disclose crucial evidence which would have proved Bozella's innocence. On October 28, 2009, Bozella was finally released from prison after serving 26 years.
On October 28, 2009, after being released from custody, Bozella began working with youths at a local gym in Newburgh, New York. At the gym, which is now closed, he worked with teenagers teaching them about boxing and about the dangers of joining gangs. He frequently visits various organizations to deliver speeches about his life experiences. Bozella is a frequent sight at New York City area boxing cards.
Dewey Bozella (born 1959) is a former professional boxer who is best known for being imprisoned for a conviction which was eventually overturned. Convicted in 1983 for the murder of an elderly woman, Bozella served 26 years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2009.
