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Clifford Etienne (born March 9 1972), also known as "The Black Rhino", is a heavyweight boxer in the United States. Etienne took up boxing while serving a 10 year prison sentence for armed robbery and won the state prison boxing championship. Upon being paroled in 1998 he became a professional boxer; he has won 29 matches (20 knockouts), lost 4, and drawn 2. He is best known for his 2003 fight against Mike Tyson, where Etienne was knocked out in the first round in only 49 seconds from a right hand. Etienne made a million dollars in the fight.

On Thursday, August 11 2005, reported Etienne's ring career likely over with the following story:

:"Well known heavyweight Clifford Etienne was arrested Wednesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and the attempted murder of a police officer. Etienne allegedly robbed a local business, car-jacked a vehicle containing a woman and her children, then pulled a gun on police officers. He is being held in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with a $70,000 bond."

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