Trevor Berbick
Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by unanimous decision.
1 August 1954
Born on the same birth date (1 August 1954): Benno Möhlmann • James Gleick
Born on the same birth day (1 August): Antonio Cotogni • Bastian Schweinsteiger • Demián Bichir • Douglas Osheroff • Frank Havens (canoeist) • Frank Worrell • Gego • Grant Wooden • Jerry Garcia • Julien Faubert • Mahmoud Dowlatabadi • Meena Kumari • Pancho Villa (boxer) • Raul Renter • W. D. Hamilton
Born in the same month (August 1954): Alan Reid (politician) • Alexander Lukashenko • Anatoliy Kinakh • Bryan Bassett • Charles Busch • Gary Peters (footballer) • George Church (geneticist) • Howard Clark (golfer) • Hugh Pelham • James Gleick • Jonathan Pollard • Michael P. Kube-McDowell • Quinn Buckner • Sam J. Jones • Tracy Krohn • Umberto Guidoni • Valery Gazzaev • Vance Heafner • Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)