TONY `Tiger’ Marshall chalked up his 20th professional victory following a technical knockout (TKO) victory over American Glenn Odem on April 12. 1996 in New York. Odem was stopped in the fourth round of a super welterweight (junior middleweight) contest.Marshall followed that up with a unanimous-decision victory against Reggie Strickland and a fifth round TKO of Ronald Rangel to finish that year undefeated. Marshall was born in Guyana but operated out of the USA. He turned pro in April 1991 and returned home in 1995 to provide glove work for Anthony `The Pearl’ Andrews, who at the time was preparing for a world title fight with Argentine Jorge Castro.
The October-born orthodox boxer would make two unsuccessful challenges for world titles. The first occurred in November 1994 when `The Tiger’ tackled Argentine Julio Cesar Vasquez for the World Boxing Association (WBA) version of the crown.
After 12 rounds Vasquez was adjudged the winner via unanimous decision. Marshall’s second attempt ended in similar manner. The Guyanese travelled to Madrid, Spain in July 2000 to do battle with World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Javier Castillejo.
Marshall’s career lasted 14 years and produced 37 victories, 13 defeats and 6 draws.