Career
Kauffman made his professional debut in 2006. On December 5, 2008, Kauffman made his national television debut with a third round knockout of once-beaten Malachy Farrell on ShoBox: The New Generation. Kauffman followed that performance up with a pair of early knockouts against clubfighters Cliff Couser and southpaw Livin Castillo.
In 2009, he was knocked out by Tony Grano.
Kauffman asked Grano for a rematch but was turned down several times. He then fought Mike Miller, winning a shut-out unanimous decision.
Then he knocked out Ohio"s hard-punching Chris Koval in a two-round destruction and picked up the WBF intertitle. He signed a promotional agreement with Empire Sports and Entertainment.
He was released by Empire and then re-signed with the same promoter in 2012 under a different name: Greg Cohen Promotions.
Kauffman was then 21-1 with 16 KOs. He then fought Sean Williams, who he KO"d in 1 round. Kauffman fought Charles Davis, winning a 7-round UD, stopped due to rain.
At that time, he was rated 14th by the WBA. Then, in September 2013 Kauffman beat Stacy Frazier in 2 short rounds, breaking Frazier"s ribs, to move to 26-1, 19 KOs, and ranked 10th by the WBA. Kauffman took on Vincent Thompson on January 25, 2014, out-working him over 10 rounds and winning the WBA federation title that became Kauffman"s 3rd minor belt.
Also, Kauffman has started to work with trainer Nassim Richardson and has help from First Rate (at Lloyd's) Cole, a former cruiserweight title holder.
