Professional Career
Known as "The Atlantic City Express", Seldon began his career on October 4, 1988 with a first-round knockout of Joel McGraw and won his first 18 fights without a blemish. During his winning streak he defeated some notable boxers: Ezra Sellers (future world cruiserweight title challenger), Ossie Ocasio (former cruiserweight champion and heavyweight title challenger), David Bey (former world rated contender), and Jose Ribalta (former world title contender).
On April 18, 1991 future WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall handed Bruce his first defeat. Seldon was ahead on the scorecards but ran out of gas and was dropped by McCall three times in the ninth. In his next fight Seldon was matched with future undisputed world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe who blew him.
Seldon returned in 1992 with a victory over sometimes-dangerous Jesse Ferguson whom he stopped on an eye injury, but was dropped and outpointed the same year by crafty ex-champ Tony Tubbs. Seldon signed with legendary promoter Don King in 1993 and boxed on a series of his undercards, most notably in August 1993 when he stopped waning ex-champ Greg Page in nine rounds.
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