He went on to make two more title defenses, against Frank LoPorto and Delvin Rodriguez, reinforcing his status in the sport. Later that year, he successfully defended his title against mandatory challenger David Alonso Lopez, scoring an 11th-round knockdown. This enabled him to earn his first taste of fame, significantly improving his wealth. In 2011 Trout took the WBA World Light Middleweight Championship title by defeating Interim champion Rigoberto Alvarez, winning 11 of the 12 rounds on all three judges’ scorecards. He soon became a mandatory challenger for the WBA World Boxing Championship title, eventually winning it.
He went on to win his first 26 fights at a professional level, and in 2009, he won against Taronze Washington, earning the vacant WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight title. The following year he turned pro, defeating Justo Almazan by a third-round TKO. He began to train for boxing in a local gym when he was ten years old, and by the age of 19, he had compiled a 163-42-1 amateur record, becoming the US National Amateur Welterweight Champion at 147 pounds, and the runner-up to make the 2004 US Olympic Boxing Team. Trout grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he attended Mayfield High School.
So just how rich is Austin Trout at present? According to sources in early 2017, Trout has earned a net worth of over $500,000, the main source being his professional boxing career which began in 2005.
He is a professional boxer, best known for holding the WBA (Regular) super welterweight title from 2011 to 2013. Austin Dwayne Trout was born on 18 September 1985, in El Paso, Texas USA, of African-American descent.