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Total Fights | 34 |
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Wins | 25 |
Losses | 9 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 18 |
KO Losses | 6 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning eight years and 10 months, Alfonso Ratliff fought 34 times with 25 wins and 9 losses.
Ratliff retired from professional boxing with a record of 25-9, which included one cruiserweight world-title win. He had a 52.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 18 of his total 34 fights being knockout wins. Ratliff suffered six knockout losses, none of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 4th round KO defeat to Lee Roy Murphy on June 26, 1989.
Some of Ratliff's best fights and notable victories include wins over Carlos De León, Rickey Parkey, Stanley Ross, Elijah Tillery, Henry Sims, James Dixon, and Billy Joe Thomas.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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34 | Jun 26, 1989 | 33 | Lee Roy Murphy | Loss | KO4 |
33 | Nov 17, 1988 | 32 | Jeff Lampkin | Loss | TKO5 |
32 | Aug 12, 1988 | 32 | Rickey Parkey | Win | KO7 |
31 | May 12, 1988 | 32 | Craig Bodzianowski | Win | MD |
30 | Feb 3, 1988 | 31 | Gary Mason | Loss | TKO6 |
29 | Jan 15, 1988 | 31 | Magne Havnå | Loss | PTS |
28 | Oct 16, 1987 | 31 | Patrick Lumumba | Loss | UD |
27 | Aug 11, 1987 | 31 | Henry Sims | Win | TKO9 |
26 | Apr 12, 1987 | 31 | Craig Bodzianowski | Win | MD |
25 | Sep 6, 1986 | 30 | Mike Tyson | Loss | TKO2 |
24 | Jul 19, 1986 | 30 | Stanley Ross | Win | RTD5 |
23 | Sep 21, 1985 | 29 | Bernard Benton | Loss * | UD |
22 | Jun 6, 1985 | 29 | Carlos De León | Win * | SD |
21 | Dec 20, 1984 | 28 | James Dixon | Win | RTD5 |
20 | May 25, 1984 | 28 | Billy Joe Thomas | Win | KO2 |
19 | Nov 2, 1983 | 27 | Bashir Wadud | Win | TKO7 |
18 | Mar 26, 1983 | 27 | Pinklon Thomas | Loss | TKO10 |
17 | Oct 5, 1982 | 26 | Henry Porter | Win | TKO6 |
16 | Jul 19, 1982 | 26 | Clayman Parker | Win | KO6 |
15 | Mar 13, 1982 | 26 | Elijah Tillery | Win | UD |
14 | Dec 5, 1981 | 25 | Tim Witherspoon | Loss | TKO7 |
13 | Oct 3, 1981 | 25 | Vernon Johnston | Win | KO2 |
12 | Aug 21, 1981 | 25 | Leroy Boone | Win | UD |
11 | Jul 27, 1981 | 25 | Henry Patterson | Win | KO2 |
10 | Jun 29, 1981 | 25 | Eddie Temple | Win | KO2 |
9 | Apr 16, 1981 | 25 | David Starkey | Win | KO2 |
8 | Apr 2, 1981 | 25 | James Dixon | Win | UD |
7 | Mar 9, 1981 | 25 | Baker Tinsley | Win | KO4 |
6 | Feb 22, 1981 | 25 | Stan Johnson | Win | KO2 |
5 | Jan 15, 1981 | 24 | Johnny Townsend | Win | UD |
4 | Nov 13, 1980 | 24 | Melvin Hosey | Win | TKO5 |
3 | Oct 9, 1980 | 24 | Charles Anderson Atlas | Win | KO1 |
2 | Sep 22, 1980 | 24 | Mike Chrun | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Aug 25, 1980 | 24 | Jim Flynn | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Alfonso Ratliff (Alonzo) is a 68-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S. on February 18, 1956. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 1980 to 1989.
Ratliff made his professional boxing debut against Jim Flynn at the age of 24 on August 25, 1980, defeating Flynn via 1st round KO. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on June 6, 1985 after 21 professional fights, against Carlos De León for the cruiserweight WBC title. He defeated León via 12 round split decision to become the cruiserweight champion of the world.
Ratliff has won one world title at cruiserweight. For all the details about Ratliff's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Ratliff had a total of nine losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Lee Roy Murphy on June 26, 1989. Ratliff lost the fight via 4th round KO. It's been 34 years, 9 months, and 2 days since this fight.
Ratliff had a total of two world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost one.
Alfonso Ratliff fought for a cruiserweight world title once, which he won via split decision. He won one cruiserweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 6, 1985 | Carlos De León | Cruiserweight | WBC | SD |
Alfonso Ratliff lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Sep 21, 1985 | Bernard Benton | Cruiserweight | WBC | UD |
Ratliff knocked out 18 of his 34 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.9%. Of his total 25 wins, 18 of them were via KO (72%).
Ratliff's first world-title win was the WBC belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Carlos De León via 12 round split decision to win the title.
Ratliff won one world title at cruiserweight.
Ratliff had one title defense fight, which he lost.