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Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 40 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 36 |
KO Losses | 7 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 20 years and nine months, Bruce Seldon fought 48 times with 40 wins and 8 losses.
Seldon retired from professional boxing with a record of 40-8, which included one heavyweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He had a 75% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 36 of his total 48 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Seldon suffered seven knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Mike Tyson in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 9th round KO defeat to Fres Oquendo on July 24, 2009.
Some of Seldon's best fights and notable victories include wins over Joe Hipp, Greg Page, Tony Tucker, Jose Ribalta, Nathaniel Fitch, Jesse Ferguson, and David Bey.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | Jul 24, 2009 | 42 | Fres Oquendo | Loss | KO9 |
47 | May 15, 2009 | 42 | Gabe Brown | Win | TKO5 |
46 | Nov 7, 2008 | 41 | Brad Gregory | Win | TKO2 |
45 | Sep 5, 2008 | 41 | Kevin Johnson | Loss | TKO5 |
44 | May 31, 2008 | 41 | Livin Castillo | Win | TKO5 |
43 | Mar 10, 2007 | 40 | Jay Sweetman | Win | KO2 |
42 | Feb 10, 2007 | 40 | Marcus Rhode | Win | TKO1 |
41 | Oct 28, 2005 | 38 | Tye Fields | Loss | KO2 |
40 | May 15, 2004 | 37 | Gerald Nobles | Loss | TKO9 |
39 | Apr 9, 2004 | 37 | Lenzie Morgan | Win | TKO2 |
38 | Mar 6, 2004 | 37 | Otis Tisdale | Win | KO3 |
37 | Sep 7, 1996 | 29 | Mike Tyson | Loss * | TKO1 |
36 | Aug 19, 1995 | 28 | Joe Hipp | Win * | TKO10 |
35 | Apr 8, 1995 | 28 | Tony Tucker | Win * | RTD7 |
34 | Dec 17, 1994 | 27 | Bill Corrigan | Win | KO1 |
33 | Jul 2, 1994 | 27 | Tui Toia | Win | TKO3 |
32 | Feb 19, 1994 | 27 | Nathaniel Fitch | Win | TKO4 |
31 | Aug 6, 1993 | 26 | Greg Page | Win | TKO9 |
30 | Apr 17, 1993 | 26 | Mike Robinson | Win | KO2 |
29 | Feb 15, 1993 | 26 | Al Shoffner | Win | TKO7 |
28 | Jan 24, 1993 | 25 | Alexander Popov | Win | TKO2 |
27 | Oct 14, 1992 | 25 | Tony Tubbs | Loss | UD |
26 | Sep 18, 1992 | 25 | Percell Davis | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Jul 9, 1992 | 25 | Mike Dixon | Win | UD |
24 | Jun 22, 1992 | 25 | Larry Givens | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Apr 16, 1992 | 25 | Jimmy Taylor | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Feb 9, 1992 | 25 | Dion Burgess | Win | TKO1 |
21 | Jan 19, 1992 | 24 | Jesse Ferguson | Win | RTD5 |
20 | Aug 9, 1991 | 24 | Riddick Bowe | Loss | KO1 |
19 | Apr 18, 1991 | 24 | Oliver McCall | Loss | TKO9 |
18 | Mar 22, 1991 | 24 | Percell Davis | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Jan 11, 1991 | 23 | Jose Ribalta | Win | RTD3 |
16 | Nov 1, 1990 | 23 | David Bey | Win | TKO10 |
15 | Aug 16, 1990 | 23 | John Morton | Win | TKO7 |
14 | Jun 24, 1990 | 23 | Tom Sandner | Win | RTD2 |
13 | May 18, 1990 | 23 | Ossie Ocasio | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 7, 1990 | 23 | Danny Wofford | Win | UD |
11 | Mar 23, 1990 | 23 | Jerry Jones | Win | TKO8 |
10 | Feb 18, 1990 | 23 | Amos Lisboa-Casillas | Win | KO1 |
9 | Jan 15, 1990 | 22 | Lorenzo Canady | Win | RTD2 |
8 | Nov 28, 1989 | 22 | Hassan Shabazz | Win | TKO5 |
7 | Sep 15, 1989 | 22 | Isaac Poole | Win | KO1 |
6 | Aug 22, 1989 | 22 | Ezra Sellers | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Jun 25, 1989 | 22 | Warren Thompson | Win | TKO3 |
4 | May 30, 1989 | 22 | Jesse McGhee | Win | UD |
3 | Mar 21, 1989 | 22 | Mike Robinson | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Nov 23, 1988 | 21 | Tyrone Barwell | Win | KO1 |
1 | Oct 4, 1988 | 21 | Joel McGraw | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Bruce Seldon (The Atlantic City Express) is a 57-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. on January 30, 1967. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1988 to 2009.
Seldon made his professional boxing debut against Joel McGraw at the age of 21 on October 4, 1988, defeating McGraw via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 17 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on April 8, 1995 after 34 professional fights, against Tony Tucker for the heavyweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Tucker via 7th round RTD to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Seldon has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Seldon's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Seldon had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Fres Oquendo on July 24, 2009. Seldon lost the fight via 9th round KO. It's been 14 years, 8 months, and 4 days since this fight.
Seldon had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost one.
Bruce Seldon fought for a heavyweight world title once, which he won via RTD. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 8, 1995 | Tony Tucker | Heavyweight | WBA* | RTD |
Bruce Seldon had two heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Aug 19, 1995 | Joe Hipp | Heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Bruce Seldon lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Sep 7, 1996 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Seldon fought a total of 48 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
January 11, 1991: Bruce Seldon puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Jose Ribalta via 3rd round RTD.
August 6, 1993: Bruce Seldon beats Greg Page via 9th round TKO.
April 8, 1995: Seldon wins his first world title by defeating Tony Tucker via 7th round RTD. He is now the WBA heavyweight world champion.
Seldon knocked out 36 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 75%. Of his total 40 wins, 36 of them were via KO (90%).
Seldon's first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at heavyweight. He defeated Tony Tucker via 7 round RTD to win the title.
Seldon won one world title at heavyweight.
Seldon had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.