Fabrice Tiozzo (The Bear) is a 55-year-old retired French professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 17 years, 8 months, and 5 days, Tiozzo amassed a record of 48-2, which includes 32 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.
Fabrice Tiozzo was born in St. Denis, France on May 8, 1969. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on November 10, 1988 against Dionisio Del Valle. Tiozzo defeated Valle via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Tiozzo got his first shot at a world title at the age of 23 after 25 professional fights. On April 3, 1993 Tiozzo challenged Virgil Hill's WBA light-heavyweight title but lost via 12-round split decision.
He became a world champion on June 16, 1995 at the age of 26 years, after by defeating Mike McCallum, the then-reining WBC light-heavyweight champion, via 12-round unanimous decision. This was his 33rd fight as a professional.
Tiozzo then went on to successfully win the cruiserweight (WBA) title also to become a two-division world champion.
Tiozzo's last fight was a 5th-round KO victory over Henry Saenz at age 37, on July 15, 2006.
Some of Fabrice Tiozzo's best fights have been against Dariusz Michalczewski, Nate Miller, Mike McCallum (HOFer), and Leslie Stewart. For a complete list of Tiozzo's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Fabrice Tiozzo".
Tiozzo has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Fabrice Tiozzo Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 | Jul 15, 2006 | 37 | Henry Saenz | win | KO 5 |
49 | Feb 26, 2005 | 35 |
Dariusz Michalczewski 36 48-1 | win | TKO 6 |
48 | Mar 20, 2004 | 34 | Silvio Branco | win | MD 12 |
47 | Jul 04, 2003 | 34 | Joey DeGrandis | win | TKO 4 |
46 | Mar 08, 2003 | 33 | George Arias | win | UD 8 |
45 | Dec 22, 2001 | 32 | Tiwon Taylor | win | TKO 3 |
44 | Dec 09, 2000 | 31 |
Virgil Hill 36 45-3 | loss | TKO 1 |
43 | Apr 08, 2000 | 30 | Valeriy Vykhor | win | TKO 6 |
42 | Nov 13, 1999 | 30 | Ken Murphy | win | TKO 7 |
41 | Nov 14, 1998 | 29 | Ezequiel Paixao | win | TKO 2 |
40 | May 02, 1998 | 28 | Terry Ray | win | TKO 1 |
39 | Nov 08, 1997 | 28 |
Nate Miller 34 30-4 | win | UD 12 |
38 | Sep 26, 1997 | 28 | Jeff Williams | win | TKO 2 |
37 | Apr 27, 1997 | 27 | Ed Dalton | win | TKO 3 |
36 | Mar 01, 1997 | 27 | Mike Peak | win | PTS 10 |
35 | May 04, 1996 | 26 |
Leslie Stewart 35 31-9 | win | KO 6 |
34 | Jan 13, 1996 | 26 | Eric Lucas | win | UD 12 |
33 | Jun 16, 1995 | 26 |
Mike McCallum 39 48-2-1 | win | UD 12 |
32 | Mar 05, 1995 | 25 | Noel Magee | win | TKO 4 |
31 | Oct 25, 1994 | 25 | Maurice Core | win | TKO 4 |
30 | Aug 14, 1994 | 25 | Tim St Clair | win | TKO 5 |
29 | Mar 05, 1994 | 24 | Eddy Smulders | win | KO 7 |
28 | Nov 13, 1993 | 24 | Glazz Campbell | win | TKO 10 |
27 | Sep 18, 1993 | 24 | Dale Jackson | win | KO 4 |
26 | Apr 03, 1993 | 23 |
Virgil Hill 29 34-1 | loss | SD 12 |
25 | Jan 20, 1993 | 23 | Osley Silas | win | TKO 4 |
24 | Nov 13, 1992 | 23 | Ramzi Hassan | win | PTS 8 |
23 | Oct 03, 1992 | 23 | Robert Johnson | win | TKO 5 |
22 | Mar 21, 1992 | 22 | Tony Wilson | win | PTS 8 |
21 | Jan 26, 1992 | 22 | John Foreman | win | TKO 6 |
20 | Dec 13, 1991 | 22 | Ron Lee Warrior | win | KO 1 |
19 | Nov 03, 1991 | 22 | Ken Heflin | win | KO 1 |
18 | Oct 13, 1991 | 22 | Terrence Wright | win | TKO 2 |
17 | Jun 19, 1991 | 22 | Eric Nicoletta | win | PTS 10 |
16 | May 04, 1991 | 21 | Oliver Kemayou | win | TKO 3 |
15 | Mar 24, 1991 | 21 | Sylvester White | win | PTS 8 |
14 | Feb 09, 1991 | 21 | Paul McCarthy | win | KO 2 |
13 | Dec 23, 1990 | 21 | Serge Bolivard | win | PTS 10 |
12 | Nov 14, 1990 | 21 | David Overton | win | TKO 1 |
11 | Oct 25, 1990 | 21 | James Fernandez | win | KO 4 |
10 | Jun 29, 1990 | 21 | John Held | win | PTS 8 |
9 | Jun 01, 1990 | 21 | Frankie Hines | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Apr 30, 1990 | 20 | Yves Monsieur | win | PTS 8 |
7 | Mar 02, 1990 | 20 | Ian Bulloch | win | PTS 6 |
6 | Feb 09, 1990 | 20 | James Wilder | win | KO 3 |
5 | Dec 11, 1989 | 20 | John Cox | win | KO 4 |
4 | Nov 25, 1989 | 20 | Rene Dere | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Jul 29, 1989 | 20 | Hassan Jalni | win | TKO 3 |
2 | Mar 31, 1989 | 19 | Hamid Hadi | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Nov 10, 1988 | 19 | Dionisio Del Valle | win | PTS 4 |