Tim Witherspoon

Career, Record, Stats
Tim Witherspoon

Tim Witherspoon (Terrible) is a 66-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 23 years, 4 months, and 15 days, Witherspoon amassed a record of 55-13-1, which includes 38 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

Tim Witherspoon's Boxing Career

Tim Witherspoon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 27, 1957. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on October 30, 1979 against Joe Adams. Witherspoon defeated Adams via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Witherspoon got his first world-title fight at the age of 25 after 15 professional fights. On May 20, 1983 Witherspoon challenged Larry Holmes' WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles but lost via 12-round split decision.

He became a world champion on March 9, 1984 at the age of 26 years, after by defeating Greg Page, the then-reining WBC heavyweight champion, via 12-round majority decision. This was his 19th fight as a professional.

Witherspoon then went on to successfully win the WBA heavyweight world title as well.

Witherspoon's last fight was a split decision loss to Brian Nix at age 45, on March 15, 2003.

Some of Tim Witherspoon's best fights have been against Al Cole, Frank Bruno, Tony Tubbs, Carl Williams, Greg Page, Jorge Luis González, and José Ribalta. For a complete list of Witherspoon's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Tim Witherspoon".

Witherspoon has 13 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Tim Witherspoon Losses".

Tim Witherspoon's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
69
Mar 15, 2003 45 generic fighter pic Brian Nix
loss
SD
10
68
Sep 22, 2002 44 Lou Savarese Lou Savarese 37 42-4
loss
TKO
5
67
May 18, 2002 44 generic fighter pic Ahmed Abdin
win
UD
10
66
Mar 10, 2002 44 generic fighter pic Darroll Wilson
win
KO
2
65
Jan 18, 2002 44 generic fighter pic Ed White
win
TKO
1
64
Jul 29, 2001 43 generic fighter pic Cleveland Woods
win
KO
1
63
Jun 08, 2001 43 Monte Barrett Monte Barrett 30 24-2
loss
SD
10
62
Apr 13, 2001 43 generic fighter pic Danny Wofford
win
TKO
3
61
Mar 31, 2001 43 generic fighter pic Elieser Castillo
win
MD
10
60
Feb 22, 2001 43 generic fighter pic David Bostice
win
TKO
1
59
Jul 08, 2000 42 generic fighter pic David Smith
win
TKO
2
58
Apr 29, 2000 42 generic fighter pic Mike Sedillo
draw
PTS
12
57
Feb 25, 2000 42 generic fighter pic Joe Ballard
win
KO
1
56
Jun 18, 1999 41 Greg Page Greg Page 40 55-14-1
loss
RTD
7
55
Apr 16, 1999 41 Brian Nielsen Brian Nielsen 34 48-0
loss
TKO
4
54
Oct 02, 1998 40 Andrew Golota Andrew Golota 30 31-3
loss
UD
10
53
Apr 07, 1998 40 generic fighter pic Jimmy Thunder
loss
UD
10
52
Dec 13, 1997 39 generic fighter pic Larry Donald
loss
UD
12
51
Nov 04, 1997 39 generic fighter pic Levi Billups
win
TKO
1
50
Dec 14, 1996 38 Ray Mercer Ray Mercer 35 23-4-1
loss
UD
10
49
May 10, 1996 38 Jorge Luis González Jorge Luis González 31 24-1
win
TKO
5
48
Jan 12, 1996 38 Al Cole Al Cole 31 27-1
win
UD
10
47
Nov 14, 1995 37 generic fighter pic Tim Puller
win
TKO
2
46
Oct 31, 1995 37 generic fighter pic Everton Davis
win
TKO
7
45
Mar 24, 1995 37 generic fighter pic Jesse Shelby
win
TKO
1
44
Dec 17, 1994 36 generic fighter pic Nathaniel Fitch
win
TKO
6
43
Aug 12, 1994 36 generic fighter pic Sherman Griffin
win
TKO
3
42
Aug 25, 1992 34 generic fighter pic Tony Willis
win
UD
10
41
Jul 21, 1992 34 generic fighter pic Everett Martin
loss
SD
10
40
Mar 23, 1992 34 generic fighter pic James Pritchard
win
UD
10
39
Feb 04, 1992 34 generic fighter pic Jimmy Lee Smith
win
KO
1
38
Sep 10, 1991 33 generic fighter pic Art Tucker
win
TKO
3
37
Mar 08, 1991 33 Carl Williams Carl Williams 31 23-3
win
SD
12
36
Jul 19, 1990 32 José Ribalta José Ribalta 27 31-4-1
win
MD
10
35
Mar 12, 1990 32 generic fighter pic Greg Gorrell
win
TKO
3
34
Jan 11, 1990 32 generic fighter pic Jeff Sims
win
RTD
5
33
Oct 19, 1989 31 generic fighter pic Anders Eklund
win
KO
1
32
Jan 27, 1989 31 generic fighter pic Larry Alexander
win
SD
10
31
Feb 17, 1988 30 generic fighter pic Mauricio Villegas
win
TKO
9
30
Oct 14, 1987 29 generic fighter pic Mike Williams
win
SD
10
29
Aug 04, 1987 29 generic fighter pic Mark Wills
win
TKO
1
28
Dec 12, 1986 28 James Smith James Smith 33 18-5
loss
KO
1
27
Jul 19, 1986 28 Frank Bruno Frank Bruno 24 28-1
win
TKO
11
26
Jan 17, 1986 28 Tony Tubbs Tony Tubbs 27 21-0
win
MD
15
25
Oct 12, 1985 27 generic fighter pic Sammy Scaff
win
TKO
4
24
Sep 06, 1985 27 generic fighter pic Larry Beilfuss
win
TKO
1
23
Jun 15, 1985 27 James Smith James Smith 32 15-3
win
UD
12
22
Apr 29, 1985 27 generic fighter pic James Broad
win
KO
2
21
Mar 25, 1985 27 generic fighter pic Mark Wills
win
TKO
9
20
Aug 31, 1984 26 Pinklon Thomas Pinklon Thomas 26 24-0-1
loss
MD
12
19
Mar 09, 1984 26 Greg Page Greg Page 25 23-1
win
MD
12
18
Sep 23, 1983 25 James Tillis James Tillis 26 26-3
win
TKO
1
17
Jul 16, 1983 25 generic fighter pic Floyd Cummings
win
UD
10
16
May 20, 1983 25 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 33 42-0
loss
SD
12
15
Jun 05, 1982 24 generic fighter pic Renaldo Snipes
win
MD
10
14
Mar 30, 1982 24 generic fighter pic Luis Acosta
win
KO
2
13
Dec 05, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Alfonzo Ratliff
win
TKO
7
12
Nov 17, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Curtis Gaskins
win
KO
2
11
Jul 30, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Jerry Williams
win
TKO
8
10
Jun 17, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Bobby Jordan
win
KO
4
9
Apr 11, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Dave Johnson
win
UD
8
8
Feb 07, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Marvin Stinson
win
PTS
10
7
Jan 24, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Ed Bednarik
win
TKO
1
6
Dec 11, 1980 22 generic fighter pic James Reid
win
TKO
6
5
Oct 24, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Oliver Wright
win
TKO
2
4
Jul 20, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Charles Cox
win
KO
5
3
May 09, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Robert Evans
win
UD
6
2
Apr 26, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Robert Ritchie
win
KO
1
1
Oct 30, 1979 21 generic fighter pic Joe Adams
win
TKO
1
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