Iran Barkley

Career, Record, Stats
Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley (The Blade) is a 64-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 7 months, and 22 days, Barkley amassed a record of 43-19-1, which includes 27 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Iran Barkley's Boxing Career

Iran Barkley was born in Mott Have, Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. on May 6, 1960. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on December 9, 1982 against Larry Jordan. Barkley defeated Jordan via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Barkley got his first shot at a world title at the age of 27 after 25 professional fights. On October 23, 1987 Barkley challenged Sumbu Kalambay's WBA middleweight title but lost via 15-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on June 6, 1988 at the age of 28 years, after by defeating Thomas Hearns in a clash for the vacant WBC middleweight champion. Barkley stopped Hearns in the 3rd round of the 12-round world-title fight. This was his 29th fight as a professional.

Barkley then went on to successfully conquer the super-middleweight (IBF) and light-heavyweight (WBA) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.

Barkley's last fight was a 6th-round TKO loss to Keith McKnight at age 39, on July 31, 1999.

Some of Iran Barkley's best fights have been against Thomas Hearns (HOFer) and Gerrie Coetzee. For a complete list of Barkley's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Iran Barkley".

Barkley has 19 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Iran Barkley Losses".

Iran Barkley's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
63
Jul 31, 1999 39 generic fighter pic Keith McKnight
loss
TKO
6
62
Jun 29, 1999 39 Trevor Berbick Trevor Berbick 44 47-10-1
loss
UD
8
61
Apr 19, 1999 38 generic fighter pic Tony Halme
loss
SD
12
60
Mar 19, 1999 38 generic fighter pic Thomas Williams
loss
TKO
4
59
Jan 27, 1999 38 generic fighter pic Joey Guy
loss
PTS
10
58
Nov 06, 1998 38 generic fighter pic Tue Bjørn Thomsen
loss
UD
6
57
Oct 22, 1998 38 generic fighter pic Caseny Truesdale
win
TKO
4
56
Sep 30, 1998 38 generic fighter pic Dan Kosmicki
draw
TD
4
55
Aug 22, 1998 38 generic fighter pic Tony LaRosa
loss
UD
10
54
Sep 13, 1997 37 generic fighter pic Marcelo Aravena
win
TKO
3
53
Jun 08, 1997 37 Gerrie Coetzee Gerrie Coetzee 42 33-5-1
win
TKO
10
52
Jan 22, 1997 36 generic fighter pic Dave Fiddler
win
KO
1
51
Nov 20, 1996 36 generic fighter pic Caseny Truesdale
win
TKO
4
50
Nov 14, 1996 36 generic fighter pic Frankie Hines
win
TKO
1
49
Sep 06, 1996 36 generic fighter pic Dan Kosmicki
win
UD
8
48
Jul 27, 1996 36 generic fighter pic Craig Payne
win
MD
8
47
Jun 03, 1996 36 generic fighter pic Brian Yates
win
UD
8
46
Feb 02, 1996 35 generic fighter pic James Baker
win
TKO
1
45
Aug 18, 1995 35 generic fighter pic Rocky Gannon
loss
MD
8
44
May 14, 1995 35 generic fighter pic Tosca Petridis
loss
UD
10
43
Oct 08, 1994 34 generic fighter pic Henry Maske
loss
RTD
9
42
Jul 22, 1994 34 generic fighter pic Gary Butler
win
UD
8
41
May 24, 1994 34 generic fighter pic Rick Enis
win
TKO
4
40
Oct 20, 1993 33 generic fighter pic Adolpho Washington
loss
TKO
6
39
Aug 30, 1993 33 generic fighter pic Dino Stewart
win
TKO
9
38
Feb 13, 1993 32 James Toney James Toney 24 33-0-2
loss
RTD
9
37
Dec 05, 1992 32 generic fighter pic Robert Folley
win
KO
4
36
Mar 20, 1992 31 Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns 33 50-3-1
win
SD
12
35
Jan 10, 1992 31 generic fighter pic Darrin Van Horn
win
TKO
2
34
Oct 03, 1991 31 generic fighter pic Jesus Castaneda
win
TD
8
33
Aug 16, 1991 31 generic fighter pic Juan Hernandez
win
UD
10
32
Aug 18, 1990 30 Nigel Benn Nigel Benn 26 26-1
loss
TKO
1
31
Aug 14, 1989 29 Michael Nunn Michael Nunn 26 33-0
loss
MD
12
30
Feb 24, 1989 28 Roberto Durán Roberto Durán 37 84-7
loss
SD
12
29
Jun 06, 1988 28 Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns 29 45-2
win
TKO
3
28
Mar 06, 1988 27 generic fighter pic Michael Olajide
win
TKO
5
27
Jan 29, 1988 27 generic fighter pic Sanderline Williams
win
SD
10
26
Oct 23, 1987 27 Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay 31 42-3-1
loss
UD
15
25
Apr 03, 1987 26 generic fighter pic Jorge Amparo
win
UD
10
24
Feb 20, 1987 26 generic fighter pic Stacy McSwain
win
UD
10
23
Oct 17, 1986 26 generic fighter pic James Kinchen
win
SD
10
22
Jul 24, 1986 26 generic fighter pic Basante Blanco
win
RTD
4
21
Jun 19, 1986 26 generic fighter pic Tony Harrison
win
KO
3
20
Dec 06, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Mike Tinley
win
SD
12
19
Nov 01, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Wilford Scypion
win
KO
8
18
Aug 29, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Norberto Sabater
win
KO
2
17
Aug 08, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Bill Lee
win
TKO
3
16
Jul 11, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Carlos Betancourt
win
KO
1
15
May 24, 1985 25 generic fighter pic Randy Smith
win
UD
10
14
Apr 26, 1985 24 generic fighter pic Norberto Sabater
win
TKO
2
13
Feb 21, 1985 24 generic fighter pic Osley Silas
win
TKO
6
12
Nov 01, 1984 24 generic fighter pic Eddie Hall
loss
SD
8
11
Aug 23, 1984 24 generic fighter pic John Ford
win
TKO
5
10
Jul 05, 1984 24 generic fighter pic Esteban Pizzarro
win
UD
8
9
Jan 06, 1984 23 generic fighter pic Robbie Sims
loss
TKO
6
8
Dec 15, 1983 23 generic fighter pic Marciano Bernardi
win
TKO
1
7
Aug 18, 1983 23 generic fighter pic Frank Minton
win
TKO
5
6
Jun 18, 1983 23 generic fighter pic Jose Torres
win
UD
6
5
Mar 31, 1983 22 generic fighter pic Osley Silas
loss
PTS
6
4
Feb 18, 1983 22 generic fighter pic Donnie Franklin
win
UD
4
3
Jan 29, 1983 22 generic fighter pic Donnie Williams
win
TKO
1
2
Jan 06, 1983 22 generic fighter pic Bruce Starling
win
KO
2
1
Dec 09, 1982 22 generic fighter pic Larry Jordan
win
TKO
2
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