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Carl Thompson Record

34-6
Total Fights40
Wins34
Losses6
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses2
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins25
KO Losses5
Carl Thompson Record & Stats
Carl Thompson's Record
Carl Thompson's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Carl Thompson's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and five months, Carl Thompson fought 40 times with 34 wins and 6 losses.

      Thompson retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-6, which included one cruiserweight world-title win and two successful title defense fights. He had a 62.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Thompson suffered five knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.

      His last fight was a 10 round PTS victory over Frédéric Serrat on November 26, 2005.

      Some of Thompson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Chris Eubank, David Haye, Uriah Grant, Terry Dunstan, Ralf Rocchigiani, Akim Tafer, and Frédéric Serrat.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      40Nov 26, 200541Frédéric SerratWinPTS
      39Sep 10, 200440David HayeWinTKO5
      38Feb 6, 200439Sebastiaan RothmannWinTKO9
      37Nov 7, 200339Paul BonsonWinPTS
      36Sep 5, 200339Hastings RasaniWinKO1
      35Jun 10, 200339Phil DayWinKO4
      34Nov 26, 200137Ezra SellersLossKO4
      33Feb 3, 200136Uriah GrantWinTKO5
      32Sep 25, 200036Alexey IlyinWinTKO2
      31May 13, 200035Alain SimonWinTKO6
      30Dec 3, 199935Terry DunstanWinKO12
      29Mar 27, 199934Johnny NelsonLoss *TKO5
      28Jul 18, 199834Chris EubankWin *RTD9
      27Apr 18, 199833Chris EubankWin *UD
      26Oct 4, 199733Ralf RocchigianiWin *SD
      25Apr 26, 199732Keith McMurrayWinTKO4
      24Nov 9, 199632Jason NicholsonWinPTS
      23Apr 13, 199631Albert CallWinTKO5
      22Jun 10, 199531Ralf RocchigianiLoss *TKO11
      21Oct 13, 199430Tim KnightWinKO5
      20Sep 10, 199430Dionisio Lazario NascimentoWinTKO1
      19Jun 14, 199430Akim TaferWinTKO6
      18Feb 2, 199429Massimiliano DuranWinKO8
      17Jul 25, 199329Willie JakeWinKO3
      16Mar 31, 199328Steve HarveyWinKO1
      15Feb 17, 199328Arthur WeathersWinKO2
      14Jun 4, 199228Steve LewsamWinTKO8
      13Sep 4, 199127Nicky PiperWinTKO3
      12Apr 1, 199126Yawe DavisLossTKO2
      11Mar 7, 199126Terry DixonWinPTS
      10Apr 21, 199025Franco WanyamaLossPTS
      9Oct 31, 198925Crawford AshleyLossTKO6
      8Jul 11, 198925Peter BrownWinKO5
      7Jun 12, 198925Steve OsborneWinPTS
      6May 4, 198924Tenko ErnieWinKO4
      5Apr 4, 198924Keith HalliwellWinTKO1
      4Mar 7, 198924Sean O'PhoenixWinTKO4
      3Feb 13, 198924Steve OsborneWinPTS
      2Oct 11, 198824Paul SheldonWinPTS
      1Jun 6, 198824Darren McKennaWinTKO2

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Carl Thompson (The Cat) is a 59-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Manchester, England on May 26, 1964. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1988 to 2005.

      Thompson made his professional boxing debut against Darren McKenna at the age of 24 on June 6, 1988, defeating McKenna via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 7 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on June 10, 1995 after 21 professional fights, against Ralf Rocchigiani for the WBO (vacant) title. He lost to Rocchigiani via 11th round TKO.

      Thompson has won one world title at cruiserweight. For all the details about Thompson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Thompson had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Frédéric Serrat on November 26, 2005. Thompson won the fight via 10 round PTS. It's been 18 years, 5 months, and 7 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Thompson had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost two.

      Title Wins

      Carl Thompson fought for a cruiserweight world title in two fights and won once. He won one cruiserweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Oct 4, 1997Ralf RocchigianiCruiserweightWBOSD

      Title Defenses

      Carl Thompson had three cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Jul 18, 1998Chris EubankCruiserweightWBORTD
      Apr 18, 1998Chris EubankCruiserweightWBOUD

      Title Losses

      Carl Thompson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Mar 27, 1999Johnny NelsonCruiserweightWBOTKO

      Highlights

      Thompson fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the cruiserweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.

      • June 10, 1995: In his first world-title fight, Carl Thompson loses to Ralf Rocchigiani via 11th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBO (vacant) cruiserweight title.

      • October 4, 1997: Thompson wins the WBO cruiserweight title from Ralf Rocchigiani, by beating Rocchigiani via 12 round split decision.

      • April 18, 1998: Thompson successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Chris Eubank, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • July 18, 1998: Thompson successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Chris Eubank, winning the fight via 9th round RTD.

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