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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Nov 26, 2005 | 41 | Frédéric Serrat | Win | PTS |
39 | Sep 10, 2004 | 40 | David Haye | Win | TKO5 |
38 | Feb 6, 2004 | 39 | Sebastiaan Rothmann | Win | TKO9 |
37 | Nov 7, 2003 | 39 | Paul Bonson | Win | PTS |
36 | Sep 5, 2003 | 39 | Hastings Rasani | Win | KO1 |
35 | Jun 10, 2003 | 39 | Phil Day | Win | KO4 |
34 | Nov 26, 2001 | 37 | Ezra Sellers | Loss | KO4 |
33 | Feb 3, 2001 | 36 | Uriah Grant | Win | TKO5 |
32 | Sep 25, 2000 | 36 | Alexey Ilyin | Win | TKO2 |
31 | May 13, 2000 | 35 | Alain Simon | Win | TKO6 |
30 | Dec 3, 1999 | 35 | Terry Dunstan | Win | KO12 |
29 | Mar 27, 1999 | 34 | Johnny Nelson | Loss * | TKO5 |
28 | Jul 18, 1998 | 34 | Chris Eubank | Win * | RTD9 |
27 | Apr 18, 1998 | 33 | Chris Eubank | Win * | UD |
26 | Oct 4, 1997 | 33 | Ralf Rocchigiani | Win * | SD |
25 | Apr 26, 1997 | 32 | Keith McMurray | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Nov 9, 1996 | 32 | Jason Nicholson | Win | PTS |
23 | Apr 13, 1996 | 31 | Albert Call | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Jun 10, 1995 | 31 | Ralf Rocchigiani | Loss * | TKO11 |
21 | Oct 13, 1994 | 30 | Tim Knight | Win | KO5 |
20 | Sep 10, 1994 | 30 | Dionisio Lazario Nascimento | Win | TKO1 |
19 | Jun 14, 1994 | 30 | Akim Tafer | Win | TKO6 |
18 | Feb 2, 1994 | 29 | Massimiliano Duran | Win | KO8 |
17 | Jul 25, 1993 | 29 | Willie Jake | Win | KO3 |
16 | Mar 31, 1993 | 28 | Steve Harvey | Win | KO1 |
15 | Feb 17, 1993 | 28 | Arthur Weathers | Win | KO2 |
14 | Jun 4, 1992 | 28 | Steve Lewsam | Win | TKO8 |
13 | Sep 4, 1991 | 27 | Nicky Piper | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Apr 1, 1991 | 26 | Yawe Davis | Loss | TKO2 |
11 | Mar 7, 1991 | 26 | Terry Dixon | Win | PTS |
10 | Apr 21, 1990 | 25 | Franco Wanyama | Loss | PTS |
9 | Oct 31, 1989 | 25 | Crawford Ashley | Loss | TKO6 |
8 | Jul 11, 1989 | 25 | Peter Brown | Win | KO5 |
7 | Jun 12, 1989 | 25 | Steve Osborne | Win | PTS |
6 | May 4, 1989 | 24 | Tenko Ernie | Win | KO4 |
5 | Apr 4, 1989 | 24 | Keith Halliwell | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Mar 7, 1989 | 24 | Sean O'Phoenix | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Feb 13, 1989 | 24 | Steve Osborne | Win | PTS |
2 | Oct 11, 1988 | 24 | Paul Sheldon | Win | PTS |
1 | Jun 6, 1988 | 24 | Darren McKenna | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
Carl Thompson fought for a cruiserweight world title in two fights and won once. He won one cruiserweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 4, 1997 | Ralf Rocchigiani | Cruiserweight | WBO | SD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 18, 1998 | Chris Eubank | Cruiserweight | WBO | RTD |
Apr 18, 1998 | Chris Eubank | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Carl Thompson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 27, 1999 | Johnny Nelson | Cruiserweight | WBO | TKO |
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.
Thompson knocked out 25 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.5%. Of his total 34 wins, 25 of them were via KO (73.5%).
Thompson's first world-title win was the WBO belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Ralf Rocchigiani via 12 round split decision to win the title.
Thompson won one world title at cruiserweight.
Thompson had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.