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Total Fights | 53 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 6 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 20 years and seven months, Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought 53 times with 41 wins, 11 losses, and 1 draw.
Qawi retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-11-1, which included three world-title wins and four successful title defense fights at two weight classes — light-heavyweight and cruiserweight. He had a 47.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 53 fights being knockout wins, six of which were in title fights. Qawi suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Evander Holyfield in a cruiserweight title fight.
His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision defeat to Tony LaRosa on November 25, 1998.
Some of Qawi's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Matthew Saad Muhammad, Jerry Martin, Rick Enis, Leon Spinks, Piet Crous, Lee Roy Murphy, and Eddie Davis.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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53 | Nov 25, 1998 | 45 | Tony LaRosa | Loss | UD |
52 | Jun 27, 1997 | 44 | Tyrone Demby | Win | TKO2 |
51 | May 8, 1997 | 44 | Earl Clark | Win | UD |
50 | Oct 13, 1992 | 39 | Nate Miller | Loss | UD |
49 | Jul 18, 1992 | 39 | Dave Fiddler | Win | TKO2 |
48 | May 8, 1992 | 39 | Arthur Williams | Loss | UD |
47 | Apr 7, 1992 | 39 | Ric Lainhart | Win | TKO1 |
46 | Nov 7, 1991 | 38 | Ricky Parkey | Win | RTD8 |
45 | Jul 23, 1991 | 38 | Eddie Taylor | Win | RTD4 |
44 | Jun 11, 1991 | 38 | James Salerno | Win | UD |
43 | Apr 20, 1991 | 38 | Tommy Richardson | Win | KO1 |
42 | Mar 2, 1991 | 38 | Bert Gravley | Win | TKO3 |
41 | Mar 16, 1990 | 37 | Mike Hunter | Loss | UD |
40 | Nov 27, 1989 | 36 | Robert Daniels | Loss * | SD |
39 | May 22, 1989 | 36 | Everett Martin | Win | UD |
38 | Apr 18, 1989 | 36 | Andre McCall | Win | UD |
37 | Feb 15, 1989 | 36 | Tyrone Booze | Win | MD |
36 | Nov 23, 1988 | 35 | Olian Alexander | Win | TKO3 |
35 | Mar 19, 1988 | 35 | George Foreman | Loss | TKO7 |
34 | Dec 5, 1987 | 34 | Evander Holyfield | Loss * | KO4 |
33 | Aug 15, 1987 | 34 | Lee Roy Murphy | Win | TKO6 |
32 | May 15, 1987 | 34 | Ossie Ocasio | Loss | MD |
31 | Feb 6, 1987 | 34 | Narcisco Maldonado | Win | TKO4 |
30 | Jul 12, 1986 | 33 | Evander Holyfield | Loss * | SD |
29 | Mar 22, 1986 | 33 | Leon Spinks | Win * | TKO6 |
28 | Jan 8, 1986 | 33 | Rick Enis | Win | KO1 |
27 | Jul 27, 1985 | 32 | Piet Crous | Win * | KO11 |
26 | Feb 27, 1985 | 32 | Michael Greer | Win | UD |
25 | Dec 12, 1984 | 31 | Stanley Ross | Win | UD |
24 | Mar 21, 1984 | 31 | Pat Cuillo | Win | UD |
23 | Sep 17, 1983 | 30 | Johnny Davis | Win | SD |
22 | Mar 18, 1983 | 30 | Michael Spinks | Loss * | UD |
21 | Nov 20, 1982 | 29 | Eddie Davis | Win * | TKO11 |
20 | Aug 7, 1982 | 29 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Win * | TKO6 |
19 | Mar 21, 1982 | 29 | Jerry Martin | Win * | TKO6 |
18 | Dec 19, 1981 | 28 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Win * | TKO10 |
17 | Sep 5, 1981 | 28 | James Scott | Win | UD |
16 | May 31, 1981 | 28 | Mike Rossman | Win | KO7 |
15 | Mar 5, 1981 | 28 | Al Bolden | Win | UD |
14 | Jan 8, 1981 | 28 | Johnny Davis | Win | MD |
13 | Nov 6, 1980 | 27 | Tony Mesoraca | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Aug 14, 1980 | 27 | Rick Jester | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Jun 5, 1980 | 27 | Charles Smith | Win | TKO4 |
10 | May 8, 1980 | 27 | Leonard Langley | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Mar 29, 1980 | 27 | Cornell Chavis | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Feb 4, 1980 | 27 | Theunis Kok | Win | KO10 |
7 | Nov 14, 1979 | 26 | Johnny Wilburn | Win | UD |
6 | Sep 26, 1979 | 26 | Donald Biff Cline | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Jul 3, 1979 | 26 | Louis Butler | Win | PTS |
4 | May 25, 1979 | 26 | Louis Butler | Win | UD |
3 | Nov 2, 1978 | 25 | Johnny Davis | Loss | SD |
2 | Jun 3, 1978 | 25 | Lou Benson Jr. | Win | PTS |
1 | Apr 19, 1978 | 25 | Leonard Langley | Draw | PTS |
* World-title fight
Dwight Muhammad Qawi (Camden Buzzsaw) is a 71-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. on January 5, 1953. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Qawi was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2004. His professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1978 to 1998.
Qawi made his professional boxing debut against Leonard Langley at the age of 25 on April 19, 1978. The fight ended in a draw.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on December 19, 1981 after 17 professional fights, against Matthew Saad Muhammad for the light-heavyweight WBC and The Ring titles. He defeated Muhammad via 10th round TKO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Qawi has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Qawi's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Qawi had a total of 11 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Tony LaRosa on November 25, 1998. Qawi lost the fight via 8 round unanimous decision. It's been 25 years, 4 months, and 26 days since this fight.
Qawi had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost four.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought for world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 27, 1985 | Piet Crous | Cruiserweight | WBA | KO |
Dec 19, 1981 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Dwight Muhammad Qawi had six world-title defense fights across two weight classes — light-heavyweight (x4) and cruiserweight (x2). He won four of them and lost two times.
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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Mar 22, 1986 | Leon Spinks | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 20, 1982 | Eddie Davis | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Aug 7, 1982 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Mar 21, 1982 | Jerry Martin | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Dwight Muhammad Qawi lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of three titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jul 12, 1986 | Evander Holyfield | Cruiserweight | WBA | SD |
Mar 18, 1983 | Michael Spinks | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Qawi fought a total of 53 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
December 19, 1981: Qawi wins his first world titles by defeating Matthew Saad Muhammad via 10th round TKO. He is now the WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight world champion.
March 21, 1982: Qawi successfully defends the WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles against Jerry Martin, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
August 7, 1982: Qawi successfully defends the WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles against Matthew Saad Muhammad, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
March 22, 1986: Qawi successfully defends the WBA cruiserweight title against Leon Spinks, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
Qawi knocked out 25 of his 53 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 47.2%. Of his total 41 wins, 25 of them were via KO (61%).
Qawi's first world-title win were the WBC and The Ring belts at light-heavyweight. He defeated Matthew Saad Muhammad via 10 round TKO to win the titles.
Qawi won three world titles at two weight classes.
Qawi had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost two times.