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Total Fights | 41 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 20 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and two months, Eddie Davis fought 41 times with 34 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Davis retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-6-1. He was a three-time light-heavyweight world title challenger. He had a 48.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 20 of his total 41 fights being knockout wins. Davis suffered five knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO defeat to Donny Lalonde on November 27, 1987. Davis was fighting for the light-heavyweight WBC (vacant) title.
Some of Davis' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Jack Johnson, Rudy Robles, Chris Schwenke, James Williams, Tim Bullock, Charles Smith, Murray Sutherland, and Don Addison.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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41 | Nov 27, 1987 | 36 | Donny Lalonde | Loss * | TKO2 |
40 | Sep 26, 1986 | 34 | Tim Bullock | Win | TKO9 |
39 | Jun 26, 1986 | 34 | Jack Johnson | Win | UD |
38 | Apr 25, 1986 | 34 | Kelvin Kelly | Win | UD |
37 | Feb 28, 1986 | 34 | Arthel Lawhorn | Win | UD |
36 | Oct 17, 1985 | 34 | Arthel Lawhorn | Win | DQ |
35 | Apr 21, 1985 | 33 | Marvin Johnson | Loss | TKO5 |
34 | Dec 8, 1984 | 33 | Rudy Robles | Win | TKO3 |
33 | Jul 17, 1984 | 32 | Chris Schwenke | Win | KO4 |
32 | Feb 25, 1984 | 32 | Michael Spinks | Loss * | UD |
31 | Dec 13, 1983 | 32 | Chris Schwenke | Win | TKO5 |
30 | Aug 24, 1983 | 31 | Dale Grant | Win | UD |
29 | May 13, 1983 | 31 | James Williams | Win | TKO8 |
28 | Feb 11, 1983 | 31 | James Williams | Win | UD |
27 | Nov 20, 1982 | 31 | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | Loss * | TKO11 |
26 | Jun 11, 1982 | 30 | Murray Sutherland | Win | TKO6 |
25 | May 23, 1982 | 30 | Charles Smith | Win | KO2 |
24 | Apr 14, 1982 | 30 | Don Addison | Win | TKO4 |
23 | Nov 28, 1981 | 30 | Pablo Paul Ramos | Win | UD |
22 | Jul 18, 1981 | 29 | Jesse Avila | Win | KO6 |
21 | May 17, 1981 | 29 | Chris Wells | Win | TKO5 |
20 | Apr 24, 1981 | 29 | Michael Hardin | Win | KO7 |
19 | Sep 27, 1980 | 28 | Pete McIntyre | Loss | KO2 |
18 | May 25, 1980 | 28 | Curtis Goins | Win | KO7 |
17 | May 9, 1980 | 28 | Johnny Wilburn | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Feb 23, 1980 | 28 | Willie Taylor | Win | UD |
15 | Oct 19, 1979 | 28 | Mike Tarasewich | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Aug 3, 1979 | 27 | George Aidoo | Win | KO3 |
13 | Jun 29, 1979 | 27 | Luis Guzman | Win | MD |
12 | Apr 3, 1978 | 26 | Marvin Johnson | Loss | TKO7 |
11 | Jan 27, 1978 | 26 | Luis Rodriguez | Win | UD |
10 | Aug 27, 1977 | 25 | Mario Rosa | Win | SD |
9 | Apr 8, 1977 | 25 | Bob Stewart | Win | TKO4 |
8 | Jan 18, 1977 | 25 | Jose Elias | Win | UD |
7 | Nov 5, 1976 | 25 | Mario Rosa | Draw | SD |
6 | Jun 2, 1976 | 24 | Sixto Martinez | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Mar 31, 1976 | 24 | DC Walker | Win | UD |
4 | Jan 24, 1976 | 24 | Carlos Espada | Win | KO1 |
3 | Nov 28, 1975 | 24 | Leonardo Rodgers | Win | DQ |
2 | Oct 17, 1975 | 24 | Al Ware | Win | KO1 |
1 | Sep 12, 1975 | 23 | Otis Gordon | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Eddie Davis (Wildcat) is a 72-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Dillon, South Carolina, USA on October 4, 1951. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1975 to 1987.
Davis made his professional boxing debut against Otis Gordon at the age of 23 on September 12, 1975, defeating Gordon via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 5 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 3 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on November 20, 1982 after 26 professional fights, against Dwight Muhammad Qawi for the WBC and The Ring titles. He lost to Qawi via 11th round TKO.
Davis had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a light-heavyweight bout against Canadian boxer Donny Lalonde on November 27, 1987 for the vacant light-heavyweight WBC title. Davis lost the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 36 years, 4 months, and 28 days since this fight.
Davis knocked out 20 of his 41 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 48.8%. Of his total 34 wins, 20 of them were via KO (58.8%).