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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 48 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 6 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 32 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and eight months, Fabrice Tiozzo fought 50 times with 48 wins and 2 losses.
Tiozzo retired from professional boxing with a record of 48-2, which included three world-title wins and six successful title defense fights at two weight classes — light-heavyweight and cruiserweight. He had a 64% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 32 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Tiozzo's career was a 1st round TKO loss to Virgil Hill in a cruiserweight title fight.
His last fight was a 5th round KO victory over Henry Saenz on July 15, 2006.
Some of Tiozzo's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Mike McCallum, Dariusz Michalczewski, Ezequiel Paixao, Terry Ray, Nate Miller, Valeriy Vykhor, and Ken Murphy.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Jul 15, 2006 | 37 | Henry Saenz | Win | KO5 |
49 | Feb 26, 2005 | 35 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Win * | TKO6 |
48 | Mar 20, 2004 | 34 | Silvio Branco | Win * | MD |
47 | Jul 4, 2003 | 34 | Joey DeGrandis | Win | TKO4 |
46 | Mar 8, 2003 | 33 | George Arias | Win | UD |
45 | Dec 22, 2001 | 32 | Tiwon Taylor | Win | TKO3 |
44 | Dec 9, 2000 | 31 | Virgil Hill | Loss * | TKO1 |
43 | Apr 8, 2000 | 30 | Valeriy Vykhor | Win * | TKO6 |
42 | Nov 13, 1999 | 30 | Ken Murphy | Win * | TKO7 |
41 | Nov 14, 1998 | 29 | Ezequiel Paixao | Win * | TKO2 |
40 | May 2, 1998 | 28 | Terry Ray | Win * | TKO1 |
39 | Nov 8, 1997 | 28 | Nate Miller | Win * | UD |
38 | Sep 26, 1997 | 28 | Jeff Williams | Win | TKO2 |
37 | Apr 27, 1997 | 27 | Ed Dalton | Win | TKO3 |
36 | Mar 1, 1997 | 27 | Mike Peak | Win | PTS |
35 | May 4, 1996 | 26 | Leslie Stewart | Win | KO6 |
34 | Jan 13, 1996 | 26 | Eric Lucas | Win * | UD |
33 | Jun 16, 1995 | 26 | Mike McCallum | Win * | UD |
32 | Mar 5, 1995 | 25 | Noel Magee | Win | TKO4 |
31 | Oct 25, 1994 | 25 | Maurice Core | Win | TKO4 |
30 | Aug 14, 1994 | 25 | Tim St Clair | Win | TKO5 |
29 | Mar 5, 1994 | 24 | Eddy Smulders | Win | KO7 |
28 | Nov 13, 1993 | 24 | Glazz Campbell | Win | TKO10 |
27 | Sep 18, 1993 | 24 | Dale Jackson | Win | KO4 |
26 | Apr 3, 1993 | 23 | Virgil Hill | Loss * | SD |
25 | Jan 20, 1993 | 23 | Osley Silas | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Nov 13, 1992 | 23 | Ramzi Hassan | Win | PTS |
23 | Oct 3, 1992 | 23 | Robert Johnson | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Mar 21, 1992 | 22 | Tony Wilson | Win | PTS |
21 | Jan 26, 1992 | 22 | John Foreman | Win | TKO6 |
20 | Dec 13, 1991 | 22 | Ron Lee Warrior | Win | KO1 |
19 | Nov 3, 1991 | 22 | Ken Heflin | Win | KO1 |
18 | Oct 13, 1991 | 22 | Terrence Wright | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Jun 19, 1991 | 22 | Eric Nicoletta | Win | PTS |
16 | May 4, 1991 | 21 | Oliver Kemayou | Win | TKO3 |
15 | Mar 24, 1991 | 21 | Sylvester White | Win | PTS |
14 | Feb 9, 1991 | 21 | Paul McCarthy | Win | KO2 |
13 | Dec 23, 1990 | 21 | Serge Bolivard | Win | PTS |
12 | Nov 14, 1990 | 21 | David Overton | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Oct 25, 1990 | 21 | James Fernandez | Win | KO4 |
10 | Jun 29, 1990 | 21 | John Held | Win | PTS |
9 | Jun 1, 1990 | 21 | Frankie Hines | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Apr 30, 1990 | 20 | Yves Monsieur | Win | PTS |
7 | Mar 2, 1990 | 20 | Ian Bulloch | Win | PTS |
6 | Feb 9, 1990 | 20 | James Wilder | Win | KO3 |
5 | Dec 11, 1989 | 20 | John Cox | Win | KO4 |
4 | Nov 25, 1989 | 20 | Rene Dere | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Jul 29, 1989 | 20 | Hassan Jalni | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Mar 31, 1989 | 19 | Hamid Hadi | Win | PTS |
1 | Nov 10, 1988 | 19 | Dionisio Del Valle | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Fabrice Tiozzo (The Bear) is a 54-year old retired French professional boxer. He was born in St. Denis, France on May 8, 1969. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1988 to 2006.
Tiozzo made his professional boxing debut against Dionisio Del Valle at the age of 19 on November 10, 1988, defeating Valle via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 15 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on April 3, 1993 after 25 professional fights, against Virgil Hill for the WBA title. He lost to Hill via 12 round split decision.
Tiozzo has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Tiozzo's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Tiozzo had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Henry Saenz on July 15, 2006. Tiozzo won the fight via 5th round KO. It's been 17 years, 9 months, and 16 days since this fight.
Tiozzo had a total of 11 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and six successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights and lost two.
Fabrice Tiozzo fought for world titles in four fights and won three of these fights. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 20, 2004 | Silvio Branco | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | MD |
Nov 8, 1997 | Nate Miller | Cruiserweight | WBA | UD |
Jun 16, 1995 | Mike McCallum | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Fabrice Tiozzo had seven world-title defense fights across two weight classes — light-heavyweight (x2) and cruiserweight (x5). He won six of them and lost only 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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Feb 26, 2005 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Apr 8, 2000 | Valeriy Vykhor | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 13, 1999 | Ken Murphy | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 14, 1998 | Ezequiel Paixao | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
May 2, 1998 | Terry Ray | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Jan 13, 1996 | Eric Lucas | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Fabrice Tiozzo lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 9, 2000 | Virgil Hill | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Tiozzo fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 11 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
April 3, 1993: In his first world-title fight, Fabrice Tiozzo loses to Virgil Hill via 12 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBA light-heavyweight title.
June 16, 1995: Tiozzo wins the WBC light-heavyweight title from Mike McCallum, by beating McCallum via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 8, 1997: Tiozzo wins the WBA cruiserweight title from Nate Miller, by beating Miller via 12 round unanimous decision.
May 2, 1998: Tiozzo successfully defends the WBA cruiserweight title against Terry Ray, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
November 14, 1998: Tiozzo successfully defends the WBA cruiserweight title against Ezequiel Paixao, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
February 26, 2005: Tiozzo successfully defends the WBA light-heavyweight title against Dariusz Michalczewski, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
Tiozzo knocked out 32 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 64%. Of his total 48 wins, 32 of them were via KO (66.7%).
Tiozzo's first world-title win was the WBC belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Mike McCallum via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Tiozzo won three world titles at two weight classes.
Tiozzo had a total of seven title defense fights. He was successful six times and lost one time.