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Frank Tate Record

41-5
Total Fights46
Wins41
Losses5
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses1
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins24
KO Losses2
Frank Tate Record & Stats
Frank Tate's Record
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      What is Frank Tate's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and 10 months, Frank Tate fought 46 times with 41 wins and 5 losses.

      Tate retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-5, which included one middleweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He had a 52.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 24 of his total 46 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Tate suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Michael Nunn in a middleweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 4th round TKO defeat to David Telesco on October 9, 1998.

      Some of Tate's best fights and notable victories include wins over Tony Sibson, Sanderline Williams, Andrew Maynard, Uriah Grant, Rosendo Rosales, Ron Cramner, and Everardo Armenta Jr..

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      46Oct 9, 199834David TelescoLossTKO4
      45Jul 11, 199833Tyler HughesWinTKO7
      44May 29, 199833David Humberto GamezWinTKO1
      43Aug 30, 199733Norbert NierobaWinSD
      42Jun 24, 199732Gary ButlerWinTKO2
      41Mar 15, 199732Cliff NellonWinUD
      40Apr 9, 199631Everardo Armenta Jr.WinUD
      39Oct 25, 199531Dominick CarterWinTKO8
      38Jul 23, 199429Virgil HillLoss *UD
      37Dec 18, 199329Rosendo RosalesWinKO2
      36Sep 10, 199329Everardo Armenta Jr.WinTKO9
      35Aug 13, 199328Ron CramnerWinKO6
      34Jan 9, 199328Ramzi HassanWinSD
      33Sep 29, 199228Virgil HillLoss *UD
      32Mar 27, 199227Tim JohnsonWinTKO6
      31Jan 10, 199227Andrew MaynardWinTKO11
      30Aug 3, 199126Yawe DavisWinSD
      29Feb 10, 199126Uriah GrantWinUD
      28Sep 27, 199026Greg EverettWinTKO7
      27May 5, 199025William ClaytonWinTKO6
      26Jan 27, 199025Lindell HolmesLoss *MD
      25Jan 24, 198924Jimmy BillsWinUD
      24Jul 28, 198823Michael NunnLoss *TKO9
      23May 21, 198823Sanderline WilliamsWinUD
      22Feb 7, 198823Tony SibsonWin *TKO10
      21Oct 10, 198723Michael OlajideWin *UD
      20Sep 10, 198723James WilliamsWinTKO6
      19Jul 12, 198722Troy DarrellWinUD
      18May 10, 198722Mark McPhersonWinTKO6
      17Mar 27, 198722Marvin MackWinUD
      16Mar 4, 198722Winston BurnettWinTKO8
      15Dec 26, 198622Kevin WattsWinMD
      14Aug 22, 198621Curtis ParkerWinUD
      13Jun 27, 198621Brian MullerWinTKO7
      12Apr 24, 198621Ricky StackhouseWinTKO6
      11Feb 16, 198621Jerry WilliamsWinUD
      10Jan 18, 198621Randy SmithWinUD
      9Nov 13, 198521Bruce CallowayWinTKO3
      8Aug 11, 198520Thomas SmithWinUD
      7Jun 5, 198520David BarrowWinUD
      6Apr 9, 198520Calvin PrejeanWinTKO4
      5Mar 18, 198520Ron Lee WarriorWinKO2
      4Mar 4, 198520Carl OrvilleWinTKO2
      3Feb 17, 198520Phil JonesWinKO4
      2Jan 18, 198520Joe McKnightWinKO5
      1Dec 7, 198420Mike PucciarelliWinTKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Frank Tate is a 59-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. on August 27, 1964. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1984 to 1998.

      Tate made his professional boxing debut against Mike Pucciarelli at the age of 20 on December 7, 1984, defeating Pucciarelli via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 22 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on October 10, 1987 after 20 professional fights, against Michael Olajide for the middleweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Olajide via 15 round unanimous decision to become the middleweight champion of the world.

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

      Tate had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against David Telesco on October 9, 1998. Tate lost the fight via 4th round TKO. It's been 25 years, 6 months, and 16 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Tate had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost four.

      Title Wins

      Frank Tate fought for a middleweight world title in four fights and won once. He won one middleweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Oct 10, 1987Michael OlajideMiddleweightIBF*UD
      * Vacant title

      Title Defenses

      Frank Tate had two middleweight world-title defense fights. He won once 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
      Feb 7, 1988Tony SibsonMiddleweightIBFTKO

      Title Losses

      Frank Tate lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jul 28, 1988Michael NunnMiddleweightIBFTKO

      Highlights

      Although Tate had a total of 46 fights, this fight against Michael Olajide is the sole highlight of his career.

      • October 10, 1987: Tate wins his first world title by defeating Michael Olajide via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF middleweight world champion.

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