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Total Fights | 46 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 24 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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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..
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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46 | Oct 9, 1998 | 34 | David Telesco | Loss | TKO4 |
45 | Jul 11, 1998 | 33 | Tyler Hughes | Win | TKO7 |
44 | May 29, 1998 | 33 | David Humberto Gamez | Win | TKO1 |
43 | Aug 30, 1997 | 33 | Norbert Nieroba | Win | SD |
42 | Jun 24, 1997 | 32 | Gary Butler | Win | TKO2 |
41 | Mar 15, 1997 | 32 | Cliff Nellon | Win | UD |
40 | Apr 9, 1996 | 31 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | Win | UD |
39 | Oct 25, 1995 | 31 | Dominick Carter | Win | TKO8 |
38 | Jul 23, 1994 | 29 | Virgil Hill | Loss * | UD |
37 | Dec 18, 1993 | 29 | Rosendo Rosales | Win | KO2 |
36 | Sep 10, 1993 | 29 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | Win | TKO9 |
35 | Aug 13, 1993 | 28 | Ron Cramner | Win | KO6 |
34 | Jan 9, 1993 | 28 | Ramzi Hassan | Win | SD |
33 | Sep 29, 1992 | 28 | Virgil Hill | Loss * | UD |
32 | Mar 27, 1992 | 27 | Tim Johnson | Win | TKO6 |
31 | Jan 10, 1992 | 27 | Andrew Maynard | Win | TKO11 |
30 | Aug 3, 1991 | 26 | Yawe Davis | Win | SD |
29 | Feb 10, 1991 | 26 | Uriah Grant | Win | UD |
28 | Sep 27, 1990 | 26 | Greg Everett | Win | TKO7 |
27 | May 5, 1990 | 25 | William Clayton | Win | TKO6 |
26 | Jan 27, 1990 | 25 | Lindell Holmes | Loss * | MD |
25 | Jan 24, 1989 | 24 | Jimmy Bills | Win | UD |
24 | Jul 28, 1988 | 23 | Michael Nunn | Loss * | TKO9 |
23 | May 21, 1988 | 23 | Sanderline Williams | Win | UD |
22 | Feb 7, 1988 | 23 | Tony Sibson | Win * | TKO10 |
21 | Oct 10, 1987 | 23 | Michael Olajide | Win * | UD |
20 | Sep 10, 1987 | 23 | James Williams | Win | TKO6 |
19 | Jul 12, 1987 | 22 | Troy Darrell | Win | UD |
18 | May 10, 1987 | 22 | Mark McPherson | Win | TKO6 |
17 | Mar 27, 1987 | 22 | Marvin Mack | Win | UD |
16 | Mar 4, 1987 | 22 | Winston Burnett | Win | TKO8 |
15 | Dec 26, 1986 | 22 | Kevin Watts | Win | MD |
14 | Aug 22, 1986 | 21 | Curtis Parker | Win | UD |
13 | Jun 27, 1986 | 21 | Brian Muller | Win | TKO7 |
12 | Apr 24, 1986 | 21 | Ricky Stackhouse | Win | TKO6 |
11 | Feb 16, 1986 | 21 | Jerry Williams | Win | UD |
10 | Jan 18, 1986 | 21 | Randy Smith | Win | UD |
9 | Nov 13, 1985 | 21 | Bruce Calloway | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Aug 11, 1985 | 20 | Thomas Smith | Win | UD |
7 | Jun 5, 1985 | 20 | David Barrow | Win | UD |
6 | Apr 9, 1985 | 20 | Calvin Prejean | Win | TKO4 |
5 | Mar 18, 1985 | 20 | Ron Lee Warrior | Win | KO2 |
4 | Mar 4, 1985 | 20 | Carl Orville | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Feb 17, 1985 | 20 | Phil Jones | Win | KO4 |
2 | Jan 18, 1985 | 20 | Joe McKnight | Win | KO5 |
1 | Dec 7, 1984 | 20 | Mike Pucciarelli | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
Frank Tate fought for a middleweight world title in four fights and won once. He won one middleweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 10, 1987 | Michael Olajide | Middleweight | IBF* | UD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 7, 1988 | Tony Sibson | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Frank Tate lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jul 28, 1988 | Michael Nunn | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
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.
Tate knocked out 24 of his 46 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.2%. Of his total 41 wins, 24 of them were via KO (58.5%).
Tate's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at middleweight. He defeated Michael Olajide via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Tate won one world title at middleweight.
Tate had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.