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Freddie Little Record

51-6
Total Fights58
Wins51
Losses6
Draws0
No-Contests1
Title Wins2
Title Defenses2
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins31
KO Losses1
Freddie Little Record & Stats
Freddie Little's Record
Freddie Little's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Freddie Little's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and three months, Freddie Little fought 58 times with 51 wins, 6 losses, and 1 no-contest.

      Little retired from professional boxing with a record of 51-6, which included two super-welterweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 54.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 58 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only knockout loss in Little's career was a 5th round KO loss to Norris Burse, which was not a world title fight.

      His last fight was a 6th round RTD victory over Billy Walker on July 6, 1972.

      Some of Little's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hisao Minami, Carmelo Bossi, Joe N'Gidi, Denny Moyer, Stanley Hayward, Gerhard Piaskowy, and Maurice Rice.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      58Jul 6, 197236Billy WalkerWinRTD6
      57Apr 20, 197235Vicente MedinaWinPTS
      56Apr 13, 197235Clarence GeiggerWinUD
      55Dec 23, 197135Maurice RiceWinKO5
      54Nov 25, 197034Clarence GeiggerWinPTS
      53Jul 9, 197034Carmelo BossiLoss *UD
      52Mar 20, 197033Gerhard PiaskowyWin *PTS
      51Jan 23, 197033Eddie PaceLossDQ
      50Oct 31, 196933Carmelo BossiWinTD
      49Sep 9, 196933Hisao MinamiWin *KO2
      48Aug 9, 196933Joe N'GidiWinTKO7
      47Jul 26, 196933Ezra MzinyaneWinPTS
      46Mar 17, 196932Stanley HaywardWin *UD
      45Nov 29, 196832Sugar Boy NandoWinKO4
      44Oct 25, 196832Sandro MazzinghiNCNC
      43Jun 19, 196832Willard WynnWinKO3
      42Jan 17, 196831Mel CollinsWinUD
      41Oct 3, 196731Kim Ki-sooLoss *SD
      40Jul 17, 196731Harold RichardsonWinUD
      39Apr 10, 196730Charlie JamesWinUD
      38Mar 16, 196730Fred McWilliamsWinUD
      37Feb 16, 196730Willard WynnWinTKO8
      36Sep 26, 196630Johnny GumbsWinUD
      35Jun 13, 196630Eddie PaceWinMD
      34Apr 11, 196629Ernest BurfordWinTKO8
      33Jan 31, 196629Eddie PaceLossSD
      32Jan 3, 196629Denny MoyerWinKO4
      31Oct 18, 196529Charley AustinWinKO7
      30Sep 13, 196529Sonny GillWinKO2
      29Aug 16, 196529Milo CalhounWinUD
      28Jun 1, 196529John Henry SmithWinKO3
      27Aug 16, 196327Tommy SimsWinTKO7
      26May 5, 196125Larry HowardWinKO1
      25Jan 1, 196124Charley JosephWinUD
      24Oct 18, 196024George BentonLossMD
      23Sep 12, 196024Billy StanleyWinKO2
      22Aug 15, 196024Clive StewartWinKO4
      21Jun 6, 196024Charley CottonWinUD
      20May 17, 196024Mel CollinsWinTKO6
      19Apr 5, 196023Gene HamiltonWinTKO4
      18Sep 14, 195923Ernest BurfordWinUD
      17Jun 29, 195923Billy TisdaleWinUD
      16May 12, 195923Norris BurseWinTKO7
      15Jan 13, 195922George PriceWinKO2
      14Oct 10, 195822Harold RedmanWinKO2
      13Aug 4, 195822Joe GleasonWinRTD3
      12Jul 7, 195822Norris BurseLossKO5
      11Jun 30, 195822Ike StewartWinTKO4
      10May 29, 195822Larry OsbeyWinTKO1
      9May 20, 195822John Victor PennWinTKO4
      8May 7, 195822George KingWinTKO3
      7Dec 2, 195721George KingWinKO1
      6Aug 31, 195721Harold RedmanWinPTS
      5Jun 3, 195721Pedro BradleyWinTKO5
      4May 20, 195721Earl GrayWinUD
      3Apr 25, 195721James GloverWinKO2
      2Apr 22, 195720Johnny PowellWinKO4
      1Apr 5, 195720Joe MuscatoWinKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Freddie Little is a 88-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Picayune, Mississippi, U.S. on April 25, 1936. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1957 to 1972.

      Little made his professional boxing debut against Joe Muscato at the age of 20 on April 5, 1957, defeating Muscato via 1st round KO. He went on to win 10 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 8 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on October 3, 1967 after 40 professional fights, against Kim Ki-soo for the WBA and WBC titles. He lost to Ki-soo via 15 round split decision.

      Freddie Little was a one-time undisputed super-welterweight world champion, and has won two world titles at super-welterweight. For all the details about Little's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Little had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Billy Walker on July 6, 1972. Little won the fight via 6th round RTD. It's been 51 years, 9 months, and 25 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Little had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost two.

      Title Wins

      Freddie Little fought for super-welterweight world titles in two fights and won once. In total, he won two super-welterweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Mar 17, 1969+Stanley HaywardSuper-welterweightWBA*, WBCUD
      + Became undisputed world champion
      * Vacant title

      Title Defenses

      Freddie Little had three super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them 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
      Mar 20, 1970Gerhard PiaskowySuper-welterweightWBA, WBCPTS
      Sep 9, 1969Hisao MinamiSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCKO

      Title Losses

      Freddie Little lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jul 9, 1970Carmelo BossiSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCUD

      Highlights

      Little fought a total of 58 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the super-welterweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.

      • October 3, 1967: In his first world-title fight, Freddie Little loses to Kim Ki-soo via 15 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles.

      • March 17, 1969: Little becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion by defeating Stanley Hayward via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA and WBC super-welterweight world-champion belts.

      • September 9, 1969: Little successfully defends the WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles against Hisao Minami, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.

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