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Total Fights | 58 |
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Wins | 51 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 31 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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58 | Jul 6, 1972 | 36 | Billy Walker | Win | RTD6 |
57 | Apr 20, 1972 | 35 | Vicente Medina | Win | PTS |
56 | Apr 13, 1972 | 35 | Clarence Geigger | Win | UD |
55 | Dec 23, 1971 | 35 | Maurice Rice | Win | KO5 |
54 | Nov 25, 1970 | 34 | Clarence Geigger | Win | PTS |
53 | Jul 9, 1970 | 34 | Carmelo Bossi | Loss * | UD |
52 | Mar 20, 1970 | 33 | Gerhard Piaskowy | Win * | PTS |
51 | Jan 23, 1970 | 33 | Eddie Pace | Loss | DQ |
50 | Oct 31, 1969 | 33 | Carmelo Bossi | Win | TD |
49 | Sep 9, 1969 | 33 | Hisao Minami | Win * | KO2 |
48 | Aug 9, 1969 | 33 | Joe N'Gidi | Win | TKO7 |
47 | Jul 26, 1969 | 33 | Ezra Mzinyane | Win | PTS |
46 | Mar 17, 1969 | 32 | Stanley Hayward | Win * | UD |
45 | Nov 29, 1968 | 32 | Sugar Boy Nando | Win | KO4 |
44 | Oct 25, 1968 | 32 | Sandro Mazzinghi | NC | NC |
43 | Jun 19, 1968 | 32 | Willard Wynn | Win | KO3 |
42 | Jan 17, 1968 | 31 | Mel Collins | Win | UD |
41 | Oct 3, 1967 | 31 | Kim Ki-soo | Loss * | SD |
40 | Jul 17, 1967 | 31 | Harold Richardson | Win | UD |
39 | Apr 10, 1967 | 30 | Charlie James | Win | UD |
38 | Mar 16, 1967 | 30 | Fred McWilliams | Win | UD |
37 | Feb 16, 1967 | 30 | Willard Wynn | Win | TKO8 |
36 | Sep 26, 1966 | 30 | Johnny Gumbs | Win | UD |
35 | Jun 13, 1966 | 30 | Eddie Pace | Win | MD |
34 | Apr 11, 1966 | 29 | Ernest Burford | Win | TKO8 |
33 | Jan 31, 1966 | 29 | Eddie Pace | Loss | SD |
32 | Jan 3, 1966 | 29 | Denny Moyer | Win | KO4 |
31 | Oct 18, 1965 | 29 | Charley Austin | Win | KO7 |
30 | Sep 13, 1965 | 29 | Sonny Gill | Win | KO2 |
29 | Aug 16, 1965 | 29 | Milo Calhoun | Win | UD |
28 | Jun 1, 1965 | 29 | John Henry Smith | Win | KO3 |
27 | Aug 16, 1963 | 27 | Tommy Sims | Win | TKO7 |
26 | May 5, 1961 | 25 | Larry Howard | Win | KO1 |
25 | Jan 1, 1961 | 24 | Charley Joseph | Win | UD |
24 | Oct 18, 1960 | 24 | George Benton | Loss | MD |
23 | Sep 12, 1960 | 24 | Billy Stanley | Win | KO2 |
22 | Aug 15, 1960 | 24 | Clive Stewart | Win | KO4 |
21 | Jun 6, 1960 | 24 | Charley Cotton | Win | UD |
20 | May 17, 1960 | 24 | Mel Collins | Win | TKO6 |
19 | Apr 5, 1960 | 23 | Gene Hamilton | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Sep 14, 1959 | 23 | Ernest Burford | Win | UD |
17 | Jun 29, 1959 | 23 | Billy Tisdale | Win | UD |
16 | May 12, 1959 | 23 | Norris Burse | Win | TKO7 |
15 | Jan 13, 1959 | 22 | George Price | Win | KO2 |
14 | Oct 10, 1958 | 22 | Harold Redman | Win | KO2 |
13 | Aug 4, 1958 | 22 | Joe Gleason | Win | RTD3 |
12 | Jul 7, 1958 | 22 | Norris Burse | Loss | KO5 |
11 | Jun 30, 1958 | 22 | Ike Stewart | Win | TKO4 |
10 | May 29, 1958 | 22 | Larry Osbey | Win | TKO1 |
9 | May 20, 1958 | 22 | John Victor Penn | Win | TKO4 |
8 | May 7, 1958 | 22 | George King | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Dec 2, 1957 | 21 | George King | Win | KO1 |
6 | Aug 31, 1957 | 21 | Harold Redman | Win | PTS |
5 | Jun 3, 1957 | 21 | Pedro Bradley | Win | TKO5 |
4 | May 20, 1957 | 21 | Earl Gray | Win | UD |
3 | Apr 25, 1957 | 21 | James Glover | Win | KO2 |
2 | Apr 22, 1957 | 20 | Johnny Powell | Win | KO4 |
1 | Apr 5, 1957 | 20 | Joe Muscato | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
Freddie Little fought for super-welterweight world titles in two fights and won once. In total, he won two super-welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 17, 1969+ | Stanley Hayward | Super-welterweight | WBA*, WBC | UD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 20, 1970 | Gerhard Piaskowy | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | PTS |
Sep 9, 1969 | Hisao Minami | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | KO |
Freddie Little lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jul 9, 1970 | Carmelo Bossi | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | UD |
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.
Little knocked out 31 of his 58 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 54.4%. Of his total 51 wins, 31 of them were via KO (60.8%).
Little's first world-title win were the WBA (vacant) and WBC belts at super-welterweight. He defeated Stanley Hayward via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Little won two world titles at super-welterweight.
Little had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.