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Leslie Stewart Record

31-12
Total Fights43
Wins31
Losses12
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses0
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins20
KO Losses6
Leslie Stewart Record & Stats
Leslie Stewart's Record
Leslie Stewart's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Leslie Stewart's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and 11 months, Leslie Stewart fought 43 times with 31 wins and 12 losses.

      Stewart retired from professional boxing with a record of 31-12, which included one light-heavyweight world-title win. He had a 46.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 20 of his total 43 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Stewart suffered six knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.

      His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Billy Lewis on January 15, 2000.

      Some of Stewart's best fights and notable victories include wins over Marvin Johnson, Dawud Shaw, Charlie Dean Moore, Fulgencio Obelmejias, Lottie Mwale, and Uriah Grant.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      43Jan 15, 200038Billy LewisLossUD
      42May 28, 199837Dale BrownLossUD
      41May 4, 199635Fabrice TiozzoLossKO6
      40Oct 17, 199534Tyrone BledsoeWinKO1
      39Aug 18, 199534Ken McCurdyWinTKO3
      38Mar 6, 199230Henry MaskeLossKO7
      37Sep 13, 199130Guy WatersLossSD
      36Aug 7, 199130Esteban PizzarroLossPTS
      35Apr 12, 199130Bobby JenningsWinPTS
      34Feb 28, 199129Drake ThadziWinUD
      33Nov 9, 199029Anthony HembrickLossUD
      32Jun 25, 198928Michael MoorerLoss *TKO8
      31Apr 22, 198928Phil BrownWinSD
      30Oct 25, 198827Bobby CzyzLossSD
      29May 29, 198827Donny LalondeLoss *TKO5
      28Mar 18, 198826Charlie Dean MooreWinTKO9
      27Nov 27, 198726Dawud ShawWinTKO4
      26Sep 5, 198726Virgil HillLoss *TKO4
      25May 23, 198726Marvin JohnsonWin *RTD8
      24Mar 20, 198725Bobby ThomasWinTKO5
      23Nov 16, 198625Fulgencio ObelmejiasWinTKO4
      22Sep 18, 198625Gary HubbleWinKO5
      21Jul 29, 198625James SalernoWinUD
      20May 6, 198625Uriah GrantWinPTS
      19Feb 9, 198624Marvin JohnsonLoss *TKO7
      18Aug 4, 198524Lottie MwaleWinPTS
      17Jul 12, 198524Dennis RobertsWinTKO1
      16Jun 29, 198524Tomas Polo RuizWinKO6
      15May 10, 198524Chris WellsWinTKO6
      14Mar 1, 198523Mark FrazieWinTKO8
      13Nov 10, 198423James SalernoWinPTS
      12Sep 28, 198423Elvis ParksWinTKO9
      11Mar 16, 198422Larry LaneWinPTS
      10Dec 16, 198322Tom CollinsWinPTS
      9Nov 11, 198322Willie TaylorWinPTS
      8Sep 11, 198322Carlos Flores BurlonWinKO4
      7May 12, 198322Leon McDonaldWinKO1
      6Feb 25, 198321Hubert ZimmermanWinKO2
      5Oct 30, 198221Ricardo RichardsonWinKO4
      4Jul 30, 198221Gil RosarioWinKO9
      3May 14, 198221Easy Boy MichaelWinKO2
      2Apr 30, 198221Antoine AshtonWinPTS
      1Jan 29, 198220Michael HospadalesWinTKO4

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Leslie Stewart (Laventille Tiger) is a 63-year old retired Trinidadian professional boxer. He was born in Laventille, Trinidad on March 21, 1961. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1982 to 2000.

      Stewart made his professional boxing debut against Michael Hospadales at the age of 20 on January 29, 1982, defeating Hospadales via 4th round TKO. He went on to win 17 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 11 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on February 9, 1986 after 18 professional fights, against Marvin Johnson for the WBA title. He lost to Johnson via 7th round TKO.

      Stewart has won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Stewart's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Stewart had a total of 12 losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Billy Lewis on January 15, 2000. Stewart lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 24 years, 3 months, and 8 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Stewart had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost four.

      Title Wins

      Leslie Stewart fought for a light-heavyweight world title in four fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one light-heavyweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      May 23, 1987Marvin JohnsonLight-heavyweightWBARTD

      Title Losses

      Leslie Stewart lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Sep 5, 1987Virgil HillLight-heavyweightWBATKO

      Highlights

      Stewart fought a total of 43 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.

      • February 9, 1986: In his first world-title fight, Leslie Stewart loses to Marvin Johnson via 7th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBA light-heavyweight title.

      • May 23, 1987: Stewart wins the WBA light-heavyweight title from Marvin Johnson, by beating Johnson via 8th round RTD.

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