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Total Fights | 62 |
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Wins | 58 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 9 |
Title-Fight KOs | 6 |
KO Wins | 38 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and one month, Michael Nunn fought 62 times with 58 wins and 4 losses.
Nunn retired from professional boxing with a record of 58-4, which included two world-title wins and nine successful title defense fights at two weight classes — middleweight and super-middleweight. He had a 61.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 38 of his total 62 fights being knockout wins, six of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Nunn's career was a 11th round TKO loss to James Toney in a middleweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Vinson Durham on January 23, 2002.
Some of Nunn's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Donald Curry, Sumbu Kalambay, Danny Morgan, Crawford Ashley, Víctor Córdoba, Marlon Starling, and Frank Tate.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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62 | Jan 23, 2002 | 38 | Vinson Durham | Win | UD |
61 | Dec 8, 2001 | 38 | Matthew Charleston | Win | TKO5 |
60 | Oct 26, 2001 | 38 | Kenny Craven | Win | TKO6 |
59 | Sep 29, 2001 | 38 | Carlos Bates | Win | KO1 |
58 | May 9, 1999 | 36 | William Guthrie | Win | TKO7 |
57 | Sep 4, 1998 | 35 | Glenn Thomas | Win | UD |
56 | Mar 21, 1998 | 34 | Graciano Rocchigiani | Loss * | SD |
55 | Jul 5, 1997 | 34 | Lonnie Horn | Win | KO1 |
54 | May 10, 1997 | 34 | Booker T Word | Win | TKO7 |
53 | Jan 17, 1997 | 33 | Rudy Nix | Win | TKO2 |
52 | Jun 23, 1996 | 33 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | Win | TKO8 |
51 | Dec 8, 1995 | 32 | John Scully | Win | UD |
50 | Oct 13, 1995 | 32 | Charles Oliver | Win | UD |
49 | Aug 15, 1995 | 32 | Cecil McKenzie | Win | TKO4 |
48 | Jul 14, 1995 | 32 | Terry Bee | Win | TKO3 |
47 | Jun 13, 1995 | 32 | Earl Butler | Win | UD |
46 | Dec 17, 1994 | 31 | Frankie Liles | Loss * | UD |
45 | Sep 12, 1994 | 31 | Salvador Maciel | Win | KO1 |
44 | Feb 26, 1994 | 30 | Steve Little | Loss * | SD |
43 | Dec 18, 1993 | 30 | Merqui Sosa | Win * | UD |
42 | Apr 23, 1993 | 30 | Crawford Ashley | Win * | TKO6 |
41 | Feb 20, 1993 | 29 | Danny Morgan | Win * | KO1 |
40 | Jan 30, 1993 | 29 | Víctor Córdoba | Win * | UD |
39 | Sep 12, 1992 | 29 | Víctor Córdoba | Win * | SD |
38 | Nov 29, 1991 | 28 | Randall Yonker | Win | TKO10 |
37 | May 10, 1991 | 28 | James Toney | Loss * | TKO11 |
36 | Oct 18, 1990 | 27 | Donald Curry | Win * | KO10 |
35 | Apr 14, 1990 | 27 | Marlon Starling | Win * | MD |
34 | Aug 14, 1989 | 26 | Iran Barkley | Win * | MD |
33 | Mar 25, 1989 | 25 | Sumbu Kalambay | Win * | KO1 |
32 | Nov 4, 1988 | 25 | Juan Roldán | Win * | KO8 |
31 | Jul 28, 1988 | 25 | Frank Tate | Win * | TKO9 |
30 | May 31, 1988 | 25 | Ron Daniels | Win | KO2 |
29 | Mar 19, 1988 | 24 | Curtis Parker | Win | KO2 |
28 | Jan 2, 1988 | 24 | Kevin Watts | Win | UD |
27 | Oct 29, 1987 | 24 | Darnell Knox | Win | RTD4 |
26 | Sep 11, 1987 | 24 | Dale Jackson | Win | UD |
25 | Aug 11, 1987 | 24 | Franklin Owens | Win | TKO9 |
24 | Jul 2, 1987 | 24 | Jose Duarte | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Apr 24, 1987 | 24 | Cecil Pettigrew | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Apr 4, 1987 | 23 | Charles Campbell | Win | TKO9 |
21 | Feb 6, 1987 | 23 | Willie Harris | Win | TKO6 |
20 | Nov 21, 1986 | 23 | Alex Ramos | Win | UD |
19 | Oct 28, 1986 | 23 | Orlando Paulding | Win | KO1 |
18 | Sep 19, 1986 | 23 | Mike Tinley | Win | UD |
17 | Jul 25, 1986 | 23 | Charles Boston | Win | UD |
16 | Jun 25, 1986 | 23 | Randy Smith | Win | UD |
15 | May 19, 1986 | 23 | Felipe Vaca | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Mar 9, 1986 | 22 | Carl Jones | Win | UD |
13 | Feb 10, 1986 | 22 | Charles Carter | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Jan 28, 1986 | 22 | Alvaro Granillo | Win | TKO2 |
11 | Dec 10, 1985 | 22 | Billy Robertson | Win | UD |
10 | Nov 13, 1985 | 22 | Jorge Amparo | Win | UD |
9 | Sep 25, 1985 | 22 | Charles Campbell | Win | UD |
8 | Aug 27, 1985 | 22 | Marcos Geraldo | Win | TKO5 |
7 | Jul 29, 1985 | 22 | James Waire | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Jun 27, 1985 | 22 | Larry Davis | Win | TKO2 |
5 | May 21, 1985 | 22 | J W Johnson | Win | KO1 |
4 | Apr 13, 1985 | 21 | Sergio Campos | Win | KO1 |
3 | Mar 26, 1985 | 21 | Robert Jackson | Win | KO1 |
2 | Feb 8, 1985 | 21 | Ismael Templos | Win | KO4 |
1 | Dec 20, 1984 | 21 | John Borman | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Michael Nunn (Second To) is a 61-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. on April 14, 1963. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1984 to 2002.
Nunn made his professional boxing debut against John Borman at the age of 21 on December 20, 1984, defeating Borman via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 23 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on July 28, 1988 after 30 professional fights, against Frank Tate for the middleweight IBF title. He defeated Tate via 9th round TKO to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Nunn has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Nunn's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Nunn had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Vinson Durham on January 23, 2002. Nunn won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 22 years, 3 months, and 3 days since this fight.
Nunn had a total of 15 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and nine successful title defenses. He won 11 of these fights and lost four.
Michael Nunn fought for world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 12, 1992 | Víctor Córdoba | Super-middleweight | WBA | SD |
Jul 28, 1988 | Frank Tate | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Michael Nunn had 11 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — middleweight (x6) and super-middleweight (x5). He won nine of them and lost two times.
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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Dec 18, 1993 | Merqui Sosa | Super-middleweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 23, 1993 | Crawford Ashley | Super-middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Feb 20, 1993 | Danny Morgan | Super-middleweight | WBA | KO |
Jan 30, 1993 | Víctor Córdoba | Super-middleweight | WBA | UD |
Oct 18, 1990 | Donald Curry | Middleweight | IBF | KO |
Apr 14, 1990 | Marlon Starling | Middleweight | IBF | MD |
Aug 14, 1989 | Iran Barkley | Middleweight | IBF | MD |
Mar 25, 1989 | Sumbu Kalambay | Middleweight | IBF | KO |
Nov 4, 1988 | Juan Roldán | Middleweight | IBF | KO |
Michael Nunn lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Feb 26, 1994 | Steve Little | Super-middleweight | WBA | SD |
May 10, 1991 | James Toney | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Nunn fought a total of 62 times during his professional career, which includes 15 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
July 28, 1988: Nunn wins his first world title by defeating Frank Tate via 9th round TKO. He is now the IBF middleweight world champion.
March 25, 1989: Nunn successfully defends the IBF middleweight title against Sumbu Kalambay, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
August 14, 1989: Nunn successfully defends the IBF middleweight title against Iran Barkley, winning the fight via 12 round majority decision.
April 14, 1990: Nunn successfully defends the IBF middleweight title against Marlon Starling, winning the fight via 12 round majority decision.
October 18, 1990: Nunn successfully defends the IBF middleweight title against Donald Curry, winning the fight via 10th round KO.
September 12, 1992: Nunn wins the WBA super-middleweight title from Víctor Córdoba, by beating Córdoba via 12 round split decision.
January 30, 1993: Nunn successfully defends the WBA super-middleweight title against Víctor Córdoba, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
February 20, 1993: Nunn successfully defends the WBA super-middleweight title against Danny Morgan, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
Nunn knocked out 38 of his 62 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 61.3%. Of his total 58 wins, 38 of them were via KO (65.5%).
Nunn's first world-title win was the IBF belt at middleweight. He defeated Frank Tate via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Nunn won two world titles at two weight classes.
Nunn had a total of 11 title defense fights. He was successful nine times and lost two times.