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Total Fights | 70 |
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Wins | 57 |
Losses | 10 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 2 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 30 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and four months, Orlin Norris fought 70 times with 57 wins, 10 losses, and 1 draw.
Norris retired from professional boxing with a record of 57-10-1, which included one cruiserweight world-title win and four successful title defense fights. He had a 44.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 70 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Norris suffered four knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Nate Miller in a cruiserweight title fight.
His last fight was a 7th round TKO defeat to Ola Afolabi on November 3, 2005.
Some of Norris' best fights and notable victories include wins over Nate Miller, Greg Page, Oliver McCall, and Tony Tucker.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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70 | Nov 3, 2005 | 40 | Ola Afolabi | Loss | TKO7 |
69 | Jul 21, 2005 | 39 | Vassiliy Jirov | Draw | MD |
68 | May 28, 2005 | 39 | Albert Sosnowski | Loss | MD |
67 | Oct 1, 2004 | 38 | Ken Murphy | Win | TKO6 |
66 | Jun 19, 2004 | 38 | Mike Peak | Win | UD |
65 | May 13, 2004 | 38 | Roberto Coelho | Win | UD |
64 | Jun 13, 2003 | 37 | Troy Weida | Win | TKO3 |
63 | Mar 15, 2003 | 37 | Harry Funmaker | Win | TKO5 |
62 | Jun 16, 2001 | 35 | Brian Nielsen | Loss | UD |
61 | Apr 24, 2001 | 35 | Brian Yates | Win | UD |
60 | Jan 27, 2001 | 35 | Vitali Klitschko | Loss | KO1 |
59 | Nov 2, 2000 | 35 | Bradley Rone | Win | UD |
58 | Jun 16, 2000 | 34 | Andrew Golota | Loss | UD |
57 | Oct 23, 1999 | 34 | Mike Tyson | NC | NC |
56 | Jun 26, 1999 | 33 | Pelé Reid | Win | KO1 |
55 | Aug 6, 1998 | 32 | Nate Miller | Win | UD |
54 | May 22, 1998 | 32 | Adolpho Washington | Win | UD |
53 | Dec 13, 1997 | 32 | Henry Akinwande | Loss | UD |
52 | Nov 14, 1996 | 31 | Marion Wilson | Win | SD |
51 | Oct 12, 1996 | 31 | Jeff Pegues | Win | KO1 |
50 | Feb 24, 1996 | 30 | Tony Tucker | Win | SD |
49 | Feb 10, 1996 | 30 | Cleveland Woods | Win | RTD6 |
48 | Jul 22, 1995 | 29 | Nate Miller | Loss * | KO8 |
47 | Mar 17, 1995 | 29 | Adolpho Washington | Win * | UD |
46 | Nov 12, 1994 | 29 | James Heath | Win * | KO2 |
45 | Jul 2, 1994 | 28 | Arthur Williams | Win * | TKO3 |
44 | Mar 4, 1994 | 28 | Arthur Williams | Win * | SD |
43 | Jan 9, 1994 | 28 | Art Jimmerson | Win | TKO4 |
42 | Nov 6, 1993 | 28 | Marcelo Victor Figueroa | Win * | TKO6 |
41 | Aug 19, 1993 | 27 | Jack Basting | Win | TKO4 |
40 | Apr 23, 1993 | 27 | Richard Mason | Win | UD |
39 | Feb 6, 1993 | 27 | Troy Jefferson | Win | TKO2 |
38 | Nov 25, 1992 | 27 | David Sewell | Win | TKO5 |
37 | May 27, 1992 | 26 | Keith McMurray | Win | KO2 |
36 | Mar 25, 1992 | 26 | Anthony Hembrick | Win | TKO8 |
35 | Dec 13, 1991 | 26 | James Pritchard | Win | PTS |
34 | Aug 17, 1991 | 25 | Jesse Shelby | Win | TD |
33 | Jun 3, 1991 | 25 | Tony Tucker | Loss | SD |
32 | Apr 30, 1991 | 25 | Lionel Washington | Win | TKO1 |
31 | Feb 9, 1991 | 25 | Jamie Howe | Win | TKO7 |
30 | Dec 11, 1990 | 25 | Tony Willis | Win | RTD9 |
29 | Nov 17, 1990 | 25 | Oliver McCall | Win | SD |
28 | Nov 17, 1990 | 25 | Henry Hearns | Win | KO1 |
27 | Sep 25, 1990 | 24 | Greg Gorrell | Win | TKO8 |
26 | Aug 28, 1990 | 24 | Danny Wofford | Win | TKO10 |
25 | Feb 17, 1990 | 24 | Bert Cooper | Loss | TKO8 |
24 | Nov 21, 1989 | 24 | Tony Tubbs | NC | NC |
23 | Aug 1, 1989 | 23 | Dee Collier | Win | UD |
22 | Apr 25, 1989 | 23 | Greg Page | Win | UD |
21 | Nov 15, 1988 | 23 | Jesse Ferguson | Win | UD |
20 | Jul 27, 1988 | 22 | Dwain Bonds | Win | UD |
19 | May 27, 1988 | 22 | Andrew Stokes | Win | PTS |
18 | Mar 19, 1988 | 22 | Renaldo Snipes | Win | UD |
17 | Feb 23, 1988 | 22 | Woody Clark | Win | KO1 |
16 | Nov 25, 1987 | 22 | Larry Alexander | Win | MD |
15 | Sep 4, 1987 | 21 | Billy Joe Thomas | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Aug 13, 1987 | 21 | John Barbier | Win | KO1 |
13 | May 27, 1987 | 21 | Gary Lightbourne | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 3, 1987 | 21 | Eddie Richardson | Win | KO2 |
11 | Mar 20, 1987 | 21 | Avery Rawls | Win | PTS |
10 | Feb 26, 1987 | 21 | Mike Gans | Win | KO7 |
9 | Feb 12, 1987 | 21 | Rufus Hadley | Win | UD |
8 | Feb 5, 1987 | 21 | Roger Troupe | Win | KO2 |
7 | Nov 21, 1986 | 21 | David Smith | Win | UD |
6 | Oct 28, 1986 | 21 | Mike Bardwell | Win | UD |
5 | Sep 25, 1986 | 20 | Ricky Reese | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Sep 18, 1986 | 20 | Ray Mitchell | Win | UD |
3 | Aug 2, 1986 | 20 | Olian Alexander | Loss | PTS |
2 | Jul 25, 1986 | 20 | Levi Billups | Win | KO1 |
1 | Jun 16, 1986 | 20 | Lionel Washington | Win | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Orlin Norris (Night Train) is a 58-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. on October 4, 1965. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1986 to 2005.
Norris made his professional boxing debut against Lionel Washington at the age of 20 on June 16, 1986, defeating Washington via 3rd round KO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on November 6, 1993 after 41 professional fights, against Marcelo Victor Figueroa for the cruiserweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Figueroa via 6th round TKO to become the cruiserweight champion of the world.
Norris has won one world title at cruiserweight. For all the details about Norris' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Norris had a total of 10 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Ola Afolabi on November 3, 2005. Norris lost the fight via 7th round TKO. It's been 18 years, 5 months, and 16 days since this fight.
Norris had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost one.
Orlin Norris fought for a cruiserweight world title once, which he won via TKO. He won one cruiserweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 6, 1993 | Marcelo Victor Figueroa | Cruiserweight | WBA* | TKO |
Orlin Norris had five cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won four 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 17, 1995 | Adolpho Washington | Cruiserweight | WBA | UD |
Nov 12, 1994 | James Heath | Cruiserweight | WBA | KO |
Jul 2, 1994 | Arthur Williams | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Mar 4, 1994 | Arthur Williams | Cruiserweight | WBA | SD |
Orlin Norris lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jul 22, 1995 | Nate Miller | Cruiserweight | WBA | KO |
Norris fought a total of 70 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the cruiserweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
April 25, 1989: Orlin Norris puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Greg Page via 12th round unanimous decision.
November 6, 1993: Norris wins his first world title by defeating Marcelo Victor Figueroa via 6th round TKO. He is now the WBA cruiserweight world champion.
August 6, 1998: Orlin Norris beats Nate Miller via 12th round unanimous decision.
Norris knocked out 30 of his 70 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 44.1%. Of his total 57 wins, 30 of them were via KO (52.6%).
Norris' first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Marcelo Victor Figueroa via 6 round TKO to win the title.
Norris won one world title at cruiserweight.
Norris had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.