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Total Fights | 63 |
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Wins | 57 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 30 |
KO Losses | 6 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and 10 months, Sharmba Mitchell fought 63 times with 57 wins and 6 losses.
Mitchell retired from professional boxing with a record of 57-6, which included one super-lightweight world-title win and four successful title defense fights. He had a 47.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 63 fights being knockout wins. Mitchell suffered six knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 4th round KO defeat to Paul Williams on August 19, 2006.
Some of Mitchell's best fights and notable victories include wins over Felix Flores, Vince Phillips, Khalid Rahilou, Lovemore N'dou, Elio Ortiz, Michael Stewart, and Pedro Saiz.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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63 | Aug 19, 2006 | 35 | Paul Williams | Loss | KO4 |
62 | May 3, 2006 | 35 | Jose Luis Cruz | Win | UD |
61 | Nov 19, 2005 | 35 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Loss | TKO6 |
60 | Jun 11, 2005 | 34 | Chris Smith | Win | TD |
59 | Nov 6, 2004 | 34 | Kostya Tszyu | Loss * | TKO3 |
58 | Aug 7, 2004 | 33 | Moises Pedroza | Win | KO2 |
57 | Apr 3, 2004 | 33 | Michael Stewart | Win | UD |
56 | Feb 7, 2004 | 33 | Lovemore N'dou | Win | UD |
55 | May 17, 2003 | 32 | Ben Tackie | Win | UD |
54 | Jan 25, 2003 | 32 | Carlos Vilches | Win | TKO4 |
53 | Nov 9, 2002 | 32 | Vince Phillips | Win | MD |
52 | Jul 2, 2002 | 31 | Frank Houghtaling | Win | UD |
51 | Mar 28, 2002 | 31 | Bernard Harris | Win | UD |
50 | Feb 3, 2001 | 30 | Kostya Tszyu | Loss * | RTD7 |
49 | Sep 16, 2000 | 30 | Felix Flores | Win * | UD |
48 | Nov 13, 1999 | 29 | Elio Ortiz | Win * | UD |
47 | Apr 24, 1999 | 28 | Reggie Green | Win * | MD |
46 | Feb 6, 1999 | 28 | Pedro Saiz | Win * | UD |
45 | Oct 10, 1998 | 28 | Khalid Rahilou | Win * | UD |
44 | Feb 21, 1998 | 27 | Bobby Elkins | Win | TKO1 |
43 | Jul 15, 1997 | 26 | Dezi Ford | Win | KO5 |
42 | May 10, 1997 | 26 | Jose Rafael Barboza | Win | PTS |
41 | Oct 19, 1996 | 26 | John Stewart | Win | KO1 |
40 | Apr 11, 1996 | 25 | Gilberto Flores | Win | KO2 |
39 | Feb 10, 1996 | 25 | Harold Bennett | Win | TKO1 |
38 | Dec 7, 1995 | 25 | Allen Osborne | Win | TKO2 |
37 | Nov 21, 1995 | 25 | James Gatlin | Win | TKO5 |
36 | Sep 16, 1995 | 25 | Terron Millett | Win | TKO1 |
35 | Mar 23, 1995 | 24 | Wayne Boudreaux | Win | TKO5 |
34 | Oct 22, 1994 | 24 | Lyndon Walker | Win | KO2 |
33 | Jun 21, 1994 | 23 | Stevie Johnston | Loss | TKO9 |
32 | Mar 18, 1994 | 23 | Leavander Johnson | Loss | KO8 |
31 | Nov 6, 1993 | 23 | Chad Broussard | Win | TKO1 |
30 | May 22, 1993 | 22 | Kenny Baysmore | Win | KO1 |
29 | Nov 29, 1992 | 22 | Eric Whitfield | Win | TKO2 |
28 | Apr 22, 1992 | 21 | Rocky Lockridge | Win | UD |
27 | Feb 15, 1992 | 21 | Gilberto Flores | Win | TKO5 |
26 | Jan 14, 1992 | 21 | Leo Martinez | Win | TKO1 |
25 | Oct 29, 1991 | 21 | Keeley Thompson | Win | TKO10 |
24 | Jul 23, 1991 | 20 | Miguel Santana | Win | TKO3 |
23 | Apr 10, 1991 | 20 | Darryl Richardson | Win | KO2 |
22 | Mar 19, 1991 | 20 | Felix Gonzales | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Jan 16, 1991 | 20 | Kevin Marston | Win | UD |
20 | Nov 1, 1990 | 20 | Robert Byrd | Win | RTD7 |
19 | Sep 7, 1990 | 20 | Rodney Fennell | Win | PTS |
18 | Jul 20, 1990 | 19 | Freddie Sevilla | Win | TKO5 |
17 | Jul 3, 1990 | 19 | Eric Podolak | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Apr 29, 1990 | 19 | Nigel Wenton | Win | UD |
15 | Apr 3, 1990 | 19 | Billy Young | Win | UD |
14 | Mar 3, 1990 | 19 | Rafael Limón | Win | UD |
13 | Feb 1, 1990 | 19 | Bobby Brewer | Win | UD |
12 | Jan 11, 1990 | 19 | Dana Roston | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Nov 16, 1989 | 19 | Joseph Alexander | Win | UD |
10 | Oct 26, 1989 | 19 | Juan Torres | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Sep 21, 1989 | 19 | Aristides Acevedo | Win | UD |
8 | Aug 16, 1989 | 18 | Perry McQueen | Win | KO1 |
7 | May 23, 1989 | 18 | Javier Chavez | Win | RTD2 |
6 | Apr 27, 1989 | 18 | Verrol Liverpool | Win | PTS |
5 | Mar 23, 1989 | 18 | Thomas Baker | Win | UD |
4 | Jan 15, 1989 | 18 | Craig Wills | Win | UD |
3 | Nov 22, 1988 | 18 | Willie Rivera | Win | UD |
2 | Oct 11, 1988 | 18 | Randy Kearse | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Sep 23, 1988 | 18 | Eddie Colon | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Sharmba Mitchell (Little Big Man) is a 53-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S. on August 27, 1970. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1988 to 2006.
Mitchell made his professional boxing debut against Eddie Colon at the age of 18 on September 23, 1988, defeating Colon via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 30 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on October 10, 1998 after 44 professional fights, against Khalid Rahilou for the super-lightweight WBA title. He defeated Rahilou via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Mitchell has won one world title at super-lightweight. For all the details about Mitchell's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Mitchell had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Paul Williams on August 19, 2006. Mitchell lost the fight via 4th round KO. It's been 17 years and 8 months since this fight.
Mitchell had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Sharmba Mitchell fought for a super-lightweight world title in three fights and won once. He won one super-lightweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 10, 1998 | Khalid Rahilou | Super-lightweight | WBA | UD |
Sharmba Mitchell had five super-lightweight 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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Sep 16, 2000 | Felix Flores | Super-lightweight | WBA | UD |
Nov 13, 1999 | Elio Ortiz | Super-lightweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 24, 1999 | Reggie Green | Super-lightweight | WBA | MD |
Feb 6, 1999 | Pedro Saiz | Super-lightweight | WBA | UD |
Sharmba Mitchell lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Feb 3, 2001 | Kostya Tszyu | Super-lightweight | WBA | RTD |
Mitchell fought a total of 63 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the super-lightweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
April 22, 1992: Sharmba Mitchell puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Rocky Lockridge via 10th round unanimous decision.
October 10, 1998: Mitchell wins his first world title by defeating Khalid Rahilou via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA super-lightweight world champion.
November 9, 2002: Sharmba Mitchell beats Vince Phillips via 10th round majority decision.
February 7, 2004: Sharmba Mitchell beats Lovemore N'dou via 12th round unanimous decision.
Mitchell knocked out 30 of his 63 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 47.6%. Of his total 57 wins, 30 of them were via KO (52.6%).
Mitchell's first world-title win was the WBA belt at super-lightweight. He defeated Khalid Rahilou via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Mitchell won one world title at super-lightweight.
Mitchell had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.