Terry Norris Record & Stats

Terry Norris Record & Stats

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In a career spanning 12 years and three months, Terry Norris fought 53 times with 44 wins and 9 losses. By his last professional fight on November 30, 1998, Norris' boxing record stood at 44-9 (29 KO wins, 4 KO losses).

Lubbock, Texas, USA
“Terrible”
Born
Jun 17, 1967
Age
55
Debut
Aug 2, 1986
Record
44-9
Rounds
295
KOs
29 (54.7%)
Height
177 cm
Reach
174 cm
Ape Index
-3 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
WBCIBF
sWL
w3
d16
sWL
w1
d4
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Terry Norris' boxing record
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      Terry Norris (Terrible) is a retired American professional boxer. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, USA on June 17, 1967. Norris made his professional boxing debut at the age of 19, on August 2, 1986. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. He is 55 years old, and will be turning 56 in eight days. Norris is a Hall of Famer.

      Fight Record

      Total Fights53
      Wins44
      Losses9
      Draws0
      No-Contests0
      KO Wins29
      Total Title Wins4
      Title Defenses16
      Title-Fight KO Wins14
      Losses via KO4
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      53Nov 30, 199831Laurent BoudouaniLoss *TKO9
      52Sep 25, 199831Dana RosenblattLossUD
      51Dec 6, 199730Keith MullingsLoss *TKO9
      50Sep 10, 199730Andres Arellano SandovalWinKO2
      49Aug 8, 199730Joaquin VelasquezWinKO2
      48Jan 11, 199729Nick RupaWin *TKO10
      47Sep 7, 199629Alex RiosWin *TKO5
      46Feb 24, 199628Vincent PettwayWin *TKO8
      45Jan 27, 199628Jorge Luis VadoWin *TKO2
      44Dec 16, 199528Paul VadenWin *UD
      43Sep 16, 199528David GonzalezWin *TKO9
      42Aug 19, 199528Luis SantanaWin *TKO2
      41Apr 8, 199527Luis SantanaLoss *DQ
      40Nov 12, 199427Luis SantanaLoss *DQ
      39May 7, 199426Simon BrownWin *UD
      38Dec 18, 199326Simon BrownLoss *KO4
      37Sep 10, 199326Joe GattiWin *TKO1
      36Jun 19, 199326Troy WatersWin *RTD3
      35Feb 20, 199325Maurice BlockerWin *TKO2
      34May 9, 199224Meldrick TaylorWin *TKO4
      33Feb 22, 199224Carl DanielsWin *TKO9
      32Dec 13, 199124Jorge Fernando CastroWin *UD
      31Aug 17, 199124Brett LallyWin *TKO1
      30Jun 1, 199123Donald CurryWin *KO8
      29Feb 9, 199123Sugar Ray LeonardWin *UD
      28Jul 13, 199023Rene JacquotWin *UD
      27Mar 31, 199022John MugabiWin *KO1
      26Nov 21, 198922Tony MontgomeryWinUD
      25Oct 9, 198922Jorge VacaWinSD
      24Sep 21, 198922Nathan DryerWinKO4
      23Jul 30, 198922Julian JacksonLoss *TKO2
      22Mar 28, 198921Buster DraytonWinUD
      21Dec 9, 198821Steve LittleWinTKO6
      20Oct 18, 198821Gilbert BaptistWinUD
      19Aug 12, 198821Quincy TaylorWinUD
      18Mar 28, 198820Clayton HiresWinKO2
      17Feb 3, 198820Richard AguirreWinTKO3
      16Jan 21, 198820Roman NunezWinKO1
      15Nov 25, 198720Joe WalkerLossDQ
      14Sep 4, 198720Edward NeblettWinTKO6
      13Aug 13, 198720Derrick KellyLossUD
      12May 27, 198719Nathan DryerWinTKO3
      11Apr 3, 198719Sergio Nieto RayosWinTKO1
      10Mar 26, 198719Mauro VeronicaWinKO2
      9Mar 16, 198719Tino LeonWinKO1
      8Feb 26, 198719Dick GreenWinKO1
      7Mar 5, 198719Gilbert BaptistWinUD
      6Dec 3, 198619Lang McGowanWinPTS
      5Nov 21, 198619Carlos GutierrezWinUD
      4Oct 7, 198619Daryl ColquittWinKO4
      3Sep 25, 198619George MurphyWinPTS
      2Aug 13, 198619Carlos GutierrezWinUD
      1Aug 2, 198619Jose Luis CordovaWinKO1

      * World-title fight

      World Titles

      Norris was a super-welterweight world champion. He has held four world titles at the super-welterweight weight division, all four of which were lineal championship wins.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Super-welterweightWBC 3x, IBF

      Statistics

      Terry Norris is 177 cm tall (5' 9.69") with a reach of 174 cm (5' 8.50"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of -3 cm (-1.18").

      Norris has a 54.7% KO rate. Of his total 29 KO wins, 21 were in the early rounds, five in the mid rounds, and three in the later rounds. He has eight first-round KO wins.

      Career Summary

      Terry Norris' professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1986 to 1998.

      Norris made his professional boxing debut against Jose Luis Cordova at the age of 19 on August 2, 1986, defeating Cordova via 1st round KO. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 6 wins via stoppage.

      Norris had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on July 30, 1989 after 22 professional fights, against Julian Jackson for the WBA title. He lost to Jackson via 2nd round TKO.

      He was a one-time unified super-welterweight world champion, and has won four world titles at super-welterweight. For all the details about Norris' world title wins and defenses refer to "Terry Norris World Titles".

      Some of Norris' best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Donald Curry and Sugar Ray Leonard), Simon Brown, John Mugabi, Meldrick Taylor, Luis Santana, Troy Waters, and Joe Gatti.

      Norris had a total of nine losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was on November 30, 1998 against Laurent Boudouani for Boudouani's super-welterweight WBA title. Norris lost the fight via 9th round TKO. It's been 24 years, 6 months, and 10 days since this fight.

      Career Highlights

      Norris fought a total of 53 times during his professional career, which includes 25 world-title fights at the super-welterweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and is one of the pound-for-pound best boxers of all time. These 12 fights are the highlight of his career.

      • July 30, 1989: In his first world-title fight, Terry Norris loses to Julian Jackson via 2nd round TKO. He was fighting for the WBA super-welterweight title.

      • March 31, 1990: Norris wins the WBC super-welterweight title from John Mugabi, by beating Mugabi via 1st round KO.

      • February 9, 1991: Norris successfully defends the WBC super-welterweight title against Sugar Ray Leonard, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • May 9, 1992: Norris successfully defends the WBC super-welterweight title against Meldrick Taylor, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.

      • February 20, 1993: Norris successfully defends the WBC super-welterweight title against Maurice Blocker, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.

      • June 19, 1993: Norris successfully defends the WBC super-welterweight title against Troy Waters, winning the fight via 3rd round RTD.

      • September 10, 1993: Norris successfully defends the WBC super-welterweight title against Joe Gatti, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.

      • May 7, 1994: Norris wins the WBC super-welterweight title from Simon Brown, by beating Brown via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • August 19, 1995: Norris wins the WBC super-welterweight title from Luis Santana, by beating Santana via 2nd round TKO.

      • December 16, 1995: Norris becomes a unified super-welterweight world champion by beating Paul Vaden via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBC and IBF super-welterweight world-champion belts.

      • January 27, 1996: Norris successfully defends the WBC and IBF super-welterweight titles against Jorge Luis Vado, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.

      • September 7, 1996: Norris successfully defends the WBC and IBF super-welterweight titles against Alex Rios, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

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