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Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and three months, Thomas Tate fought 48 times with 41 wins and 7 losses.
Tate retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-7. He fought for world titles four times at two weight classes — middleweight and super-middleweight. He had a 58.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 48 fights being knockout wins. The only knockout loss in Tate's career was a 2nd round TKO loss to Roy Jones Jr. in a middleweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Sven Ottke on June 1, 2002. Tate was fighting for the super-middleweight IBF title.
Some of Tate's best fights and notable victories include wins over Omar Sheika, Merqui Sosa, Anthony Andrews, Eddie Hall, Rolando Torres, Anwar Oshana, and Eric Rhinehart.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | Jun 1, 2002 | 36 | Sven Ottke | Loss * | UD |
47 | Oct 5, 2001 | 35 | Omar Sheika | Win | RTD4 |
46 | May 4, 2001 | 35 | Fernando Zuniga | Win | SD |
45 | Mar 10, 2001 | 35 | Shannon Miller | Win | UD |
44 | May 26, 2000 | 34 | Anthony Andrews | Win | TKO5 |
43 | Mar 23, 2000 | 34 | Beethaeve Scottland | Win | UD |
42 | Sep 4, 1999 | 33 | Sven Ottke | Loss * | TD |
41 | Jan 15, 1999 | 33 | Merqui Sosa | Win | KO10 |
40 | Oct 2, 1998 | 32 | Demetrius Davis | Win | UD |
39 | Apr 28, 1998 | 32 | Anwar Oshana | Win | TKO3 |
38 | Oct 28, 1997 | 31 | Joseph Kiwanuka | Win | KO11 |
37 | Aug 30, 1997 | 31 | Csaba Olah | Win | TKO5 |
36 | Apr 8, 1997 | 31 | Arthur Willis | Win | TKO2 |
35 | Sep 12, 1996 | 30 | Silvio Branco | Loss | UD |
34 | Jan 30, 1996 | 30 | Rocky Gannon | Loss | UD |
33 | Nov 21, 1995 | 29 | Joseph Kiwanuka | Win | UD |
32 | May 27, 1994 | 28 | Roy Jones Jr. | Loss * | TKO2 |
31 | Dec 18, 1993 | 27 | Rolando Torres | Win | TKO9 |
30 | Sep 10, 1993 | 27 | Eduardo Ayala | Win | UD |
29 | May 8, 1993 | 27 | Eddie Hall | Win | TKO1 |
28 | Feb 2, 1993 | 27 | Tyrone Trice | Win | UD |
27 | Sep 24, 1992 | 26 | Melvin Wynn | Win | UD |
26 | Aug 1, 1992 | 26 | Julian Jackson | Loss * | UD |
25 | May 22, 1992 | 26 | Mario Arreola | Win | KO2 |
24 | Apr 1, 1992 | 26 | Daniel Perez | Win | UD |
23 | Dec 4, 1991 | 25 | Percy Harris | Loss | PTS |
22 | Oct 18, 1991 | 25 | Eric Rhinehart | Win | KO2 |
21 | Aug 16, 1991 | 25 | Eddie Evans | Win | TKO7 |
20 | Jun 15, 1991 | 25 | Enrique Noriega | Win | TKO4 |
19 | Jun 7, 1991 | 25 | Bert Johnson | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Apr 26, 1991 | 25 | Robert Carson | Win | UD |
17 | Apr 1, 1991 | 25 | Reggie Miller | Win | TKO9 |
16 | Mar 12, 1991 | 25 | Rick Sims | Win | TKO5 |
15 | Feb 25, 1991 | 25 | James Stokes | Win | KO2 |
14 | Feb 5, 1991 | 25 | Ricky Johnson | Win | KO1 |
13 | Jan 9, 1991 | 25 | Thomas Covington | Win | KO3 |
12 | Dec 14, 1990 | 24 | Lorenzo Thomas | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Sep 28, 1990 | 24 | Robert Jackson | Win | UD |
10 | Aug 24, 1990 | 24 | Clinton Mack | Win | TKO6 |
9 | Jul 27, 1990 | 24 | Charles Hollis | Win | PTS |
8 | Jul 17, 1990 | 24 | Marcellus Jackson | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Jun 23, 1990 | 24 | Phil Jones | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Jun 8, 1990 | 24 | Wayne Corbett | Win | KO3 |
5 | Apr 30, 1990 | 24 | Mike Serr | Win | KO1 |
4 | Feb 17, 1990 | 24 | John Simmons | Win | KO2 |
3 | Jan 27, 1990 | 24 | Randy Williams | Win | TKO5 |
2 | Oct 5, 1989 | 23 | Merwyn Parker | Win | UD |
1 | Feb 12, 1989 | 23 | Maurice Daugherty | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Thomas Tate (ICE-T) is a 58-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA on December 19, 1965. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1989 to 2002.
Tate made his professional boxing debut against Maurice Daugherty at the age of 23 on February 12, 1989, defeating Daugherty via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 21 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on August 1, 1992 after 25 professional fights, against Julian Jackson for the WBC title. He lost to Jackson via 12 round unanimous decision.
Tate had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on June 1, 2002 against German boxer Sven Ottke for Ottke's super-middleweight IBF title. Tate lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 21 years, 10 months, and 24 days since this fight.
Tate knocked out 28 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 58.3%. Of his total 41 wins, 28 of them were via KO (68.3%).