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Total Fights | 69 |
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Wins | 55 |
Losses | 13 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 38 |
KO Losses | 4 |
WBA | WBC |
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HV w1 d1 | HV w1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 23 years and four months, Tim Witherspoon fought 69 times with 55 wins, 13 losses, and 1 draw.
Witherspoon retired from professional boxing with a record of 55-13-1, which included two heavyweight world-title wins and one successful title defense fight. He had a 55.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 38 of his total 69 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Witherspoon suffered four knockout losses in his career, one of which was against James Smith in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round split decision defeat to Brian Nix on March 15, 2003.
Some of Witherspoon's best fights and notable victories include wins over Tony Tubbs, Greg Page, Al Cole, Frank Bruno, José Ribalta, Jorge Luis González, and James Tillis.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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69 | Mar 15, 2003 | 45 | Brian Nix | Loss | SD |
68 | Sep 22, 2002 | 44 | Lou Savarese | Loss | TKO5 |
67 | May 18, 2002 | 44 | Ahmed Abdin | Win | UD |
66 | Mar 10, 2002 | 44 | Darroll Wilson | Win | KO2 |
65 | Jan 18, 2002 | 44 | Ed White | Win | TKO1 |
64 | Jul 29, 2001 | 43 | Cleveland Woods | Win | KO1 |
63 | Jun 28, 2001 | 43 | Monte Barrett | Loss | SD |
62 | Apr 13, 2001 | 43 | Danny Wofford | Win | TKO3 |
61 | Mar 31, 2001 | 43 | Elieser Castillo | Win | MD |
60 | Feb 22, 2001 | 43 | David Bostice | Win | TKO1 |
59 | Jul 8, 2000 | 42 | David Smith | Win | TKO2 |
58 | Apr 29, 2000 | 42 | Mike Sedillo | Draw | PTS |
57 | Feb 25, 2000 | 42 | Joe Ballard | Win | KO1 |
56 | Jun 18, 1999 | 41 | Greg Page | Loss | RTD7 |
55 | Apr 16, 1999 | 41 | Brian Nielsen | Loss | TKO4 |
54 | Oct 2, 1998 | 40 | Andrew Golota | Loss | UD |
53 | Apr 7, 1998 | 40 | Jimmy Thunder | Loss | UD |
52 | Dec 13, 1997 | 39 | Larry Donald | Loss | UD |
51 | Nov 4, 1997 | 39 | Levi Billups | Win | TKO1 |
50 | Dec 14, 1996 | 38 | Ray Mercer | Loss | UD |
49 | May 10, 1996 | 38 | Jorge Luis González | Win | TKO5 |
48 | Jan 12, 1996 | 38 | Al Cole | Win | UD |
47 | Nov 14, 1995 | 37 | Tim Puller | Win | TKO2 |
46 | Oct 31, 1995 | 37 | Everton Davis | Win | TKO7 |
45 | Mar 24, 1995 | 37 | Jesse Shelby | Win | TKO1 |
44 | Dec 17, 1994 | 36 | Nathaniel Fitch | Win | TKO6 |
43 | Aug 12, 1994 | 36 | Sherman Griffin | Win | TKO3 |
42 | Aug 25, 1992 | 34 | Tony Willis | Win | UD |
41 | Jul 21, 1992 | 34 | Everett Martin | Loss | SD |
40 | Mar 23, 1992 | 34 | James Pritchard | Win | UD |
39 | Feb 4, 1992 | 34 | Jimmy Lee Smith | Win | KO1 |
38 | Sep 10, 1991 | 33 | Art Tucker | Win | TKO3 |
37 | Mar 8, 1991 | 33 | Carl Williams | Win | SD |
36 | Jul 19, 1990 | 32 | José Ribalta | Win | MD |
35 | Mar 12, 1990 | 32 | Greg Gorrell | Win | TKO3 |
34 | Jan 11, 1990 | 32 | Jeff Sims | Win | RTD5 |
33 | Oct 19, 1989 | 31 | Anders Eklund | Win | KO1 |
32 | Jan 27, 1989 | 31 | Larry Alexander | Win | SD |
31 | Feb 17, 1988 | 30 | Mauricio Villegas | Win | TKO9 |
30 | Oct 14, 1987 | 29 | Mike Williams | Win | SD |
29 | Aug 4, 1987 | 29 | Mark Wills | Win | TKO1 |
28 | Dec 12, 1986 | 28 | James Smith | Loss * | KO1 |
27 | Jul 19, 1986 | 28 | Frank Bruno | Win * | TKO11 |
26 | Jan 17, 1986 | 28 | Tony Tubbs | Win * | MD |
25 | Oct 12, 1985 | 27 | Sammy Scaff | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Sep 6, 1985 | 27 | Larry Beilfuss | Win | TKO1 |
23 | Jun 15, 1985 | 27 | James Smith | Win | UD |
22 | Apr 29, 1985 | 27 | James Broad | Win | KO2 |
21 | Mar 25, 1985 | 27 | Mark Wills | Win | TKO9 |
20 | Aug 31, 1984 | 26 | Pinklon Thomas | Loss * | MD |
19 | Mar 9, 1984 | 26 | Greg Page | Win * | MD |
18 | Sep 23, 1983 | 25 | James Tillis | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Jul 16, 1983 | 25 | Floyd Cummings | Win | UD |
16 | May 20, 1983 | 25 | Larry Holmes | Loss * | SD |
15 | Jun 5, 1982 | 24 | Renaldo Snipes | Win | MD |
14 | Mar 30, 1982 | 24 | Luis Acosta | Win | KO2 |
13 | Dec 5, 1981 | 23 | Alfonzo Ratliff | Win | TKO7 |
12 | Nov 17, 1981 | 23 | Curtis Gaskins | Win | KO2 |
11 | Jul 30, 1981 | 23 | Jerry Williams | Win | TKO8 |
10 | Jun 17, 1981 | 23 | Bobby Jordan | Win | KO4 |
9 | Apr 11, 1981 | 23 | Dave Johnson | Win | UD |
8 | Feb 7, 1981 | 23 | Marvin Stinson | Win | PTS |
7 | Jan 24, 1981 | 23 | Ed Bednarik | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Dec 11, 1980 | 22 | James Reid | Win | TKO6 |
5 | Oct 24, 1980 | 22 | Oliver Wright | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Jul 20, 1980 | 22 | Charles Cox | Win | KO5 |
3 | May 9, 1980 | 22 | Robert Evans | Win | UD |
2 | Apr 26, 1980 | 22 | Robert Ritchie | Win | KO1 |
1 | Oct 30, 1979 | 21 | Joe Adams | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Tim Witherspoon (Terrible) is a 66-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 27, 1957. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 23 years — from 1979 to 2003.
Witherspoon made his professional boxing debut against Joe Adams at the age of 21 on October 30, 1979, defeating Adams via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 14 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 10 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on May 20, 1983 after 15 professional fights, against Larry Holmes for the WBC and The Ring titles. He lost to Holmes via 12 round split decision.
Witherspoon has won two world titles at heavyweight. For all the details about Witherspoon's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Witherspoon had a total of 13 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Brian Nix on March 15, 2003. Witherspoon lost the fight via 10 round split decision. It's been 21 years and 13 days since this fight.
Witherspoon had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and one successful title defense. He won three of these fights and lost three.
Tim Witherspoon fought for heavyweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jan 17, 1986 | Tony Tubbs | Heavyweight | WBA | MD |
Mar 9, 1984 | Greg Page | Heavyweight | WBC* | MD |
Tim Witherspoon had three heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won once 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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Jul 19, 1986 | Frank Bruno | Heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Tim Witherspoon 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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Dec 12, 1986 | James Smith | Heavyweight | WBA | KO |
Aug 31, 1984 | Pinklon Thomas | Heavyweight | WBC | MD |
Witherspoon fought a total of 69 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
May 20, 1983: In his first world-title fight, Tim Witherspoon loses to Larry Holmes via 12 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles.
March 9, 1984: Witherspoon wins the WBC heavyweight title from Greg Page, by beating Page via 12 round majority decision.
January 17, 1986: Witherspoon wins the WBA heavyweight title from Tony Tubbs, by beating Tubbs via 15 round majority decision.
July 19, 1986: Witherspoon successfully defends the WBA heavyweight title against Frank Bruno, winning the fight via 11th round TKO.
January 12, 1996: Tim Witherspoon beats Al Cole via 10th round unanimous decision.
May 10, 1996: Tim Witherspoon beats Jorge Luis González via 5th round TKO.
Witherspoon knocked out 38 of his 69 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 55.1%. Of his total 55 wins, 38 of them were via KO (69.1%).
Witherspoon's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at heavyweight. He defeated Greg Page via 12 round majority decision to win the title.
Witherspoon won two world titles at heavyweight.
Witherspoon had a total of three title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost two times.