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Total Fights | 59 |
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Wins | 47 |
Losses | 10 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 2 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 24 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 26 years and four months, Tony Tubbs fought 59 times with 47 wins, 10 losses, and 2 no-contests.
Tubbs retired from professional boxing with a record of 47-10, which included one heavyweight world-title win. He had a 42.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 24 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins. Tubbs suffered five knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Mike Tyson in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 6-round unanimous decision victory over Adam Smith on November 4, 2006.
Some of Tubbs' best fights and notable victories include wins over Greg Page, Brian Minto, Bruce Seldon, Jose Ribalta, James Smith, Tyrell Biggs, and Jimmy Young.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Nov 4, 2006 | 48 | Adam Smith | Win | UD |
58 | Aug 6, 2006 | 48 | Jason Waller | Win | TKO7 |
57 | Feb 25, 2005 | 47 | Danny Wofford | Win | UD |
56 | Dec 30, 2004 | 46 | Brian Minto | Win | SD |
55 | Oct 29, 2004 | 46 | Brian Sargent | Win | TKO1 |
54 | Jul 25, 2003 | 45 | Abraham Okine | Loss | TKO8 |
53 | Jan 17, 2003 | 44 | Gilbert Martinez | Loss | UD |
52 | Mar 26, 2002 | 44 | Michael Shanks | Win | TKO2 |
51 | Aug 30, 1997 | 39 | Mario Oscar Melo | Win | KO5 |
50 | Oct 20, 1995 | 37 | Brian Nielsen | Loss | RTD3 |
49 | Aug 25, 1995 | 37 | Alexander Zolkin | Loss | MD |
48 | Mar 29, 1995 | 37 | Andre Crowder | Win | KO1 |
47 | Dec 6, 1994 | 36 | Jimmy Thunder | Loss | PTS |
46 | Oct 4, 1994 | 36 | William Morris | NC | UD |
45 | Feb 22, 1994 | 36 | Everett Martin | Win | UD |
44 | Dec 3, 1993 | 35 | Willie Jackson | Win | UD |
43 | Dec 3, 1993 | 35 | Tyrell Biggs | Win | UD |
42 | Dec 3, 1993 | 35 | Jose Ribalta | Win | UD |
41 | Dec 3, 1993 | 35 | Daniel Dăncuță | Win | UD |
40 | Aug 16, 1993 | 35 | Jimmy Ellis | Loss | KO1 |
39 | Apr 27, 1993 | 35 | Melton Bowen | Win | UD |
38 | Feb 2, 1993 | 34 | Alexander Zolkin | Win | UD |
37 | Nov 24, 1992 | 34 | Jesse Ferguson | Win | UD |
36 | Oct 14, 1992 | 34 | Bruce Seldon | Win | UD |
35 | Aug 18, 1992 | 34 | Lionel Butler | Loss | KO1 |
34 | Feb 16, 1992 | 34 | Leon Taylor | Win | TKO8 |
33 | Apr 20, 1991 | 33 | Riddick Bowe | Loss | UD |
32 | Oct 20, 1990 | 32 | Lawrence Carter | Win | RTD6 |
31 | Jul 28, 1990 | 32 | Mike Cohen | Win | TKO6 |
30 | Nov 21, 1989 | 31 | Orlin Norris | NC | MD |
29 | Jun 24, 1989 | 31 | Ladislao Mijangos | Win | TKO3 |
28 | May 6, 1989 | 31 | Eddie Richardson | Win | DQ |
27 | Apr 20, 1989 | 31 | Mike Evans | Win | UD |
26 | Mar 21, 1988 | 30 | Mike Tyson | Loss * | TKO2 |
25 | Sep 29, 1987 | 29 | Eddie Gonzales | Win | RTD3 |
24 | May 30, 1987 | 29 | Jerry Halstead | Win | UD |
23 | Apr 20, 1987 | 29 | Mike Jameson | Win | UD |
22 | Jan 17, 1986 | 27 | Tim Witherspoon | Loss * | MD |
21 | Apr 29, 1985 | 27 | Greg Page | Win * | UD |
20 | Mar 15, 1985 | 27 | James Smith | Win | UD |
19 | Jan 16, 1985 | 26 | Tim Miller | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Nov 9, 1984 | 26 | Jerry Williams | Win | TKO7 |
17 | Mar 18, 1984 | 26 | Tom Trimm | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Sep 9, 1983 | 25 | Gordon Racette | Win | UD |
15 | Apr 10, 1983 | 25 | Jimmy Young | Win | UD |
14 | Feb 25, 1983 | 25 | Larry Givens | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Sep 18, 1982 | 24 | Steve Zouski | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Aug 7, 1982 | 24 | Clarence Hill | Win | UD |
11 | Jun 12, 1982 | 24 | Clayman Parker | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Apr 11, 1982 | 24 | Baker Tinsley | Win | KO3 |
9 | Dec 18, 1981 | 23 | Don Halpin | Win | UD |
8 | Nov 21, 1981 | 23 | Jesse Brown | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Aug 21, 1981 | 23 | Dennis Wimberly | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Nov 29, 1980 | 22 | Mike Creel | Win | RTD3 |
5 | Nov 22, 1980 | 22 | Larry Sims | Win | TKO3 |
4 | Nov 14, 1980 | 22 | John L Johnson | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Nov 7, 1980 | 22 | Ron Draper | Win | PTS |
2 | Aug 2, 1980 | 22 | Ron Draper | Win | TKO4 |
1 | Jun 14, 1980 | 22 | Bruce Scott | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Tony Tubbs (TNT) is a 66-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. on February 15, 1958. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 26 years — from 1980 to 2006.
Tubbs made his professional boxing debut against Bruce Scott at the age of 22 on June 14, 1980, defeating Scott via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 20 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on April 29, 1985 after 20 professional fights, against Greg Page for the heavyweight WBA title. He defeated Page via 15 round unanimous decision to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Tubbs has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Tubbs' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Tubbs had a total of 10 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Adam Smith on November 4, 2006. Tubbs won the fight via 6 round unanimous decision. It's been 17 years, 4 months, and 24 days since this fight.
Tubbs had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost two.
Tony Tubbs fought for a heavyweight world title in two fights and won once. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 29, 1985 | Greg Page | Heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Tony Tubbs lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jan 17, 1986 | Tim Witherspoon | Heavyweight | WBA | MD |
Tubbs fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
April 29, 1985: Tubbs wins his first world title by defeating Greg Page via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA heavyweight world champion.
October 14, 1992: Tony Tubbs beats Bruce Seldon via 10th round unanimous decision.
Tubbs knocked out 24 of his 59 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 42.1%. Of his total 47 wins, 24 of them were via KO (51.1%).
Tubbs' first world-title win was the WBA belt at heavyweight. He defeated Greg Page via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Tubbs won one world title at heavyweight.
Tubbs had one title defense fight, which he lost.