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Total Fights | 65 |
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Wins | 57 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 47 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and six months, Tony Tucker fought 65 times with 57 wins, 7 losses, and 1 no-contest.
Tucker retired from professional boxing with a record of 57-7, which included one heavyweight world-title win. He had a 73.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 47 of his total 65 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Tucker suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Billy Wright on May 7, 1998.
Some of Tucker's best fights and notable victories include wins over Buster Douglas, Orlin Norris, Oliver McCall, Dino Homsey, Calvin Jones, and Mike Rouse.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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65 | May 7, 1998 | 39 | Billy Wright | Win | KO1 |
64 | Jan 31, 1998 | 39 | John Ruiz | Loss | TKO11 |
63 | Dec 16, 1997 | 38 | Jerry Haynes | Win | TKO3 |
62 | Nov 18, 1997 | 38 | Abdul Muhaymin | Win | UD |
61 | Jun 28, 1997 | 38 | Herbie Hide | Loss * | TKO2 |
60 | Dec 16, 1996 | 37 | Tyrone Campbell | Win | KO3 |
59 | Jun 29, 1996 | 37 | David Dixon | Win | KO1 |
58 | Feb 24, 1996 | 37 | Orlin Norris | Loss | MD |
57 | Dec 16, 1995 | 36 | Henry Akinwande | Loss | UD |
56 | Apr 8, 1995 | 36 | Bruce Seldon | Loss * | RTD7 |
55 | Dec 10, 1994 | 35 | Dan Murphy | Win | TKO3 |
54 | Jul 2, 1994 | 35 | Cecil Coffee | Win | TKO2 |
53 | Feb 19, 1994 | 35 | George Stephens | Win | TKO1 |
52 | Dec 18, 1993 | 34 | David Graves | Win | TKO2 |
51 | May 8, 1993 | 34 | Lennox Lewis | Loss * | UD |
50 | Dec 13, 1992 | 33 | Frankie Swindell | Win | RTD6 |
49 | Nov 7, 1992 | 33 | Paul Poirier | Win | TKO4 |
48 | Sep 12, 1992 | 33 | Everett Martin | Win | PTS |
47 | Jun 26, 1992 | 33 | Oliver McCall | Win | SD |
46 | Apr 22, 1992 | 33 | Jesus Contreras | Win | TKO6 |
45 | Apr 10, 1992 | 33 | Mike Faulkner | Win | KO2 |
44 | Feb 15, 1992 | 33 | Kimmuel Odum | Win | TKO2 |
43 | Jun 3, 1991 | 32 | Orlin Norris | Win | SD |
42 | Apr 29, 1991 | 32 | James Ray Thomas | Win | KO1 |
41 | Jan 28, 1991 | 32 | Lionel Washington | Win | KO1 |
40 | Jul 19, 1990 | 31 | Mike Rouse | Win | TKO5 |
39 | Mar 8, 1990 | 31 | Mike Evans | Win | UD |
38 | Jan 8, 1990 | 31 | Calvin Jones | Win | KO5 |
37 | Dec 12, 1989 | 30 | Dino Homsey | Win | KO3 |
36 | Aug 1, 1987 | 28 | Mike Tyson | Loss * | UD |
35 | May 30, 1987 | 28 | Buster Douglas | Win * | TKO10 |
34 | Sep 26, 1986 | 27 | James Broad | Win | UD |
33 | Aug 7, 1986 | 27 | Otis Bates | Win | KO2 |
32 | Jul 10, 1986 | 27 | Eddie Richardson | Win | KO4 |
31 | Feb 27, 1986 | 27 | Eddie Richardson | Win | UD |
30 | Oct 19, 1985 | 26 | David Jaco | Win | TKO3 |
29 | Jun 28, 1985 | 26 | Bobby Crabtree | Win | TKO4 |
28 | Nov 2, 1984 | 25 | Danny Sutton | Win | UD |
27 | Nov 2, 1984 | 25 | O. T. Davis | Win | KO1 |
26 | Sep 22, 1984 | 25 | Jimmy Young | Win | UD |
25 | Jun 15, 1984 | 25 | Eddie Lopez | Win | KO9 |
24 | May 9, 1984 | 25 | Dave Johnson | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Apr 19, 1984 | 25 | Walter Santemore | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Mar 15, 1984 | 25 | Sam Jeter | Win | KO1 |
21 | Feb 24, 1984 | 25 | Larry Givens | Win | KO4 |
20 | Dec 20, 1983 | 24 | James Dixon | Win | TKO6 |
19 | Dec 1, 1983 | 24 | Lynwood Jones | Win | KO5 |
18 | Nov 7, 1983 | 24 | James Holly | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Aug 12, 1982 | 23 | Danny Sutton | NC | TKO3 |
16 | Jul 8, 1982 | 23 | Richard Cade | Win | TKO7 |
15 | Jun 30, 1982 | 23 | Lupe Guerra | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Jun 15, 1982 | 23 | James Dixon | Win | PTS |
13 | Jun 5, 1982 | 23 | Charles Atlas | Win | TKO1 |
12 | May 18, 1982 | 23 | Grady Daniels | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Oct 17, 1981 | 22 | Frank Farmer | Win | KO1 |
10 | Sep 16, 1981 | 22 | Harvey Steichen | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Aug 22, 1981 | 22 | Jerry Hunter | Win | KO1 |
8 | Apr 30, 1981 | 22 | Chip Tyler | Win | TKO7 |
7 | Apr 9, 1981 | 22 | Al Jones | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Feb 23, 1981 | 22 | Robert Evans | Win | TKO6 |
5 | Jan 29, 1981 | 22 | Willie Kents | Win | KO1 |
4 | Jan 16, 1981 | 22 | Victor Rodriguez | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Dec 11, 1980 | 21 | Max Smith | Win | KO5 |
2 | Dec 2, 1980 | 21 | Jesse Clark | Win | KO1 |
1 | Nov 1, 1980 | 21 | Chuck Gardner | Win | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Tony Tucker (TNT) is a 65-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. on December 27, 1958. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1980 to 1998.
Tucker made his professional boxing debut against Chuck Gardner at the age of 21 on November 1, 1980, defeating Gardner via 3rd round KO. He went on to win 15 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on May 30, 1987 after 34 professional fights, against Buster Douglas for the heavyweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Douglas via 10th round TKO to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Tucker has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Tucker's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Tucker had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Billy Wright on May 7, 1998. Tucker won the fight via 1st round KO. It's been 25 years, 10 months, and 21 days since this fight.
Tucker had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost four.
Tony Tucker fought for a heavyweight world title in five fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 30, 1987 | Buster Douglas | Heavyweight | IBF* | TKO |
Tony Tucker lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 1, 1987 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | IBF | UD |
Tucker fought a total of 65 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
May 30, 1987: Tucker wins his first world title by defeating Buster Douglas via 10th round TKO. He is now the IBF heavyweight world champion.
June 3, 1991: Tony Tucker beats Orlin Norris via 12th round split decision.
June 26, 1992: Tony Tucker beats Oliver McCall via 10th round split decision.
Tucker knocked out 47 of his 65 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 73.4%. Of his total 57 wins, 47 of them were via KO (82.5%).
Tucker's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at heavyweight. He defeated Buster Douglas via 10 round TKO to win the title.
Tucker won one world title at heavyweight.
Tucker had one title defense fight, which he lost.