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Total Fights | 49 |
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Wins | 40 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 8 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 30 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years, William Joppy fought 49 times with 40 wins, 7 losses, and 2 draws.
Joppy retired from professional boxing with a record of 40-7-2, which included three middleweight world-title wins and eight successful title defense fights. He had a 61.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 49 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. Joppy lost three times via knockout, all three of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Cory Cummings on March 12, 2011.
Some of Joppy's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Roberto Durán, Julio César Green, Shinji Takehara, and Howard Eastman.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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49 | Mar 12, 2011 | 40 | Cory Cummings | Win | UD |
48 | Jan 8, 2011 | 40 | Beibut Shumenov | Loss * | KO6 |
47 | Nov 6, 2010 | 40 | Cory Cummings | Draw | MD |
46 | Mar 6, 2010 | 39 | Sébastien Demers | Loss | MD |
45 | Feb 29, 2008 | 37 | Lucian Bute | Loss * | TKO10 |
44 | Nov 16, 2007 | 37 | Etianne Whitaker | Win | TKO1 |
43 | Apr 27, 2007 | 36 | Virgil McClendon | Win | RTD1 |
42 | Jul 8, 2006 | 35 | Jonathan Corn | Win | KO5 |
41 | Jan 7, 2006 | 35 | Eric Howard | Win | TKO5 |
40 | Jul 29, 2005 | 34 | Rashaan Blackburn | Win | TKO3 |
39 | Dec 4, 2004 | 34 | Jermain Taylor | Loss | UD |
38 | Dec 13, 2003 | 33 | Bernard Hopkins | Loss * | UD |
37 | Oct 10, 2002 | 32 | Naotaka Hozumi | Win * | TKO10 |
36 | Nov 17, 2001 | 31 | Howard Eastman | Win * | MD |
35 | May 12, 2001 | 30 | Félix Trinidad | Loss * | TKO5 |
34 | Dec 2, 2000 | 30 | Jonathan Reid | Win * | TKO4 |
33 | Sep 16, 2000 | 30 | Hacine Cherifi | Win * | UD |
32 | May 20, 2000 | 29 | Rito Ruvalcaba | Win * | TKO1 |
31 | Mar 3, 2000 | 29 | Fernando Zuniga | Win | UD |
30 | Sep 24, 1999 | 29 | Julio César Green | Win * | TKO7 |
29 | Jul 24, 1999 | 28 | Napoleon Pitt | Win | TKO1 |
28 | Aug 28, 1998 | 27 | Roberto Durán | Win * | TKO3 |
27 | Jan 31, 1998 | 27 | Julio César Green | Win * | UD |
26 | Aug 23, 1997 | 26 | Julio César Green | Loss * | UD |
25 | May 10, 1997 | 26 | Peter Venancio | Win * | UD |
24 | Oct 19, 1996 | 26 | Ray McElroy | Win * | TKO7 |
23 | Jun 24, 1996 | 25 | Shinji Takehara | Win * | TKO9 |
22 | Feb 10, 1996 | 25 | Dave Boone | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Dec 7, 1995 | 25 | Israel Figueroa | Win | KO1 |
20 | Sep 16, 1995 | 25 | Rodney Toney | Draw | MD |
19 | Apr 29, 1995 | 24 | Joaquin Velasquez | Win | PTS |
18 | Mar 1, 1995 | 24 | Tony McCrimmion | Win | KO3 |
17 | Sep 20, 1994 | 24 | Tony Cartel | Win | KO2 |
16 | Aug 13, 1994 | 23 | Richard Evans | Win | PTS |
15 | Jul 30, 1994 | 23 | Miguel Angel Hernandez | Win | KO3 |
14 | Jun 15, 1994 | 23 | Carlos Christie | Win | PTS |
13 | May 13, 1994 | 23 | Carl Sullivan | Win | TKO4 |
12 | Apr 14, 1994 | 23 | Muhammad Shabazz | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Apr 8, 1994 | 23 | Kenneth Parker | Win | KO2 |
10 | Feb 27, 1994 | 23 | Tony McCrimmion | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Feb 17, 1994 | 23 | Robert Harris | Win | KO1 |
8 | Jan 7, 1994 | 23 | Willie Taylor | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Oct 21, 1993 | 23 | Tyrone Haywood | Win | KO2 |
6 | Sep 25, 1993 | 23 | Ivory Teague | Win | KO2 |
5 | Aug 13, 1993 | 22 | George Taylor | Win | KO3 |
4 | Jun 18, 1993 | 22 | Tim Tisdale | Win | KO1 |
3 | May 12, 1993 | 22 | Shane Martin | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Apr 30, 1993 | 22 | Ken Ruffin | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Feb 26, 1993 | 22 | Dwayne Tennet | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
William Joppy is a 53-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. on September 11, 1970. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1993 to 2011.
Joppy made his professional boxing debut against Dwayne Tennet at the age of 22 on February 26, 1993, defeating Tennet via 4 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 15 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on June 24, 1996 after 22 professional fights, against Shinji Takehara for the middleweight WBA title. He defeated Takehara via 9th round TKO to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Joppy has won three world titles at middleweight. For all the details about Joppy's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Joppy had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Cory Cummings on March 12, 2011. Joppy won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 13 years, 1 month, and 26 days since this fight.
Joppy had a total of 16 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and eight successful title defenses. He won 11 of these fights and lost five.
William Joppy fought for middleweight world titles in six fights and won three of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won three middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 17, 2001 | Howard Eastman | Middleweight | WBA (Regular)* | MD |
Jan 31, 1998 | Julio César Green | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Jun 24, 1996 | Shinji Takehara | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
William Joppy had 10 middleweight world-title defense fights. He won eight of them 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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Oct 10, 2002 | Naotaka Hozumi | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Dec 2, 2000 | Jonathan Reid | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Sep 16, 2000 | Hacine Cherifi | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
May 20, 2000 | Rito Ruvalcaba | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Sep 24, 1999 | Julio César Green | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Aug 28, 1998 | Roberto Durán | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
May 10, 1997 | Peter Venancio | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Oct 19, 1996 | Ray McElroy | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
William Joppy 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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May 12, 2001 | Félix Trinidad | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Aug 23, 1997 | Julio César Green | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Joppy fought a total of 49 times during his professional career, which includes 16 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
June 24, 1996: Joppy wins his first world title by defeating Shinji Takehara via 9th round TKO. He is now the WBA middleweight world champion.
January 31, 1998: Joppy wins the WBA middleweight title from Julio César Green, by beating Green via 12 round unanimous decision.
August 28, 1998: Joppy successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Roberto Durán, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
September 24, 1999: Joppy successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Julio César Green, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
Joppy knocked out 30 of his 49 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 61.2%. Of his total 40 wins, 30 of them were via KO (75%).
Joppy's first world-title win was the WBA belt at middleweight. He defeated Shinji Takehara via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Joppy won three world titles at middleweight.
Joppy had a total of 10 title defense fights. He was successful eight times and lost two times.