Tony Tucker boxer

Tony Tucker boxer
bouts
65
won
57
lost
7
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
heavyweight
Debut
1980-11-01
Height
6′ 5″/196cm
Reach
82″/208cm
Age
-
Born
1958-12-27
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1998. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 1987, and was the shortest-reigning world heavyweight champion at just 64 days. In an interview with Barry Tompkins, he referred to himself as the "invisible champion," due to the press and general public largely neglecting him. He is best known for giving Mike Tyson in his prime a relatively close fight, in which he, in words of Larry Merchant, "rocked Tyson" in the first round. However, Tyson went on to win a unanimous decision. As an amateur, he won the 1979 United States national championships, the 1979 World Cup, and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, all in the light heavyweight division.Tony Tucker became a boxer under influence of his father Bob Tucker, also a former amateur boxer, who became his trainer and manager, put all his wealth into the development of his son's boxing career. Tony fought out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, competing almost entire his amateur career in the light heavyweight division with his billed weight at the 1979 Pan American Games exactly matching the weight limit of the division (178 lbs).Robert Surkein, the national boxing chairman for the Amateur Athletic Union, said of Tucker: “Believe me, he's better than Leon Spinks. Spinks couldn't hold this kid's gloves at a comparable stage.” Rollie Schwartz, past national chairman of the AAU Boxing Commission, said of Tucker prior to the Olympics, "Tucker is a combination boxer and puncher, much akin to Joe Louis. He comes right at you. I'd take him tomorrow over the two so-called light Heavyweight champs."United States National Championships, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 1978:U.S. National Sports Festival, Fort Carson, Colorado, July 1978:

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1998-05-07 Billy Wright WWWWWW Sam's Town Casino, Tunica WIN
KO
1998-01-31 John Ruiz WWWWWW Ice Palace, Tampa LOST
Technical knockout
1997-12-16 Jerry Haynes WLLL Music City Mix Factory, Nashville WIN
Technical knockout
1997-11-18 Abdul Muhaymin WLWLLL Music City Mix Factory, Nashville WIN
Unanimous decision
1997-06-28 Herbie Hide WWWLWW Sports Village, Norwich LOST
Technical knockout
1996-12-07 Tyrone Campbell WWLWWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
KO
1996-06-29 David Dixon WWWDWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
KO
1996-02-24 Orlin Norris WWWWLW Richmond Coliseum, Richmond LOST
Majority decision
1995-12-16 Henry Akinwande WWWWWW Core States Spectrum, Philadelphia LOST
Unanimous decision
1995-04-08 Bruce Seldon WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas LOST
Corner retirement
1994-12-10 Dan Murphy WLWL Estadio de Beisbol, Monterrey WIN
Technical knockout
1994-07-02 Cecil Coffee WWWWWL Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1994-02-19 George Stevens WWWWWL Coliseum, Charlotte WIN
Technical knockout
1993-12-18 David Graves WDLLLL Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla WIN
Technical knockout
1993-05-08 Lennox Lewis WWWWWW Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1992-12-13 Frankie Swindell LWWWDW Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Corner retirement
1992-11-07 Paul Poirier WWWWWL Caesars Tahoe, Stateline WIN
Technical knockout
1992-09-12 Everett Martin LLLLLW Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1992-06-26 Oliver McCall WLWWWW Cleveland State Convocation Centre, Cleveland WIN
Split-decision
1992-04-22 Jesus Contreras WWWWWL Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford WIN
Technical knockout
1992-04-10 Mike Faulkner WWWLLL El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City WIN
KO
1992-02-15 Kimmuel Odum WLLLL Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1991-06-03 Orlin Norris WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Split-decision
1991-04-29 James Ray Thomas LLLWWW Great Western Forum, Inglewood WIN
KO
1991-01-28 Lionel Washington LWLLLW Great Western Forum, Inglewood WIN
KO
1990-07-19 Mike Rouse DLLWLL Kingdome, Seattle WIN
Technical knockout
1990-03-08 Mike Evans WWWLWW Great Western Forum, Inglewood WIN
Unanimous decision
1990-01-08 Calvin Jones WWWWWL Great Western Forum, Inglewood WIN
KO
1989-12-12 Dino Homsey WWWWLL Sports Arena, Los Angeles WIN
KO
1987-08-01 Mike Tyson WWWWWW Las Vegas Hilton, Hilton Center, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1987-05-30 James Douglas WWLWWW Las Vegas Hilton, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1986-09-26 James Broad WWLWWW Convention Hall, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1986-08-07 Otis Bates WLLLLL Houston WIN
KO
1986-07-10 Eddie Richardson LLWLWL Marriot Brookhollow, Houston WIN
KO
1986-02-27 Eddie Richardson WLLWLW Cobo Arena, Detroit WIN
Unanimous decision
1985-10-19 David Jaco WLWLWL Stade Louis II, Fontvieille WIN
Technical knockout
1985-06-28 Bobby Crabtree LWWWLW Civic Center, Hammond WIN
Technical knockout
1984-11-02 Danny Sutton LWWLLL Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-10-24 O T Davis WLLWL Cobo Arena, Detroit WIN
KO
1984-09-22 Jimmy Young WWLLLL Gerald R Ford Fieldhouse, Grand Rapids WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-06-15 Eddie Lopez WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1984-05-09 Dave Johnson LLLLLL Bismarck Hotel, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
1984-04-19 Walter Santemore WLWLLL Cobo Hall, Detroit WIN
Technical knockout
1984-03-15 Sam Jeter debut Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago WIN
KO
1984-02-24 Larry Givens LLLLLL Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago WIN
KO
1983-12-20 James Dixon LLLLLL Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
1983-12-01 Lynwood Jones LLWLLL DiVinci Manor, Chicago WIN
KO
1983-11-07 James Holley W DiVinci Manor, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
1982-08-12 Danny Sutton WWWLWW Hyatt Regency Hotel, Nashville NC
No Contest
1982-07-08 Richard Cade WWWWWW Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1982-06-30 Lupe Guerra WWLWLD War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse WIN
Technical knockout
1982-06-15 James Dixon LLLLDL Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Points
1982-06-05 Charles Atlas LLLLLW War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester WIN
Technical knockout
1982-05-18 Grady Daniels LLWLLL Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1981-10-17 Frank Farmer W Traverse City WIN
KO
1981-09-16 Harvey Steichen LWWLLW Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1981-08-22 Jerry Hunter DLLLLL Glacier Arena, Traverse City WIN
KO
1981-04-30 Chip Tyler WWW Hacienda Hotel, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1981-04-09 Al Jones LLLLLL Cobo Hall, Detroit WIN
Technical knockout
1981-02-23 Robert Evans DWLWDD Caesars Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1981-01-29 Willie Kents debut Cobo Hall, Detroit WIN
KO
1981-01-16 Victor Rodriguez WWLWLL HemisFair Arena, San Antonio WIN
Technical knockout
1980-12-11 Max Smith LLWL International Amphitheatre, Chicago WIN
KO
1980-12-02 Jesse Clark LLLLLL Sports Arena, Toledo WIN
KO
1980-11-01 Chuck Gardner WWLWWW Caesars Tahoe, Stateline WIN
KO