Record details

Tony Tucker

"TNT"

Heavyweight

Male

(Tony Craig Tucker)
USA, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Born: December 27, 1958, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Height: 6ft 5in, mt 1,95
Weight: 199-205-212-222-235-243 lbs

as an amateur:

1979 Pan American Games Light-Heavyweight champion
W PTS 4-1 Sixto Soria, Cuba;
W RSC 3 Patrick Fennel, Canada;
W PTS 5-0 Dennis Jackson, Puerto Rico
1979 World Cup Light-Heavyweight champion
W PTS 5-0 Benny Pike, Australia;
W PTS 5-0 Kurt Seiler, West Germany;
W PTS 5-0 Albert Nikolyan, Soviet Union

amateur record: 115-6

Amateur Results


1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Indianapolis, Indiana, US National Golden Gloves quarter-finals, +81 kg
+ Mar. 28	Warren Thompson (USA)	Indianapolis, Indiana	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 28	Joe Ballard (USA)	Indianapolis, Indiana	WPTS 3
- Mar. 30	Phillip Brown (USA)	Indianapolis, Indiana	LPTS 3

Professional record


1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 1	Chuck Gardner	Phoenix, USA	KO 3
+ Nov. 24	Carol McAllister	Staten Island, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 2	Jesse Clark	Toledo, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 11	Max Smith	Chicago, USA	KO 5

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Victor Rodriguez	San Antonio, USA	TKO 2
+ Jan. 29	Willie Kents	Detroit, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 23	Robert Evans	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 6
+ Apr. 9	Memphis Al Jones	Detroit, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 30	Chip Tyler	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 7
+ Aug. 22	Jerry Hunter	Traverse City, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 16	Harvey Steichen	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 17	Frank Farmer	Traverse City, USA	KO 1

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 18	Grady Daniels	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 5
+ June 5	Charles Atlas	Rochester, USA	TKO 1
+ June 15	James Dixon	Atlantic City, USA	W 8
+ June 30	Lupe Guerra	Syracuse, USA	TKO 2
+ July 8	Richard Cade	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 7
* Aug. 12	Danny Sutton	Nashville, USA	NC 3

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 7	James Holly	Chicago, USA	TKO 1
+ Dec. 1	Lynwood Jones	Chicago, USA	KO 5
+ Dec. 20	James Dixon	Chicago, USA	TKO 6

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Larry Givens	Chicago, USA	KO 4
+ Mar. 15	Sam Jeter	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 19	Walter Santemore	Detroit, USA	TKO 1
+ May 9	Dave Johnson	Chicago, USA	TKO 2
+ June 15	Eddie Lopez	Las Vegas, USA	KO 9
+ Sept. 22	Jimmy Young	Grand Rapids, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 24	O T Davis	Detroit, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 2	Danny Sutton	Chicago, USA	W 10

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 28	Bobby Crabtree	Hammond, USA	TKO 4
+ Oct. 19	David Jaco	Monte Carlo, Monaco	TKO 3

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Eddie Richardson	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ July 10	Eddie Richardson	Houston, USA	KO 4
+ Aug. 7	Otis Bates	Houston, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 26	James Broad	Atlantic City, USA	W 12
(Won vacant USBA Heavyweight Title)

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 30	James Buster DOUGLAS	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 10
(Won vacant IBF Heavyweight Title)
- Aug. 1	Mike Tyson	Las Vegas, USA	L 12
(Lost IBF and for WBC & WBA Heavyweight Titles)


1988 Inactive

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 12	Dino Homsey	Los Angeles, USA	KO 3

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 8	Calvin Jones	Inglewood, USA	TKO 5
+ Mar. 8	Mike Evans	Inglewood, USA	W 10
+ July 19	Mike Rouse	Seattle, USA	TKO 5

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Lionel Washington	Inglewood, USA	KO 1
(Won California State Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 29	James Ray Thomas	Inglewood, USA	KO 1
+ June 3	Orlin Norris	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
(Won NABF Heavyweight Title)

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Kimmuel Odum	Las Vegas, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 10	Mike Faulkner	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 2
+ Apr. 22	Jesus Contreras	East Rutherford, USA	TKO 6
+ June 26	Oliver McCALL	Cleveland, USA	W 12
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 12	Everett Martin	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 7	Paul Poirier	Stateline, USA	TKO 4
+ Dec. 13	Frankie Swindell	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 6

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 8	Lennox Lewis	Las Vegas, USA	L 12
(For WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 18	David Graves	Puebla, Mexico	TKO 2

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	George Stephens	Charlotte, USA	TKO 1
+ July 2	Cecil Coffee	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 10	Dan Murphy	Monterrey, Mexico	TKO 3

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 8	Bruce Seldon	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 7
(For vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 16	Henry Akinwande	Philadelphia, USA	L 10

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 24	Orlin Norris	Richmond, USA	L 10
+ June 29	David Dixon	Indio, USA	KO 1
(Won vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 7	Tyrone Campbell	Indio, USA	KO 3

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 28	Herbie Hide	Norwich, Great Britain	TKO by 2
(For vacant WBO Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 18	Abdul Muhaymin	Nashville, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 16	Jerry Haynes	Nashville, USA	TKO 3

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 31	John Ruiz	Tampa, USA	TKO by 11
(For NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ May 7	Billy Wright	Tunica, USA	KO 1

Summary