Tony Tucker - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Tony Craig Tucker is a retired professional heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

boxer

Boxing

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. Tucker fought professionally from 1980 to 1998. Nickname

Nickname

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d "TNT," he won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games

Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15.- Medal winners :-Medal table:-External links:*...

, and was briefly a world heavyweight champion as a professional.

Amateur career

Tucker had a notable amateur career, winning the 1979 National AAU Light Heavyweight Championship. He also won the 1979 Pan-Ams and World Cup at Light Heavyweight. He also lost a decision to LeRoy Murphy in the finals of the 1977 Ohio State Fair tournament, and was upset at the Western Olympic trials in 1980 by Alex DeLucia.

Professional career

After turning pro in 1980, Tucker's early fights were often shown on NBC, as part of a collection known as Tomorrow's Champions.

Tucker's progress in the professional ranks was slow. He was injury prone, and he changed managers and trainers several times. Eventually his father Bob Tucker performed both roles. After enjoying a high profile upon his professional debut, Tucker spent the majority of the 80s boxing in off-TV bouts. In addition, he injured his knee in a bout against Danny Sutton, which caused him to miss a little over a year.

In June 1984, he scored a win by knocking out Eddie "The Animal" Lopez in 9 rounds on the undercard of the Tommy Hearns-Roberto Duran

Roberto Durán

Roberto Durán Samaniego is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" during his career....

fight. It was the first time Lopez had ever been knocked down. In September 1984 he followed it up by outpointing Jimmy Young

Jimmy Young (boxer)

Jimmy Young was a fast highly skilled Philadelphia heavyweight boxer who had his greatest success during the 1970s, when he most notably beat George Foreman, and many fans felt also Ali . He also fought many top names...

.

In September 1986, Tucker finally landed a big fight, against 242 lb James "Broad-Axe" Broad, for the USBA

USBA

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belt and a world title eliminator. Tucker won by unanimous decision.

Reigning IBF champion (and generally recognized world champion) Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions...

elected not to fight Tucker, in favor of a big money fight with Gerry Cooney

Gerry Cooney

Gerry Cooney is a retired Irish-American professional boxer from Huntington, New York best known for his loss to Larry Holmes and defeat of aging ex-champion/contender Ken Norton.-Life before boxing:...

. He was stripped of his belt, and in April 1987 Tucker stopped Buster Douglas in 10 rounds for the vacant title. (Douglas would later knockout Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old...

).

As part of HBO's unification series, Tucker was obliged to face WBC and WBA heavyweight champion Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

immediately in the tournament final. 64 days after winning his title, in August 1987 Tucker was outpointed by Tyson and lost his belt. Tucker broke his right hand in the 4th round, and boxed the rest of the bout without it.
Tucker earned the distinction of claiming the shortest reign of any heavyweight champion in history - 2 months and 2 days. Meanwhile, Tyson was getting bigger and bigger on the world stage and with his win over Tucker, became the first heavyweight to hold all three recognized world title belts; WBC

World Boxing Council

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, WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

, and IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

Comeback

Tucker returned to boxing in 1990, and by 1992 was back in Don King's stable. He won the NABF belt with a split decision over the highly ranked Orlin Norris

Orlin Norris

Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in Lubbock, TX, is an American boxer who held the WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s...

, and successfully defended it against future world champion Oliver McCall

Oliver McCall

Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall is an American professional Heavyweight boxer best known for winning the WBC Heavyweight Championship in 1994 after scoring an upset knock out victory over Lennox Lewis, in Lewis' home town of London, England, followed by his infamous in-ring meltdown in the rematch...

, winning another 12 round decision. He finished 1992 with an 6th round TKO of Frankie Swindell and set himself up for another world title shot.

By 1993 Tucker had run his record up to 49-1 and in May of that year he challenged Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...

for the WBC world heavyweight title. Lewis won a 12 round unamious decision, knocking down Tucker twice. It was the first time in 34 year old Tucker's career he had been off his feet.

In 1995 George Foreman refused to defend his WBA world heavyweight title against Tucker, choosing to fight German Axel Schulz

Axel Schulz

Axel Schulz is a retired German heavyweight boxer.-Amateur career:From 1982 Schulz boxed for the army sports club Vorwärts in Frankfurt , later becoming the East German youth champion...

. Tucker and Bruce Seldon

Bruce Seldon

Bruce Samuel Seldon is a retired American boxer and former world champion, having won the World Boxing Association heavyweight title in 1995.-Amateur career:...

fought for the vacant WBA belt in April 1995. Seldon won by TKO after 7 rounds when doctors stopped the fight due to Tucker's eye closing shut.

Tucker lost his shot at a rematch when later that year he was outpointed by newly signed Don King heavyweight, British/Nigerian boxer Henry Akinwande

Henry Akinwande

Henry Akinwande is a British former professional heavyweight boxer and former WBO world heavyweight champion.-Background:...

over ten rounds.

In 1996 he was outpointed by old rival Orlin Norris

Orlin Norris

Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in Lubbock, TX, is an American boxer who held the WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s...

. He scored two low-key wins in California, and in 1997 travelled to the U.K. to challenge Herbie Hide

Herbie Hide

Herbie Hide is a British boxer of Nigerian heritage from Norwich currently fighting in the cruiserweight class...

for the vacant WBO title. Tucker was dropped three times and knocked out in round 2.

In 1998 Tucker challenged John Ruiz

John Ruiz

John "The Quietman" Ruiz , is a former American professional boxer. Ruiz is the first Latino heavyweight champion and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, Ruiz officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April...

for his NABF belt. Despite a big 6th round where he had Ruiz in trouble, Tucker was eventually stopped in the 11th.

He came back in May to knock out journeyman Billy Wright in 1 round, but later had his licence revoked due to medical concerns about Tucker's vision.

Professional boxing record

Billy Wright
|KO
|1
|07/05/1998
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Sam's Town Casino, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

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John Ruiz

|TKO
|11
|31/01/1998
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Ice Palace

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, Tampa, Florida

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Jerry Haynes
|TKO
|3
|16/12/1997
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Nashville, Tennessee

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Abdul Muhaymin
|UD
|10
|18/11/1997
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Nashville, Tennessee

Herbie Hide

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|TKO
|2
|28/06/1997
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Sports Village, Norwich

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, Norfolk

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, England, United Kingdom

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Tyrone Campbell
|KO
|3
|16/12/1996
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Fantasy Springs Casino

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

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, Indio, California

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David Dixon
|KO
|1
|29/06/1996
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Fantasy Springs Casino

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

, Indio, California

Indio, California

Orlin Norris

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|SD
|10
|24/02/1996
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Richmond Coliseum

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, Richmond, Virginia

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Henry Akinwande

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|UD
|10
|16/12/1995
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Bruce Seldon

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|RTD
|7
|08/04/1995
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Caesars Palace

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, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Dan Murphy
|TKO
|3
|10/12/1994
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Estadio de Beisbol

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, Monterrey

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, Nuevo León

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, Mexico

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Cecil Coffee
|TKO
|2
|02/07/1994
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Mirage Hotel & Casino

The Mirage

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, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

George Stephens
|TKO
|1
|19/02/1994
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Coliseum

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, Charlotte, North Carolina

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David Graves
|TKO
|2
|18/12/1993
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Estadio Cuauhtemoc

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, Puebla, Puebla

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, Mexico

Mexico

Lennox Lewis

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|UD
|12
|08/05/1993
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Thomas & Mack Center

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, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Frankie Swindell
|TKO
|6
|13/12/1992
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Mirage Hotel & Casino

The Mirage

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Paul Poirier
|TKO
|4
|07/11/1992
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Caesars Tahoe

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, Stateline, Nevada

Stateline, Nevada

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Everett Martin

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|PTS
|10
|12/09/1992
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Thomas & Mack Center

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Oliver McCall

|SD
|10
|26/06/1992
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CSU Convention Centre, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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Jesus Contreras
|TKO
|6
|22/04/1992
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Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

East Rutherford, New Jersey

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Mike Faulkner
|KO
|2
|10/04/1992
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El Toreo, Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

Kimmuel Odum
|TKO
|2
|15/02/1992
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Mirage Hotel & Casino

The Mirage

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Orlin Norris

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|SD
|12
|03/06/1991
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Caesars Palace

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

James Ray Thomas
|KO
|1
|29/04/1991
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Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

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Lionel Washington
|KO
|1
|28/01/1991
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Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Mike Rouse
|TKO
|5
|19/07/1990
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Kingdome

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Mike Evans
|UD
|10
|08/03/1990
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Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Calvin Jones
|TKO
|5
|08/01/1990
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Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Dino Homsey
|KO
|3
|12/12/1989
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Sports Arena

Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

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, Los Angeles, California

Los Ángeles

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Mike Tyson

|UD
|12
|01/08/1987
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Hilton Hotel

Las Vegas Hilton

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, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Buster Douglas
|TKO
|10
|30/05/1987
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Hilton Hotel

Las Vegas Hilton

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

James Broad

James Broad was an American heavyweight boxer who was an amateur star and, prior to the boycott, set to represent America in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. As a pro he won the NABF heavyweight title and was a regular sparring partner of a peak Mike Tyson.-Amateur:Broad took up boxing when he joined the...

|UD
|12
|26/09/1986
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Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Otis Bates
|KO
|2
|07/08/1986
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Eddie Richardson
|KO
|4
|10/07/1986
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Eddie Richardson
|UD
|10
|27/02/1986
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David Jaco

David Jaco is a retired heavyweight boxer. He spent his career as a journeyman fighting boxers to build up their career records. He retired in 1994 with 24 wins , 25 losses , and 1 draw.-Career:...

|TKO
|3
|19/10/1985
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Stade Louis II

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, Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

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, Monaco

Monaco

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Bobby Crabtree
|TKO
|4
|28/06/1985
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Hammond, Indiana

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Danny Sutton
|UD
|10
|02/11/1984
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Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

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O T Davis
|KO
|1
|02/11/1984
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Jimmy Young

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|UD
|10
|22/09/1984
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Gerald R Ford Fieldhouse

Firestone Fieldhouse

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, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Eddie Lopez

Eddie López (boxer)

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|KO
|9
|15/06/1984
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Caesars Palace

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Dave Johnson
|TKO
|2
|09/05/1984
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Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

Walter Santemore
|TKO
|1
|19/04/1984
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Sam Jeter
|KO
|1
|15/03/1984
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Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

Larry Givens

Larry Givens is a retired American heavyweight boxer.-Professional career:Givens had a long career, which spanned 18 years and 50 fights, ending with a record of 3-46 with 3 knockouts and one No Decision. Givens' career in professional boxing began in April 1981 with a loss to Arthur Artwell...

|KO
|4
|24/02/1984
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Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

James Dixon
|TKO
|6
|20/12/1983
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Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

Lynwood Jones
|KO
|5
|01/12/1983
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DiVinci Manor, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

James Holly
|TKO
|1
|07/11/1983
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Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

Danny Sutton
|NC
|3
|12/08/1982
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Hyatt Regency Hotel

Hyatt

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, Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Richard Cade
|TKO
|7
|08/07/1982
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Sands Casino Hotel

Sands Atlantic City

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, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Lupe Guerra
|TKO
|2
|30/06/1982
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War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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James Dixon
|PTS
|8
|15/06/1982
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Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Charles Atlas
|TKO
|1
|05/06/1982
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War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Grady Daniels
|TKO
|5
|18/05/1982
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Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Frank Farmer
|KO
|1
|17/10/1981
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Traverse City, Michigan

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Harvey Steichen
|TKO
|3
|16/09/1981
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Caesars Palace

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Jerry Hunter
|KO
|1
|22/08/1981
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Glacier Arena, Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse City, Michigan

Chip Tyler
|TKO
|7
|30/04/1981
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Hacienda Hotel

Hacienda (resort)

The Hacienda was a Paradise, Nevada hotel/casino that operated on the Las Vegas Strip from 1956 to 1996. It was one of four Hacienda properties owned by Standard Motels, Inc., with the other three being located in Fresno, Bakersfield, and Indio, California. The other Haciendas also featured the...

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Memphis Al Jones
|TKO
|1
|09/04/1981
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Robert Evans
|TKO
|6
|23/02/1981
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Caesar's Hotel & Casino

Caesars Atlantic City

Caesars Atlantic City is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Like Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, it has an ancient Roman theme. Atlantic City's second casino, it opened in 1979 as the Caesars Boardwalk Regency. The . casino has over 3,400 slot machines, and is one of...

, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Willie Kents
|KO
|1
|29/01/1981
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Victor Rodriguez
|TKO
|2
|16/01/1981
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HemisFair Arena

HemisFair Arena was an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, United States.It was home to the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, from 1973 to 1993 and the San Antonio Force, of the AFL, during the 1992 season, their only year of existence....

Max Smith
|KO
|5
|11/12/1980
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International Amphitheatre

The International Amphitheatre was an indoor arena, located in Chicago, Illinois, between 1934 and 1999. It was located on the west side of Halsted Street, at 42nd Street, on the city's south side, adjacent to the Union Stock Yards....

, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

Jesse Clark
|KO
|1
|02/12/1980
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Sports Arena

Toledo Sports Arena

The Toledo Sports Arena was a 5,230-seat multi-purpose arena, at 1 Main Street, Toledo, Ohio. It was built in 1947 and razed in 2007.As a concert venue, it seated 6,500, for theater concerts and stage shows, 4,400 and for boxing and wrestling, 8,250; also, the arena was 33-2/3 feet tall...

, Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

Chuck Gardner
|KO
|3
|01/11/1980
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Caesars Tahoe

MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa

, Stateline, Nevada

Stateline, Nevada

, United States
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External links

"Tony Craig Tucker" at BoxingRecords.com

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