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1738:12 Jun 1981
1700:Toledo, Ohio
1676:Tim Johnson
1583:27 Sep 1981
1571:Donnie Long
1536:23 Oct 1981
1468:Brady Wills
1426:27 May 1982
1325:27 Jun 1982
1275:20 Oct 1982
1178:10 Apr 1984
1166:Jim Lemming
1078:15 May 1984
1066:Mike Croley
1024:22 May 1984
974:12 Jun 1984
924:16 Jul 1984
865:11 Sep 1984
813:23 Oct 1984
711:27 Mar 1985
546:28 Sep 1987
394:15 Jan 1993
344:13 Jan 1995
332:Jim Huffman
254:By decision
243:By knockout
215:David Pearce
208:
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139:Total fights
132:
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50:Toledo, Ohio
1934:1957 births
1688:2 Jul 1981
1646:Public Hall
1634:9 Aug 1981
1481:30 Jan 1982
1379:9 Apr 1982
1287:Public Hall
1263:Terry Mims
1228:8 Jan 1983
1128:3 May 1984
1036:Park Center
1012:Mark Young
761:5 Feb 1985
698:Boone Pultz
595:2 Mar 1986
493:9 Oct 1990
480:Alex García
444:4 Nov 1992
87:Heavyweight
1928:Categories
1834:2022-09-27
1809:2022-09-27
1778:References
651:2 Sep 1985
155:Wins by KO
99:5 ft
67:Statistics
39:1957-01-06
1140:Cobo Hall
293:Opponent
238:6 losses
74:Weight(s)
1912:The Ring
1766:See also
308:Location
235:21 wins
198:The Ring
122:Orthodox
61:The Bull
1156:10–1–1
1106:11–1–1
1056:12–1–1
1002:13–1–1
952:14–1–1
900:15–1–1
841:16–1–1
789:16–2–1
739:17–2–1
687:17–3–1
626:18–3–1
571:18–4–1
522:18–5–1
469:18–6–1
422:19–6–1
372:20–6–1
322:21–6–1
296:Method
290:Record
287:Result
108:⁄
1856:BoxRec
1756:, U.S.
1702:, U.S.
1652:, U.S.
1598:, U.S.
1500:, U.S.
1444:, U.S.
1343:, U.S.
1042:, U.S.
508:, U.S.
311:Notes
299:Round
265:Draws
163:Losses
118:Stance
96:Height
52:, U.S.
1854:from
1558:Loss
1206:10–1
1153:Draw
971:1:51
786:Loss
684:Loss
568:Loss
519:Loss
490:2:42
466:Loss
305:Date
302:Time
171:Draws
1735:N/a
1716:1–0
1713:Win
1666:2–0
1663:Win
1625:TKO
1612:3–0
1609:Win
1580:N/a
1574:PTS
1561:3–1
1514:4–1
1511:Win
1477:N/a
1471:PTS
1458:5–1
1455:Win
1423:N/a
1417:PTS
1404:6–1
1401:Win
1376:N/a
1357:7–1
1354:Win
1303:8–1
1300:Win
1266:TKO
1253:9–1
1250:Win
1203:Win
1175:N/a
1169:PTS
1125:N/a
1103:Win
1075:N/a
1069:PTS
1053:Win
1015:TKO
999:Win
965:TKO
949:Win
921:N/a
897:Win
886:USBA
884:Won
862:N/a
838:Win
810:N/a
758:N/a
736:Win
708:N/a
671:Won
647:N/a
623:Win
592:N/a
484:TKO
419:Win
391:N/a
385:PTS
369:Win
341:N/a
319:Win
195:and
147:Wins
29:Born
1729:UD
1679:KO
1527:KO
1370:UD
1316:KO
1247:10
1219:KO
1200:11
1150:12
1119:UD
1100:13
1050:14
996:15
946:16
918:10
915:UD
894:17
859:12
856:MD
835:18
807:10
804:UD
783:19
755:10
752:UD
733:20
705:12
702:UD
681:21
673:WBC
644:12
641:UD
620:22
589:12
586:MD
565:23
537:KO
516:24
463:25
435:KO
416:26
366:27
338:12
335:UD
316:16
283:No.
257:12
193:WBC
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142:28
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