Tony Tucker

[Nile4000]

When Tony fought as a heavyweight in the 1979 National Golden Gloves, who did he lose to?

[tiny_acres]

When Tony fought as a heavyweight in the 1979 National Golden Gloves, who did he lose to?

I'm 99% sure it was Lee roy Murphy. It's been so long ago but that's what I remember

[NYboxing]

"Anthony" Tony Tucker results from 1979 National Golden Gloves

first round: beat Warren Thompson (Washington DC)
second round: beat Joe Ballard (Knoxville)
quarterfinals: lost to Phillip Brown (Lafayette, LA)

*semifinals:
Philip Brown (Lafayette, LA) dec. Roy Arnold (Louisville)
Marvis Frazier (Pennsylvania) dec William Hosea (Chicago)

*finals: Frazier dec Brown

[Bob]

Tony Tucker

***claimed an amateur record of 115-6

1974

Aug 1 David Dean L 3 Peoria, IL National AAU Junior Olympic 1st rd.

1975

1976

Mar 6 John Roberts TKO 2 Grand Rapids, MI Michigan GG 156 lb. Novice finals

1977

Mar 5 Mitch Kayne KO 2 Grand Rapids, MI Michigan GG 178 lb. Open finals
Mar 30 Allan Douyette W 3 Honolulu, HI National GG 1st round
Mar 30 Tom Westbrook L 3 Honolulu, HI National GG 2nd round
Lee Roy Murphy L 3 Columbus, OH Ohio State Fair finals

1978

Mar 4 Monte Oswald W 3 Grand Rapids, MI Michigan GG 178 lb. Open finals
Mar 23 Gerard Palmieri L 3 Albuquerque, NM National GG 1st round
Apr 1 Rick Jester W 3 Lansing, MI State AAU 178 lb. finals
Apr 19 John Wright TKO 1 Biloxi, MS National AAU 1st round
Apr 20 Jerry Bennett W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU 2nd round
Apr 20 Albert Romero W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU quarters
Apr 21 Charles Singleton L 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU semis
Jul 28 James Tillis W 3 Colorado Springs National Sports Fest semis
Jul 29 Elmer Martin L 3 Colorado Springs National Sports Fest finals

1979

Feb 1 Nikolay Emofeev L 3 Lafayette, LA USA vs. USSR dual
Feb 11 Hemanegildo Baez L 3 Havana, CUB USA vs. Cuba dual
Feb 24 Jacek Kucharczyk W 3 Lafayette, LA USA vs. Poland dual
Mar 3 Calvin Simms W 3 Grand Rapids, MI Michigan GG HEA finals
Mar 23 Francis McCullach W 3 Crystal Bay, NV USA vs. Ireland dual
Mar 28 Warren Thompson W 3 Indianapolis, IN National GG 1st round
Mar 28 Joe Ballard W 3 Indianapolis, IN National GG 2nd round
Mar 29 Phillip Brown L 3 Indianapolis, IN National GG quarters
Apr 20 Dwight Evans TKO 2 Troy, OH AAU Region VI quarters
Apr 21 Troy, OH AAU Region VI semis
May 8 Elliott Chavis W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU prelims
May 9 Richard Pultz W w/o Lake Charles, LA National AAU quarters
May 11 Steve Eden W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU semis
May 12 Andre McCoy W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU finals
May 30 Elliott Chavis W 3 Toledo, OH Pan-Am Trials semis
Jun 2 Andre McCoy W 3 Toledo, OH Pan-Am Trials finals
Jun 19 Andre McCoy W 3 Colorado Springs Pan-Am Box-Offs
Jul 7 Sixto Soria W 3 San Juan, PUR Pan-Am Games quarters
Jul 12 Patrick Fennel TKO 3 San Juan, PUR Pan-Am Games semis
Jul 14 Dennis Jackson W 3 San Juan, PUR Pan-Am Games finals
Oct 14 Benny Pike W 3 New York, NY World Cup quarters
Oct 16 Kurt Seiler W 3 New York, NY World Cup semis
Oct 19 Albert Nikolyan W 3 New York, NY World Cup finals

1980

Feb 25 Ene Saipaia TKO 1 Honolulu, HI Muhammad Ali Club vs. Hawaii
May 31 Alex DeLucia L 3 Spokane, WA Western Olympic Trials finals

[locoxelbox]

Great record.

Tucker also had two Dual matches vs East Germany in 1980:

March 1980 +81 kg -Werner Kohnert, GDR L 1-2
March 1980 +81 kg -Juergen Fanghaenel, GDR L. DQ 1


That would give him at least 12 losses as an amateur (***claimed an amateur record of 115-6).

[jamamb]

man so many of the claimed records are total bs, i remember a boxer by me had an am record of like 60-22 , posted fight by fight by his club, and then he turned pro with a biggish promoter (strangely never actually fought though, think he had out of the ring issues) , the record on his clubs site vanished, and suddenly he was on press releases at something like 137-18

the number of wins is harder to disprove then the losses. because you see a loss and can add them up and say a guy lost more then he said, but with wins them not being on websites doesnt mean they are disproved. but guys like broner claiming like 350 wins when he turned pro at 18.....nah

and don curry claiming around 450 wins

the credit i will give loma, even though the 396 win number might be inflated, i could only ever find that 1 loss for him in almost around 80-100 documented international fights. he did have that fight with conceio but that technically is a win.

[Bob]

Thank you for pointing out the Germany fights...what makes it embarrassing is they are on my record and I just somehow skipped right over typing them in (the first was March 9th in Schwerin and the second was March 11th or 12th in Rostock)...my bad.

[Tarquin Tarpaulin IV]

Some countries have previously considered 'inter club sparring' as actual bouts!!!!!

Take a look at Donald Curry's claimed 408 bouts, 404 wins.

He turned pro at 19 so assuming UK rules where you couldn't then box til aged 11, he would need to have had a minimum 50 bouts a year to achieve that total.

Never mind injuries, summer/ xmas breaks, international duty or the difficulty of finding opponents.

[Bob]

Here are my notes on Curry's amateur career...if he counts all his fights from day 1, than he has more losses than claimed; even as a senior he has more than the 4 losses claimed:

Donald Curry (Sample)

1972

Apr 27 W 3 Waxahachie, TX YMCA Tour. Spiderweight quarters
Apr 28 Johnny McCullough L 3 Waxahachie, TX YMCA Tour. Spiderweight semis

1973

Mar 29 Ronnie Bonham TKO Haltom City, TX Northeast Moose B.C. Tournament
Mar 30 Tom McKnight Haltom City, TX Northeast Moose B.C. Tournament
Apr 19 Steve Moore Ft. Worth, TX Region IX AAU Jr. Olympic finals
Sep 8 Jackie Chambers W 3 Ft. Worth, TX

1974

May 2 Randy Freelon W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Region IX Intermediate semis
May 3 Ft. Worth, TX Region IX Intermediate finals

1975

Jan 9 Craig Adams W 3 Grand Prairie, TX UAW 276 High School Tour. quarters
Jan 10 Bit Strain W 3 Grand Prairie, TX UAW 276 High School Tour. semis
Jan 11 Raul Cantu W 3 Grand Prairie, TX UAW 276 High School Tour. finals
Jan 17 Eddie Gonzales L default Haltom City, TX Northeast Moose B.C. Tournament
Jan 23 Eddie Gonzales W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Panther B.C. Invitational quarters
Jan 24 Raul Cantu W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Panther B.C. Invitational semis
Jan 25 Bit Strain W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Panther B.C. Invitational finals (108)
May 8 Billy Brookhart W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Southwestern J.O. Intermediate
May 10 Dewey Walker W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Southwestern J.O. Intermediate finals
Jun 7 Scotty Evans W 3 Houston, TX National AAU Jr. Olympic finals (105)
Jul 9 Gary Traversie W 3 Haltom City, TX Northeast Moose B.C. Tournament
Jul 16 Terry Garrington W 3 Haltom City, TX Northeast Moose B.C. Tournament

1976

Jan 22 Wade Paul W 3 Haltom City, TX McCaslin Co. Tournament quarters
Jan 23 Gary Williams W 3 Haltom City, TX McCaslin Co. Tournament semis
Jan 24 Mike Meza W 3 Haltom City, TX McCaslin Co. Tournament finals (118)
Feb 5 UAW 276 High School Tournament
Feb 19 Jessie Galindo W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG High School 1st round
Feb 20 Gilbert Maldonado W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG High School quarters
Feb 21 Johnny Ramirez W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG High School semis
Feb 23 Mike Meza W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG High School finals (118)
May 2 Bridgeport, TX Bridgeport Boxing Tournament
Jun 18 Rafe Sims W 3 Haltom City, TX Region IX Open quarters
Jun 18 Joe Garcia W 3 Haltom City, TX Region IX Open semis
Jun 19 Arthur Amalia KO 1 Haltom City, TX Region IX Open finals (132)

1977

Feb 18 Gerry Hill W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Novice semis
Feb 19 Chris Hernandez W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Novice finals (132)
Jun 11 Bill Smith W 3 Shreveport, LA Region IX J.O. finals (132)
Jun 16 Green Bay, WI National Junior Olympic 1st round
Jun 16 Green Bay, WI National Junior Olympic 2nd round
Jun 17 Green Bay, WI National Junior Olympic quarters
Jun 17 Clifford Gray W 3 Green Bay, WI National Junior Olympic semis
Jun 18 Mike James W 3 Green Bay, WI National Junior Olympic finals (132)

1978

Feb 17 Gary Williams W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Open semis
Feb 19 Overton Brooks W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Open finals (139)
Feb 24 Shreveport, LA
Mar 8 Richard Johnson W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG 1st round
Mar 9 Reuben Estrella W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG quarters
Mar 10 Idika Nsofor W 3 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG semis
Mar 11 Ronnie Shields L 3 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG finals (139)
Apr 15 Dallas, TX
Apr 18 Michael Barnes W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU 1st round
Apr 18 Pedro Vilella WDq 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU 2nd round
Apr 19 Michael Wright W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU 3rd round
Apr 20 Bobby Joe Young W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU quarters
Apr 21 George Haynes W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU semis
Apr 22 Lemuel Steeples W 3 Biloxi, MS National AAU finals (139)
Jul 28 Dujuan Johnson L 3 Colorado Sp., CO National Sports Festival
Oct 6 Jose Aguilar L 3 New York, NY USA vs. Cuba dual
Dec 14 Joshua, TX Gorman B.C. Tournament

1979

Feb 3 Serik Konakbayev L 3 Troy, NY USA vs. Russia dual
Feb 17 David Gorman L forfeit Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Open finals (147)
Apr 12 David Kuykendall TKO 2 Dallas, TX Southwestern AAU quarters
Apr 13 Donald Miller KO 1 Dallas, TX Southwestern AAU semis
Apr 14 John Llamas TKO 2 Dallas, TX Southwestern AAU finals (147)
Apr Ronnie Shields W 3 San Antonio, TX Region IX AAU finals
May 8 Anthony Powell W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU 1st round
May 9 Jake Torrence W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU 2nd round
May 10 Daniel Avery W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU quarters
May 11 Roger McCane W 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU semis
May 12 Ronnie Newton KO 3 Lake Charles, LA National AAU finals (147)
Jul 11 Freddy Trevino KO 1 Dallas, TX Metro PAL quarters
Jul 11 David Gorman KO 1 Dallas, TX Metro PAL semis
Jul 12 Kenny Releford Dallas, TX Metro PAL finals (147)
Jul 28 Rodney Trusel W 3 Colorado Sp., CO National Sports Festival semis
Jul 29 Roger McCane TKO 3 Colorado Sp., CO National Sports Festival finals
Aug 22 Dallas, TX
Sep 26
Oct 24
Nov 14
Dec 12

1980

Feb 15 Andrew Fleming TKO 1 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Open semis
Feb 16 Daniel Valdez, Jr. TKO 1 Ft. Worth, TX Regional GG Open finals (147)
Mar 5 Tony Green KO 1 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG Open 1st round
Mar 6 Johnny Warrick TKO 2 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG quarters
Mar 7 Raul Trujillo KO 1 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG semis
Mar 8 Herby Limon TKO 1 Ft. Worth, TX Texas State GG finals (147)
Mar 25 David Bean TKO 2 Shreveport, LA National GG 1st round
Mar 27 Michael Goudeau TKO 2 Shreveport, LA National GG 2nd round
Mar 28 William Osborne TKO 2 Shreveport, LA National GG quarters
Mar 29 Robert Cooper W 3 Shreveport, LA National GG semis
Mar 29 Jake Torrence W 3 Shreveport, LA National GG finals (147)
Apr 5 Vesa Koskela TKO by 1 Biloxi, MS USA vs. Scandanavia dual
Apr 10 Dallas, TX Southwestern AAU
May 1 Jimmy Miller TKO 1 Lubbock, TX Northwestern Region XII semis (???)
May 2 Clarence Byrd Lubbock, TX Northwestern Region XII finals (???)
Jun 15 Michael Wright W 3 Atlanta, GA Olympic Trials quarters
Jun 18 Edward Green W 3 Atlanta, GA Olympic Trials semis
Jun 21 Davey Moore W 3 Atlanta, GA Olympic Trials finals (147)
Sep 13 Kamau Wanyoke W 3 Nairobi, KEN Gold Cup of Kenya finals

[jamamb]

great stuff mate...ya just so much bs when comes to amateur record claims

[Controversial]

Here are my notes on Curry's amateur career...if he counts all his fights from day 1, than he has more losses than claimed; even as a senior he has more than the 4 losses claimed:

Donald Curry (Sample)

Apr 5 Vesa Koskela TKO by 1 Biloxi, MS USA vs. Scandanavia dual

Curry lost by a stop on a cut.

[Nile4000]

Seems like Tucker was a late bloomer.