Tony Tucker

Name: Tony Tucker
Alias: TNT
Birth Name: Anthony Craig Tucker
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 196cm
Reach: 208cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Managers: Bob Tucker, Emanuel Steward, Dennis Rappaport, Carl King, Gary Gittelsohn
• Trainers: Bob Tucker, Luther Burgess, Stacey McKinley, George Benton
• Tony Tucker Gallery

Amateur Career

• Amateur Record: 115-6
• 1977 Ohio State Fair Tournament Light Heavyweight finalist, losing to Lee Roy Murphy
• 1979 Pan American Games Light Heavyweight Champion. Results were:
  • Defeated Sixto Soria (Cuba) 4-1
  • Defeated Patrick Fennel (Canada) RSC 3
  • Defeated Dennis Jackson (Puerto Rico) 5-0
• 1979 World Cup Light Heavyweight Champion. Results were:
  • Defeated Benny Pike (Australia) 5-0
  • Defeated Kurt Seiler (West Germany) 5-0
  • Defeated Albert Nikolyan (Soviet Union) 5-0
• 1979 National AAU Light Heavyweight Champion, defeating Andre McCoy in the final
• 1980 Western Olympic Trials Light Heavyweight finalist, losing on points to Alex DeLucia.

Titles Held

• USBA Heavyweight Championship (1986)
• IBF Heavyweight Championship (1987)
• California State Heavyweight Championship (1991)
• NABF Heavyweight Championship (1991-1992, 1996)

Notes

• Was supposed to be on a flight to Poland that crashed on March 14, 1980. All 87 people on board were killed, including 22 members of the U.S. boxing team. Tucker didn't go because of a shoulder injury.
• Stopped James (Buster) Douglas in ten rounds to win the vacant IBF Heavyweight Championship on May 30, 1987.
• Lost the IBF Championship to WBC/WBA Champion Mike Tyson by a twelve-round unanimous decision on August 1, 1987.
• Lost a twelve-round unanimous decision to WBC Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis on May 8, 1993.
• Fought Bruce Seldon for the vacant WBA Heavyweight Championship on April 8, 1995 and was stopped after seven rounds.
• Fought Herbie Hide for the vacant WBO Heavyweight Championship on June 28, 1997 and was stopped in two rounds.
• Is now a trainer at the Clearwater Boxing Center in Clearwater, Florida.

Preceded by: Michael Spinks Stripped

IBF Heavyweight Champion 1987 May 30 – 1987 Aug 1

Succeeded by: Mike Tyson