Fabrice Tiozzo | |
Nickname: | The Bear |
Weight: | |
Height: | 6 ft 0+1/2 in |
Reach: | 72 in |
Nationality: | French |
Birth Date: | May 8, 1969 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Denis, France |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 50 |
Wins: | 48 |
Ko: | 32 |
Losses: | 2 |
Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1995 to 1997, the WBA cruiserweight title from 1997 to 2000, and the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2004 to 2006. He is the younger brother of former super middleweight world champion of boxing, Christophe Tiozzo.
Fabrice turned professional in 1988 & amassed a record of 25-0 before he unsuccessfully fought American boxer Virgil Hill, for the WBA light heavyweight world title.[1] Being floored twice en route to losing a split decision. Fabrice would get another opportunity at a world title nearly two years later, this time facing & defeating Jamaican boxer Mike McCallum, to win the WBC world title.[2]
Fabrice has two brothers Christophe & Franck, who were also professional boxers.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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50 | Win | 48–2 | Henry Saenz | KO | 5 (10) | Jul 15, 2006 | |||
49 | Win | 47–2 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO | 6 (12) | Feb 26, 2005 | |||
48 | Win | 46–2 | Silvio Branco | MD | 12 | Mar 20, 2004 | |||
47 | Win | 45–2 | Joey DeGrandis | TKO | 4 (8) | Jul 4, 2003 | |||
46 | Win | 44–2 | George Arias | UD | 8 | Mar 8, 2003 | |||
45 | Win | 43–2 | Tiwon Taylor | TKO | 3 (10) | Dec 22, 2001 | |||
44 | Loss | 42–2 | Virgil Hill | TKO | 1 (12) | Dec 9, 2000 | |||
43 | Win | 42–1 | Valeriy Vykhor | TKO | 6 (12) | Apr 8, 2000 | |||
42 | Win | 41–1 | Ken Murphy | TKO | 7 (12) | Nov 13, 1999 | |||
41 | Win | 40–1 | Ezequiel Paixao | TKO | 2 (12) | Nov 14, 1998 | |||
40 | Win | 39–1 | Terry Ray | TKO | 1 (12) | May 2, 1998 | |||
39 | Win | 38–1 | Nate Miller | UD | 12 | Nov 8, 1997 | |||
38 | Win | 37–1 | Jeff Williams | TKO | 2 (10) | Sep 26, 1997 | |||
37 | Win | 36–1 | Ed Dalton | TKO | 3 (10) | Apr 27, 1997 | |||
36 | Win | 35–1 | Mike Peak | PTS | 10 | Mar 1, 1997 | |||
35 | Win | 34–1 | Leslie Stewart | KO | 6 (10) | May 4, 1996 | |||
34 | Win | 33–1 | Éric Lucas | UD | 12 | Jan 13, 1996 | |||
33 | Win | 32–1 | Mike McCallum | UD | 12 | Jun 16, 1995 | |||
32 | Win | 31–1 | Noel Magee | TKO | 4 (12) | Mar 5, 1995 | |||
31 | Win | 30–1 | Maurice Core | TKO | 4 (12) | Oct 25, 1994 | |||
30 | Win | 29–1 | Tim St Clair | TKO | 5 (10) | Aug 14, 1994 | |||
29 | Win | 28–1 | Eddy Smulders | KO | 7 (12) | Mar 5, 1994 | |||
28 | Win | 27–1 | Glazz Campbell | TKO | 10 (10) | Nov 13, 1993 | |||
27 | Win | 26–1 | Dale Jackson | KO | 4 (10) | Sep 18, 1993 | |||
26 | Loss | 25–1 | Virgil Hill | SD | 12 | Apr 3, 1993 | |||
25 | Win | 25–0 | Osley Silas | TKO | 4 (8) | Jan 20, 1993 | |||
24 | Win | 24–0 | Ramzi Hassan | PTS | 8 | Nov 13, 1992 | |||
23 | Win | 23–0 | Robert Johnson | TKO | 5 (8) | Oct 3, 1992 | |||
22 | Win | 22–0 | Tony Wilson | PTS | 8 | Mar 21, 1992 | |||
21 | Win | 21–0 | John Foreman | TKO | 6 (8) | Jan 26, 1992 | |||
20 | Win | 20–0 | Ron Lee Warrior | KO | 1 (6) | Dec 13, 1991 | |||
19 | Win | 19–0 | Ken Heflin | KO | 1 (8) | Nov 3, 1991 | |||
8 | Win | 18–0 | Terrence Wright | TKO | 2 (8) | Oct 13, 1991 | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | Eric Nicoletta | PTS | 10 | Jun 19, 1991 | |||
16 | Win | 16–0 | Oliver Kemayou | TKO | 3 (8) | May 4, 1991 | |||
15 | Win | 15–0 | Sylvester White | PTS | 8 | Mar 24, 1991 | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Paul McCarthy | KO | 2 (10) | Feb 9, 1991 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Serge Bolivard | PTS | 10 | Dec 23, 1990 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | David Overton | TKO | 1 (8) | Nov 14, 1990 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | James Fernandez | KO | 4 (8) | Oct 25, 1990 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | John Held | PTS | 8 | Jun 29, 1990 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Frankie Hines | TKO | 2 (8) | Jun 1, 1990 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Yves Monsieur | PTS | 8 | Apr 30, 1990 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | Ian Bulloch | PTS | 6 | Mar 2, 1990 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | James Wilder | KO | 3 (6) | Feb 9, 1990 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | John Cox | KO | 4 (6) | Dec 11, 1989 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Rene Dere | TKO | 1 (4) | Nov 25, 1989 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Hassan Jalni | TKO | 3 (4) | Jul 29, 1989 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Hamid Hadi | PTS | 4 | Mar 31, 1989 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Dionisio Del Valle | PTS | 4 | Nov 10, 1988 |
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