| Maurice Blocker | |
| Birth Date: | May 15, 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nickname: | Thin Man |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 11+1/4 in |
| Reach: | 74+1/4 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 41 |
| Wins: | 36 |
| Ko: | 20 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| No Contests: | 1 |
Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1995. He was a two-time welterweight world champion, having held the WBC title from 1990 to 1991, and the IBF title from 1991 to 1992. He also challenged for the WBC super welterweight title in 1993.
Blocker became a professional boxer in 1982. He lost his first opportunity to win a title in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan. In 1990 he captured the lineal and WBC welterweight titles from Marlon Starling, but lost them during his next fight to Simon Brown. In 1991 he defeated Glenwood Brown to capture the vacant IBF welterweight title.[1] He defended the title successfully once against Luis Garcia.[2] In 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris for the WBC light middleweight title, he was TKO'd. Later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF welterweight title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Win | 36–4 | Bobby Butters | TKO | 5 (10), | Apr 29, 1995 | |||
| 40 | Win | 35–4 | Hector Lopez | TKO | 4 (?) | Dec 10, 1994 | |||
| 39 | Loss | 34–4 | Félix Trinidad | KO | 2 (12), | Jun 19, 1993 | |||
| 38 | style=background:#DDD | NC | 34–3 | Steve Langley | NC | 2 (10) | May 20, 1993 | ||
| 37 | Loss | 34–3 | Terry Norris | TKO | 2 (12), | Feb 20, 1993 | |||
| 36 | Win | 34–2 | Luis Garcia | SD | 12 (12) | Aug 28, 1992 | |||
| 35 | Win | 33–2 | Glenwood Brown | SD | 12 (12) | Oct 4, 1991 | |||
| 34 | Loss | 32–2 | Simon Brown | TKO | 10 (12), | Mar 18, 1991 | |||
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | Marlon Starling | MD | 12 (12) | Aug 19, 1990 | |||
| 32 | Win | 31–1 | Saoul Mamby | UD | 10 (10) | Feb 16, 1990 | |||
| 31 | Win | 30–1 | James Hughes | UD | 10 (10) | Nov 3, 1989 | |||
| 30 | Win | 29–1 | Willie Montana | TKO | 6 (10) | Jul 27, 1989 | |||
| 29 | Win | 28–1 | Kent Acuff | TKO | 1 (10) | Jun 21, 1989 | |||
| 28 | Win | 27–1 | Lester Yarbrough | TKO | 6 (10), | May 1, 1989 | |||
| 27 | Win | 26–1 | Ruben Villaman | TKO | 3 (8), | Oct 22, 1988 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Orlando Orozco | TKO | 5 (10) | Jun 27, 1988 | |||
| 25 | Loss | 24–1 | Lloyd Honeyghan | UD | 12 (12) | Apr 18, 1987 | |||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Adam George | TKO | 2 (10) | Feb 21, 1987 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Juan Alonso Villa | TKO | 8 (10) | Jul 26, 1986 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Leland Hart | UD | 10 (10) | Mar 21, 1986 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Efren Olivo | KO | 1 (?) | Dec 7, 1985 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Pedro Vilella | UD | 12 (12) | Jul 23, 1985 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ricardo Bryant | UD | 10 (10) | May 7, 1985 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Clayton Hires | UD | 10 (10) | July 10, 1984 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Robert Adams | UD | 10 (10) | Jun 2, 1984 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Terry Holmes | TKO | 6 (10) | Jan 24, 1984 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Miguel Mayan | TKO | 4 (10) | Dec 27, 1983 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Ernest Jackson | UD | 10 (10) | Oct 22, 1983 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Danny Paul | UD | 10 (10) | July 5, 1983 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Inocencio De la Rosa | TKO | 1 (10), | May 3, 1983 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Don Morgan | UD | 10 (10) | Mar 1, 1983 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Roberto Hernandez | UD | 10 (10) | Jan 11, 1983 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jerome Artis | UD | 8 (8) | Nov 30, 1982 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Leo Davis | TKO | 1 (?) | Nov 2, 1982 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Larry Fleming | TKO | 4 (6) | Jun 22, 1982 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tony Reed | TKO | 1 (?) | May 23, 1982 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Michael Ross | UD | 4 (4) | Apr 27, 1982 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Cliff Lee | TKO | 6 (6) | Apr 13, 1982 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Charles Triplett | TKO | 1 (4), | Mar 30, 1982 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Calvin Hardnett | TKO | 1 (4), | Mar 9, 1982 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Leon Gardner | 2 (4), | Feb 16, 1982 |