Maurice Blocker
Maurice "The Thin Man" Blocker (born May 15, 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is an American retired professional welterweight (147 lb) boxer who held the WBC, IBF and Lineal Welterweight Championships.[1]
Maurice Blocker | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | Thin Man |
Weight(s) | Welterweight Light middleweight |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Nationality | American |
Born | Washington, D.C., USA | May 15, 1963
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 40 |
Wins | 36 |
Wins by KO | 20 |
Losses | 4 |
Professional boxing career
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. He defended the title successfully once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris for the WBC light middleweight title. He was TKO'd, and later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF welterweight title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.
His record was 36-4 with 20 knockouts.
Professional boxing record
40 fights | 36 wins | 4 losses |
By knockout | 20 | 3 |
By decision | 16 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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41 | Win | 36–4–1 | TKO | 5 (10), 2:40 | Apr 29, 1995 | |||
40 | Win | 35–4–1 | TKO | 4 (10) | Dec 10, 1994 | |||
39 | Loss | 34–4–1 | KO | 2 (12), 1:49 | Jun 19, 1993 | Lost IBF welterweight world title | ||
38 | NC | 34–3–1 | NC | 2 (12), 3:00 | May 20, 1993 | |||
37 | Loss | 34–3 | TKO | 2 (12), 0:49 | Feb 20, 1993 | For WBC light middleweight title | ||
36 | Win | 34–2 | SD | 12 | Aug 28, 1992 | Retained IBF world welterweight title | ||
35 | Win | 33–2 | SD | 12 | Oct 4, 1991 | Won vacant IBF world welterweight title | ||
34 | Loss | 32–2 | TKO | 10 (12), 2:10 | Mar 18, 1991 | Lost WBC and lineal welterweight titles; For IBF world welterweight title | ||
33 | Win | 32–1 | MD | 12 | Aug 19, 1990 | Won WBC and lineal welterweight titles | ||
32 | Win | 31–1 | UD | 10 | Feb 16, 1990 | |||
31 | Win | 30–1 | UD | 10 | Nov 3, 1989 | |||
30 | Win | 29–1 | TKO | 6 (10) | Jul 27, 1989 | |||
29 | Win | 28–1 | TKO | 1 (10) | Jun 21, 1989 | |||
28 | Win | 27–1 | TKO | 6 (10), 2:38 | May 1, 1989 | |||
27 | Win | 26–1 | TKO | 3 (8), 2:51 | Oct 22, 1988 | |||
26 | Win | 25–1 | TKO | 5 (10) | Jun 27, 1988 | |||
25 | Loss | 24–1 | UD | 12 | Apr 18, 1987 | For IBF, WBC, and lineal welterweight titles | ||
24 | Win | 24–0 | TKO | 2 (10) | Feb 21, 1987 | |||
23 | Win | 23–0 | TKO | 8 (10), 2:55 | Jul 26, 1986 | |||
22 | Win | 22–0 | UD | 10 | Mar 21, 1986 | |||
21 | Win | 21–0 | KO | 1 (10) | Dec 7, 1985 | |||
20 | Win | 20–0 | UD | 12 | Jul 23, 1985 | Won NABF welterweight title | ||
19 | Win | 19–0 | UD | 10 | May 7, 1985 | |||
18 | Win | 18–0 | UD | 10 | July 10, 1984 | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | UD | 10 | Jun 2, 1984 | |||
16 | Win | 16–0 | TKO | 6 (10) | Jan 24, 1984 | |||
15 | Win | 15–0 | TKO | 4 (10) | Dec 27, 1983 | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | UD | 10 | Oct 22, 1983 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | UD | 10 | July 5, 1983 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | TKO | 1 (10), 2:30 | May 3, 1983 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | UD | 10 | Mar 1, 1983 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | UD | 10 | Jan 11, 1983 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | UD | 8 | Nov 30, 1982 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | TKO | 1 (6), 1:18 | Nov 2, 1982 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | TKO | 4 (6), 2:11 | Jun 22, 1982 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | TKO | 1 (6), 0:22 | May 23, 1982 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | PTS | 4 | Apr 27, 1982 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | TKO | 6 (6) | Apr 13, 1982 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | TKO | 1 (4), 0:53 | Mar 30, 1982 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | TKO | 1 (4), 0:46 | Mar 9, 1982 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | TKO | 2 (4), 0:18 | Feb 16, 1982 | Professional debut |
See also
- List of welterweight boxing champions
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
References
- "The Lineal Welterweight Champs". Cyber Boxing Zone.
External links
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by Marlon Starling |
Lineal Welterweight Champion August 19, 1990 – March 18, 1991 |
Succeeded by Simon Brown |
WBC Welterweight Champion August 19, 1990 – March 18, 1991 | ||
Preceded by Simon Brown vacant title |
IBF Welterweight Champion October 4, 1991 – June 19, 1993 |
Succeeded by Félix Trinidad |