Heavyweight · United States
James Tillis 42-22-1, 1 NC 31 KO · 1978–2001
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James Tillis was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Jul 5, 1957. Record 42-22-1, 1 NC with 31 knockouts over 1978–2001. James Tillis last fought Rob Calloway on Apr 13, 2001 and lost by TKO in round 9.
Also: Джеймс Тиллис · جيمس تيليس · جیمز تیلیس +6 more जेम्स टिलिस · જેમ્સ ટીલિસ · ジェームス・ティリス · 詹姆士·提爾斯 · Tillis · Тиллис, Джеймс
Born Jul 5, 1957
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Reach 203 cm
Nickname Quick · The Fighting Cowboy
Debut Nov 18, 1978
Career 1978–2001
Rounds boxed 391
KO share 74%
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Boxerbook rating 1401 ± 230 · inactive since Apr 2001Why here › Confirmed bouts 18 of 66
Career record Record
42-22-1, 1 NC, 31 KOs · 1978–2001
Last result L
TKO 9 · Saint Joseph Civic Center, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 🇺🇸
The record 66 bouts, 1978–2001, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 66, Wikipedia (ru) · 3, Wikipedia (ja) · 2, Wikipedia (es) · 1
L
TKO 9 · Saint Joseph Civic Center, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Tillis 42-21-1 · Calloway —
L
Tim Puller
UD 10/10 · Issaquah, Washington, 🇺🇸
Tillis 42-20-1 · Puller —
L
TKO 6 · Quay Centennial Building, Vancouver, 🇺🇸
Tillis 42-19-1 · Couser —
W
UD 8/8 · Quay Centennial Building, Vancouver, Washington, 🇺🇸
Tillis 41-19-1 · Payne —
NC
Will Hinton
NC 3 · Denver, Colorado, 🇺🇸
Tillis 41-19-1 · Hinton —
L
Alexander Zolkin
UD 10/10 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Tillis 41-18-1 · Zolkin —
W
Stan White Johnson
TKO 3 · Union Hall, Countryside, 🇺🇸
Tillis 40-18-1 · Johnson —
W
Danny Blake
SD 10/10 · Peoria, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 39-18-1 · Blake —
L
TKO 1/8 · Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Tillis 39-17-1 · Morrison 25-0-0
W
Carlton West
TKO 3 · Valley Sports Arena, Roanoke, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Tillis 38-17-1 · West —
L
UD 10/10 · Toledo, 🇧🇷
Tillis 38-16-1 · Rodrigues 33-2-0
L
Arthel Lawhorne
UD 10/10 · The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Tillis 38-15-1 · Lawhorne —
L
TKO 5/10 · Elephant & Castle Centre, London, 🇬🇧
Tillis 38-14-1 · Mason 27-0-0
L
RTD 5/10 · Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Tillis 38-13-1 · Holyfield 18-0-0
W
Rodney Smith
KO 2 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Tillis 37-13-1 · Smith —
W
Dennis Jackson
KO 5 · Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Tillis 36-13-1 · Jackson —
L
TKO 10 · Ellis Park Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, 🇿🇦
Tillis 36-12-1 · DuPlooy —
L
TKO 5/10 · Wembley Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Tillis 36-11-1 · Bruno 28-2-0
W
Ronnie Douglas
TKO 5 · Fort Smith, Arkansas, 🇺🇸
Tillis 35-11-1 · Douglas —
L
TKO 8/10 · Marriott Brookhollow, Houston, 🇺🇸
Tillis 35-10-1 · Williams 9-1-0
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Avery Rawls
PTS 10/10 · Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Tillis 35-10-0 · Rawls —
W
Lorenzo Boyd
KO 3 · Station Square, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Tillis 34-10-0 · Boyd —
W
PTS 10/10 · Mesquite, Texas, 🇺🇸
Tillis 33-10-0 · Richardson —
L
PTS 10/10 · Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Tillis 33-9-0 · Bugner 57-10-1
W
Art Terry
UD 8/8 · Continental Inn, Lexington, Kentucky, 🇺🇸
Tillis 32-9-0 · Terry —
W
Mark Young
KO 8 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Tillis 31-9-0 · Young —
L
UD 10/10 · Civic Center, Glens Falls, New York, 🇺🇸
Tillis 31-8-0 · Tyson 19-0-0
L
UD 8/8 · Americana Host Farm, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Tillis 31-7-0 · Biggs 7-0-0
L
UD 10/10 · Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, 🇿🇦
Tillis 31-6-0 · Coetzee 29-4-1
L
UD 10/10 · Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Tillis 31-5-0 · Frazier 14-1-0
W
Bashir Wadud
UD 10/10 · Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 30-5-0 · Wadud —
L
UD 10/10 · Atlantis Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Tillis 30-4-0 · Williams 15-1-0
W
Michael Bennett
KO 1 · Miami, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Tillis 29-4-0 · Bennett —
W
Billy Joe Thomas
KO 3 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Tillis 28-4-0 · Thomas —
W
Bobby Crabtree
KO 3 · Excelsior Hotel, Tulsa, 🇺🇸
Tillis 27-4-0 · Crabtree —
W
Otis Bates
KO 2 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Tillis 26-4-0 · Bates —
L
For vacant NABF heavyweight title TKO 1/12 · Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Tillis 26-3-0 · Witherspoon 16-1-0
W
Lynwood Jones
KO 4 · DiVinci Manor, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 25-3-0 · Jones —
W
Larry Givens
TKO 2 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 24-3-0 · Givens —
W
Grady Daniels
TKO 4 · Congress Americana Hotel, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 23-3-0 · Daniels —
W
Leroy Boone
PTS 10/10 · Congress Americana Hotel, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 22-3-0 · Boone —
L
For USBA heavyweight title TKO 8/12 · Astrodome, Houston, Texas, 🇺🇸
Tillis 22-2-0 · Page 19-1-0
L
TKO 8/10 · Stouffer's Inn on the Square Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Tillis 22-1-0 · Thomas 19-0-0
W
UD 10/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Tillis 21-1-0 · Shavers 67-10-1
W
Jerry Williams
KO 3 · Sands Hotel, Paradise, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Tillis 20-1-0 · Williams —
L
For WBA heavyweight title UD 15/15 · Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 20-0-0 · Weaver 23-9-0
W
Tom Fischer
PTS 10/10 · Hilton Chicago, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 19-0-0 · Fischer —
W
Domingo D'Elia
TKO 4 · International Amphitheatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 18-0-0 · D'Elia —
W
Mike Koranicki
UD 10/10 · International Amphitheatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 17-0-0 · Koranicki —
W
Eric Sedillo
TKO 4 · Hilton Chicago, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 16-0-0 · Sedillo —
W
Walter Santemore
UD 10/10 · Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 15-0-0 · Santemore —
W
Frank Schram
TKO 2 · Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 14-0-0 · Schram —
W
TKO 7/10 · International Amphitheatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 13-0-0 · Stander 37-16-2
W
Roy Wallace
UD 10/10 · International Amphitheatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 12-0-0 · Wallace —
W
KO 4 · Tulsa Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Tillis 11-0-0 · Jones —
W
Harry Terrell
KO 1 · Circle Arena, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 10-0-0 · Terrell —
W
Bob Whaley
TKO 1 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 9-0-0 · Whaley —
W
Jimmy Cross
TKO 2 · Circle Arena, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 8-0-0 · Cross —
W
Charles Anderson Atlas
TKO 2 · International Amphitheatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 7-0-0 · Atlas —
W
Henry Porter
TKO 6 · University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 6-0-0 · Porter —
W
George Gofarth
TKO 5 · Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 5-0-0 · Gofarth —
W
Rocky Lane
KO 1 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 4-0-0 · Lane —
W
Sylvester Wilder
TKO 3 · DePaul University, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 3-0-0 · Wilder —
W
Dave Watkins
KO 1 · Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 2-0-0 · Watkins —
W
Al Bell
TKO 1 · Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Tillis 1-0-0 · Bell —
W
Ron Stephany
KO 1 · Alumni Hall, Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Tillis 0-0-0 · Stephany —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is James Tillis's record? James Tillis's professional record is 42-22-1, 1 NC with 31 knockouts.
Who did James Tillis fight last? James Tillis last fought Rob Calloway on Apr 13, 2001 and lost by TKO in round 9. Sources Boxerbook ID 10734 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10734 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
