Heavyweight · United States
Tim Witherspoon 56-14-1 38 KO · 1979–2003
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Tim Witherspoon was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Dec 27, 1957. Record 56-14-1 with 38 knockouts over 1979–2003. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1986), WBC heavyweight (1984). Tim Witherspoon last fought Brian Nix on Mar 15, 2003 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.
Also: Тим Уизерспун · Тім Візерспун · تيم ويذرسبون +5 more تیم ویترسپون · ティム・ウィザスプーン · 팀 위더스푼 · Terrible · Уизерспун, Тим
Born Dec 27, 1957
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 192 cm
Reach 198 cm
Nickname Terrible
Debut Oct 30, 1979
Career 1979–2003
Rounds boxed 436
KO share 68%
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Titles WBA, WBC heavyweight · 1984–1986
Boxerbook rating 1756 ± 203 · inactive since Jan 2012Why here › Confirmed bouts 19 of 71 · 1 official
Career record Record
56-14-1, 38 KOs · 1979–2003
Last result L
Brian Nix
SD 10/10 · Grand Casino, Gulfport, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
The record 71 bouts, 1979–2003, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 70, Nevada State Athletic Commission — Results · 1, Wikipedia (ja) · 1, Wikipedia (ru) · 1
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Brian Nix
SD 10/10 · Grand Casino, Gulfport, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 56-13-1 · Nix —
L
For vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title TKO 5/12 · Table Mountain Casino, Friant, California, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 56-12-1 · Savarese 42-4-0
W
Ahmed Abdin
UD 10/10 · Silver Star Hotel & Casino, Choctaw, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 55-12-1 · Abdin —
W
KO 2/10 · GREEN VALLEY RANCH RESORT, HENDERSON, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 54-12-1 · Wilson —
W
Ed White
TKO 1 · Entertainment & Sports Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 53-12-1 · White —
W
Cleveland Woods
KO 1/10 · Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore, California, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 52-12-1 · Woods —
L
SD 10/10 · Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 52-11-1 · Barrett 25-2-0
L
SD 10/10 · Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 52-10-1 · Barrett 24-2-0
W
Danny Wofford
TKO 3/10 · University, Hampton, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 51-10-1 · Wofford —
W
MD 10/10 · Ballys Park Place, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 50-10-1 · Castillo 20-1-1
W
TKO 1/10 · Zembo Shrine Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 49-10-1 · Bostice —
W
TKO 2/10 · Monroe, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 48-10-1 · Smith —
D
For NBA heavyweight title PTS 12/12 · St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Witherspoon 48-10-0 · Sedillo —
W
Joe Ballard
KO 1 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 47-10-0 · Ballard —
L
RTD 7/10 · Cumberland County Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 47-9-0 · Page 55-15-1
L
TKO 4/10 · K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Witherspoon 47-8-0 · Nielsen —
L
UD 10/10 · Centennial Hall, Wrocław, 🇵🇱
Witherspoon 47-7-0 · Golota 31-3-0
L
UD 10/10 · Harrah's Hotel and Casino, Cherokee, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 47-6-0 · Thunder 32-9-0
L
For WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 47-5-0 · Donald —
W
Levi Billups
TKO 1/10 · Grand Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 46-5-0 · Billups —
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UD 10/10 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 46-4-0 · Mercer 23-4-1
W
TKO 5/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 45-4-0 · González 24-1-0
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 44-4-0 · Cole —
W
Tim Puller
TKO 2/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 43-4-0 · Puller —
W
Everton Davis
TKO 7/10 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 42-4-0 · Davis —
W
Jesse Shelby
TKO 1/10 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 41-4-0 · Shelby —
W
TKO 6/10 · Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 40-4-0 · Fitch Sr. —
W
Sherman Griffin
TKO 3/10 · South Padre Island, Texas, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 39-4-0 · Griffin —
W
UD 10/10 · Harrah's Marino Resort, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 38-4-0 · Willis —
L
SD 10/10 · The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 38-3-0 · Martin —
W
UD 10/10 · Harrah's Marina Resort, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 37-3-0 · Pritchard —
W
Jimmy Lee Smith
KO 1/10 · Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 36-3-0 · Smith —
W
Retained USBA heavyweight title TKO 3/12 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 35-3-0 · Tucker —
W
Won USBA heavyweight title SD 12/12 · Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 34-3-0 · Williams 23-5-0
W
MD 10/10 · Kingdome, Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 33-3-0 · Ribalta 32-4-1
W
Greg Gorrell
TKO 3/10 · Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta, 🇮🇩
Witherspoon 32-3-0 · Gorrell —
W
RTD 5/10 · Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 31-3-0 · Sims —
W
KO 1/10 · Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 30-3-0 · Eklund —
W
Larry Alexander
SD 10/10 · Bally's Las Vegas, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 29-3-0 · Alexander —
W
Mauricio Villegas
TKO 9/10 · York Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Witherspoon 28-3-0 · Villegas —
W
SD 10/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 27-3-0 · Williams 13-1-0
W
Mark Wills
TKO 1/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 26-3-0 · Wills —
L
For WBA heavyweight title TKO 1/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 26-2-0 · Smith 18-6-0
W
Retained WBA heavyweight title TKO 11/15 · Wembley Stadium, London, 🇬🇧
Witherspoon 25-2-0 · Bruno 28-1-0
W
10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 24-2-0 · Tubbs 43-1-0
W
Won WBA heavyweight title MD 15/15 · Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 23-2-0 · Tubbs 37-0-0
W
Sammy Scaff
TKO 4/10 · National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Witherspoon 22-2-0 · Scaff —
W
Larry Beilfuss
TKO 1/10 · Tamiami Park Auditorium, Miami, Florida, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 21-2-0 · Beilfuss —
W
For NABF heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 20-2-0 · Smith 15-3-0
W
Won NABF heavyweight title KO 2/12 · Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 19-2-0 · Broad —
W
Mark Wills
TKO 9/10 · The Forum, Inglewood, California, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 18-2-0 · Wills —
L
Lost WBC heavyweight title MD 12/12 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 18-1-0 · Thomas 24-0-1
W
Won vacant WBC heavyweight title MD 12/12 · Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 17-1-0 · Page 23-1-0
W
Won vacant NABF heavyweight title TKO 1/12 · Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 16-1-0 · Tillis 26-3-0
W
UD 10/10 · Dunes, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 15-1-0 · Cummings —
L
For WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles SD 12/12 · Dunes, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 15-0-0 · Holmes 42-0-0
W
MD 10/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 14-0-0 · Snipes —
W
Luis Acosta
KO 2/10 · Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 13-0-0 · Acosta —
W
Alfonzo Ratliff
TKO 7/10 · Sands, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 12-0-0 · Ratliff —
W
Curtis Gaskins
KO 2/8 · Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 11-0-0 · Gaskins —
W
Jerry Williams
TKO 8/10 · Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 10-0-0 · Williams —
W
Bobby Jordan
KO 4/10 · Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 9-0-0 · Jordan —
W
Dave Johnson
UD 8/8 · Concord Resort Hotel, Thompson, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 8-0-0 · Johnson —
W
PTS 10/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 7-0-0 · Stinson —
W
Ed Bednarik
TKO 1 · Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 6-0-0 · Bednarik —
W
James Reid
TKO 6/8 · Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 5-0-0 · Reid —
W
TKO 2/8 · Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 4-0-0 · Wright —
W
Charles Cox
KO 5 · The Great Gorge Playboy Club Hotel, McAfee, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 3-0-0 · Cox —
W
Robert Evans
UD 6/6 · Long Island Arena, Commack, New York, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 2-0-0 · Evans —
W
Robert Ritchie
KO 1 · Lynchburg, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 1-0-0 · Ritchie —
W
Joe Adams
TKO 1 · Forum, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Witherspoon 0-0-0 · Adams —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Tim Witherspoon's record? Tim Witherspoon's professional record is 56-14-1 with 38 knockouts.
Who did Tim Witherspoon fight last? Tim Witherspoon last fought Brian Nix on Mar 15, 2003 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Tim Witherspoon held? Tim Witherspoon has held 2 world title reigns: WBA heavyweight (1986), WBC heavyweight (1984). Sources Boxerbook ID 3062 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/3062 . 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.
