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"Terrible" Tim Witherspoon

BORN   December 27 1957; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HEIGHT.. 6-3 1/2
WEIGHT 188-257 lbs
MANAGER Slim Robinson

Witherspoon was a tough Philadelphia fighter; He was very strong, a hard hitter and ranked among the best during his career; During his career, he won the WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World and the WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

Tim defeated such men as Greg Page, Tony Tubbs, James "Bonecrusher" Smith, Frank Bruno, Carl "Truth" Williams, Renaldo "Mister" Snipes, Jorge Luis Gonzalez, James "Quick" Tillis, Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings and Alfonso Ratliff

1979
Oct 30 Joey Adams                 Upper Darby, Pa                    TK  1

1980
Apr 26 Robert Ritchie             Lynchburg, Va                      KO  1
May  9 Robert Evans               Commack, NY                         W  6
          -Some sources report 5/05/80
Jul 20 Charles Cox                McAfee, NJ                         TK  5
Oct 24 Oliver Wright              Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  2
Dec 11 James Reid                 Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  6
          -Some sources report "KO 5"

1981
Jan 24 Ed Bednarik                Philadelphia, Pa                   KO  1
Feb  7 Marvin Stinson             Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Apr 11 Dave Johnson               Kiamesha Lake, NY                   W  8
Jun 17 Bobby Jordan               Philadelphia, Pa                   KO  4
Jul 30 Jerry Williams             Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  7
          -Some sources report "KO 8"
Nov  7 Curtis Gaskins             Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  2
          -Some sources report "KO 1"
Dec  5 Alfonso Ratliff            Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  7

1982
Mar 20 Luis Acosta                Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  2
Jun  5 Renaldo Snipes             Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10

1983
May 20 Larry Holmes               Las Vegas, Nv                       L 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jul 16 Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings     Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Sep 23 James "Quick" Tillis       Richfield, Oh                      TK  1
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship

1984
Mar  9 Greg Page                  Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug 31 Pinklon Thomas             Las Vegas, Nv                       L 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World

1985
Mar 25 Mark "Chill" Wills         Inglewood, Ca                      TK  9
Apr 29 James "Broadaxe" Broad     Buffalo, NY                        KO  2
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship
Jun 15 James "Bonecrusher" Smith  Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship
Sep  6 Larry Beilfuss             Miami, Fl                          TK  1
Oct 12 Sam Scaff                  Birmingham, Al                     TK  4

1986
Jan 17 Tony Tubbs                 Atlanta, Ga                         W 15
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jul 19 Frank Bruno                London, Eng                        TK 11
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec 12 James "Bonecrusher" Smith  New York, NY                       LT  1
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

1987
Aug  4 Mark "Chill" Wills         Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  1
Oct 14 "Mercury" Mike Williams    Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
          -Some sources report 10/04/87

1988
Feb 17 Mauricio Villegas          London, Eng                        TK  9

1989
Jan 27 Larry Alexander            Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Oct 19 Anders Eklund              Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1

1990
Jan 11 Jeff Sims                  Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  6
          -Some sources report "TK 5"
Mar 12 Greg Gorrell               Jakarta, Indonesia                 TK  3
          -Some sources report 3/18/90
Jul 19 Jose Nino Ribalta          Seattle, Wa                         W 10

1991
Mar  8 Carl "Truth" Williams      Atlntic City, NJ                    W 12
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship
Aug  6 Art Tucker                 San Francisco, Ca                 SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but postponed
Sep 10 Art Tucker                 Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  3
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship

1991-1992
       James Scott                Rahway Prison, NJ                  EX   

1992
Feb  4 Jimmy Lee Smith            Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  1
          -Some sources report 2/06/92
Mar 23 James Pritchard            Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Jul 21 Everett "Big Foot" Martin  Auburn Hills, Mi                    L 10
Aug 25 Tony Willis                Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10

1994
Aug 12 Sherman Griffin            South Padre Island, Tx             TK  3
Dec 17 Nathaniel Fitch            Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  6

1995
Mar 24 Jesse Shelby               Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  1
Oct 31 Everton Davis              Phoenix, Az                        TK  7
Nov 14 Tim Puller                 Bay St. Louis, Ms                  TK  2

1996
Jan 12 Alexandre Zolkin           New York, NY                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Jan 12 Alfred Cole                New York, NY                        W 10 
May 10 Jorge Luis Gonzalez        New York, NY                       TK  5
Dec 14 Ray Mercer                 Atlantic City, NJ                   L 10

1997
Nov  4 Levi Billups               Tunica, Ms                         TK  1
          -Some sources report "Robinsonville, Ms"
Dec 13 Larry Donald               Mashantucket, Ct                    L 12
          -WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship;
           Some sources report "Ledyard, Ct"

1998
Apr  7 Jimmy Thunder              Cherokee, NC                        L 10
          -Some sources report 4/11/98
Oct  2 Andrew Golota              Warsaw, Poland                      L 10

1999
Apr 16 Brian Nielsen              Copenhagen, Denmark                LK  4
Jun 18 Greg Page                  Fayetteville, NC                   LT  7

2000
Feb 25 Joe Ballard                Philadelphia, Pa                   KO  1
Apr 29 Mike Sedillo               St. John's, Antigua                 D 12
          -NBA Heavyweight Championship
Jun  8 David Smith                Monroe, La                         TK  2
          -Some sources report 7/09/00;
           Some sources report "Munroe, Mi"

2001
Feb 22 David Bostice              Harrisburg, Pa                     TK  1
          -Some sources report 2/23/01
Mar 31 Eliecer Castillo           Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Apr 13 Danny Wofford              Hampton, Va                        TK  3
Jun  8 Monte Barrett              Verona, NY                          L 10
Jul 29 Cleveland Woods            Lemoore, Ca                        KO  1

2002
Jan 18 Ed White                   Raleigh, NC                        TK  1
Mar 10 Darroll Wilson             Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  2
          -Some sources report "Henderson, Nv"
May 18 Ahmed Abdin                Choctaw, Ms                         W 10
Sep 22 Lou Savarese               Friant, Ca                         LT  5
          -WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Nov 30 Israel Garcia              Atlantic City, NJ                   L  3

2003
Mar 15 Brian Nix                  Gulfport, Ms                        L 10

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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