Official Professional Boxing Record
| 56 Wins (46 Knockouts), 8 Defeats (6 Knockouts), 1 Draw | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 56-8-1 | Bob Hazelton | TKO | 2 | 1978-06-02 | Century II Convention Hall, Wichita, Kansas | |
| Loss | 56-7-1 | Mustafa Wassaja | RTD | 5 (8) | 1978-02-09 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen | Lost Lineal Light heavyweight title |
| Win | 56-6-1 | Bob Hazelton | KO | 10 | 1977-09-02 | Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | Retained Lineal Light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 55-6-1 | Al Bolden | KO | 6 (10) | 1976-09-25 | Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington | Retained Lineal Light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 54-6-1 | Harold Carter | KO | 6 (10) | 1976-09-25 | Eagles Aerie, Missoula, Montana | Retained Lineal Light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 53-6-1 | Al Bolden | KO | 3 (10) | 1976-05-08 | Adams Field House, Missoula, Montana | Retained Lineal Light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 52-6-1 | Bill Hardney | KO | 3 (10) | 1975-06-28 | Sweeney Gym, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Retained Lineal Light heavyweight title. |
| Draw | 51-6-1 | Jorge Ahumada | PTS | 15 | 1974-06-17 | University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico | Retained Lineal, The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 51-6 | Pierre Fourie | UD | 15 | 1973-12-01 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng | Retained Lineal, The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 50-6 | Pierre Fourie | UD | 15 | 1973-08-21 | University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico | Won (vacant) Lineal & Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Loss | 49-6 | Muhammad Ali | KO | 8 (12) | 1972-11-21 | Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada | For NABF Heavyweight title |
| Win | 49-5 | Chris Finnegan | KO | 14 (15), 0:55 | 1972-09-26 | Empire Pool, Wembley, London | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (1972) |
| Win | 48-5 | Mike Quarry | KO | 4 (15) | 1972-06-27 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 47-5 | Vicente Rondón | KO | 4 (15) | 1972-06-27 | Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida | Retained The Ring, WBC & Won WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 46-5 | Brian Kelly | TKO | 3 (15), 1:56 | 1971-12-16 | Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Retained The Ring & WBC World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 45-5 | Tommy Hicks | TKO | 8 (15) | 1971-10-30 | Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania | Retained The Ring & WBC World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 44-5 | Vernon McIntosh | TKO | 3 (10) | 1971-08-17 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Win | 43-5 | Ray Anderson | UD | 15 | 1971-04-24 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida | Retained The Ring & WBC World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 42-5 | Hal Carroll | TKO | 4 (15), 2:32 | 1971-03-02 | Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania | Retained The Ring & WBC World Light heavyweight titles |
| Loss | 41-5 | Joe Frazier | KO | 2 (15), 0:49 | 1970-11-18 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan | For WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles |
| Win | 41-4 | Mark Tessman | TKO | 10 (15) | 1970-06-27 | Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 40-4 | Roger Rouse | TKO | 4 (15) | 1970-04-04 | Adams Field House, Missoula, Montana | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 39-4 | Roy Wallace | KO | 6 (10) | 1970-03-09 | Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 38-4 | Bill Hardney | TKO | 4 (10) | 1970-02-24 | Orlando, Florida | |
| Win | 37-4 | Chuck Leslie | TKO | 5 (10), 2:58 | 1969-11-02 | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 36-4 | Levan Roundtree | TKO | 4 (10), 2:10 | 1969-06-19 | Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Win | 35-4 | Andy Kendall | TKO | 4 (15), 1:15 | 1969-05-24 | Eastern States Coliseum, West Springfield, Massachusetts | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 34-4 | Frank DePaula | TKO | 1 (15), 2:17 | 1969-01-22 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 33-4 | Roger Rouse | TKO | 5 (10), 2:34 | 1968-09-09 | Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 32-4 | Eddie Vick | TKO | 9 (10) | 1968-08-26 | Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Win | 31-4 | Charley Polite | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968-07-29 | Eastern States Coliseum, West Springfield, Massachusetts | |
| Win | 30-4 | Dick Tiger | KO | 4 (15), 2:05 | 1968-05-24 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York | Won The Ring, WBC & WBA World Light heavyweight titles |
| Win | 29-4 | Sonny Moore | KO | 5 (10) | 1967-12-05 | Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 28-4 | Eddie Vick | KO | 5 (10) | 1967-11-20 | Providence Coliseum, Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Win | 27-4 | Levan Roundtree | KO | 8 (10), 1:35 | 1967-10-25 | Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 26-4 | Henry Matthews | TKO | 2 (10) | 1967-06-09 | Starland Arena, Roanoke, Virginia | |
| Win | 25-4 | Eddie Cotton | KO | 3 (12), 1:58 | 1967-05-08 | Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 24-4 | Andres Antonio Selpa | KO | 2 (10) | 1967-02-27 | Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 23-4 | Jim Robinson | KO | 1 (10) | 1967-01-16 | Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 22-4 | LeRoy Green | KO | 2 | 1966-12-06 | Norfolk Arena, Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Loss | 21-4 | Zora Folley | UD | 10 | 1965-12-06 | Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 21-3 | Henry Hank | UD | 12 | 1965-07-26 | Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 20-3 | Chuck Leslie | TKO | 3 (10) | 1965-05-24 | Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 19-3 | Dave Russell | TKO | 6 (10) | 1965-03-21 | Norfolk Arena, Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Win | 18-3 | Bobby Rascon | KO | 2 (10) | 1965-02-15 | Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Win | 17-3 | Henry Hank | TKO | 9 (10) | 1964-12-11 | Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Win | 16-3 | Norman Letcher | TKO | 1 (10), 0:43 | 1964-11-23 | Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco, California | |
| Win | 15-3 | Don Quinn | KO | 1 (10), 1:07 | 1964-11-11 | Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Loss | 14-3 | Ernie Terrell | KO | 7 (10), 0:58 | 1964-07-10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York | |
| Win | 14-2 | Allen Thomas | TKO | 1 (10), 1:26 | 1964-05-08 | Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Win | 13-2 | Dave Bailey | KO | 1 (6) | 1964-02-25 | Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Win | 12-2 | Willi Besmanoff | KO | 3 (10) | 1963-12-11 | Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Loss | 11-2 | Mauro Mina | UD | 10 | 1963-11-07 | Estadio Nacional, Lima | |
| Win | 11-1 | Curtis Bruce | KO | 4 | 1963-04-29 | Capitol Arena, Washington, D.C | |
| Win | 10-1 | Richard Benjamin | KO | 1 (8) | 1963-02-18 | Capitol Arena, Washington, D.C | |
| Loss | 9-1 | Doug Jones | TKO | 8 (10), 0:23 | 1962-10-20 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York | |
| Win | 9-0 | Bert Whitehurst | SD | 8 | 1962-06-27 | Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens, New York, New York | |
| Win | 8-0 | Billy Tisdale | TKO | 2 (6) | 1962-05-19 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York | |
| Win | 7-0 | Clarence Floyd | KO | 4 (6) | 1961-12-04 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario | |
| Win | 6-0 | Ernie Knox | TKO | 3 (6) | 1961-11-21 | Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Win | 5-0 | Floyd McCoy | PTS | 6 | 1961-08-08 | Delormier Stadium, Montreal, Quebec | |
| Win | 4-0 | Ray Bryan | TKO | 2 (6) | 1961-06-22 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec | |
| Win | 3-0 | Billy Johnson | PTS | 4 | 1961-05-08 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York | |
| Win | 2-0 | Clarence Ryan | PTS | 4 | 1961-04-03 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York | |
| Win | 1-0 | Duke Williams | KO | 2 (4) | 1961-03-27 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York | |
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