Professional Boxing Record
| 31 Wins (21 knockouts, 10 decisions), 1 Losses (1 KO) | |||||||
| Res. | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes | |
| Loss | Mike Tyson | KO | 1 (12) 1:31 | 1988-06-27 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Lost The Ring heavyweight title. For WBC, WBA, & IBF heavyweight titles |
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| Win | Gerry Cooney | TKO | 5 (15) 2:51 | 1987-06-15 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained The Ring heavyweight title. | |
| Win | Steffen Tangstad | TKO | 4 (12) 0:58 | 1986-09-06 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Retained The Ring & IBF heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Larry Holmes | Decision (split) | 15 (15) | 1986-04-19 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Retained The Ring & IBF heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Larry Holmes | Decision (unan.) | 15 (15) | 1985-09-21 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Won The Ring & IBF heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Jim MacDonald | TKO | 8 (15) 1:30 | 1985-06-06 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Retained Lineal, WBC, WBA, & IBF light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | David Sears | TKO | 3 (12) 1:02 | 1985-02-23 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBC, WBA, & IBF light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Eddie Davis | Decision (unan.) | 12 (12) | 1984-02-25 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBC & WBA light heavyweight titles. Won IBF light heavyweight title. |
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| Win | Oscar Rivadeneyra | TKO | 10 (15) 1:42 | 1983-11-25 | Vancouver, Canada | Retained Lineal, WBC & WBA light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | Decision (unan.) | 15 (15) | 1983-03-18 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBA light heavyweight titles. Won WBC light heavyweight title. |
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| Win | Johnny Davis | TKO | 9 (15) 2:27 | 1982-09-18 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBA light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Jerry Celestine | TKO | 8 (15) 1:58 | 1982-06-12 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBA light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Murray Sutherland | TKO | 8 (15) 1:24 | 1982-04-11 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained Lineal, WBA light heavyweight titles. | |
| Win | Mustafa Wassaja | KO | 6 (15) 1:36 | 1982-02-13 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained WBA light heavyweight title. Won Lineal light heavyweight title. |
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| Win | Vonzell Johnson | KO | 7 (15) 1:13 | 1981-11-07 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Retained WBA light heavyweight title. | |
| Win | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | Decision (unan.) | 15 (15) | 1981-07-18 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Won WBA light heavyweight title. | |
| Win | Marvin Johnson | KO | 4 (10) 1:22 | 1981-03-28 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | ||
| Win | Willie Taylor | TKO | 8 (10) 2:40 | 1981-01-24 | Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||
| Win | Yaqui Lopez | TKO | 7 (10) 0:46 | 1980-10-18 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | ||
| Win | David Conteh | KO | 9 (10) 1:21 | 1980-08-02 | Baton Rouge, LA, USA | ||
| Win | Murray Sutherland | Decision (unan.) | 10 (10) | 1980-05-04 | New York, USA | ||
| Win | Ramon Ranquello | TKO | 6 (10) | 1980-02-24 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | ||
| Win | Johnny Wilburn | Decision (unan.) | 8 (8) | 1980-02-01 | Louisville, KY, USA | ||
| Win | Marc Hans | TKO | 1 (8) 2:45 | 1979-11-24 | Bloomington, MN, USA | ||
| Win | Eddie Phillips | KO | 4 (8) 1:33 | 1978-12-15 | New York, NY, USA | ||
| Win | Tom Bethea | Decision (unan.) | 8 (8) | 1978-02-15 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | ||
| Win | Gary Summerhays | Decision (unan.) | 8 (8) | 1977-10-22 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | ||
| Win | Ray Elson | KO | 1 (6) 0:51 | 1977-09-13 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
| Win | Jasper Brisbane | TKO | 1 (6) 2:56 | 1977-08-23 | Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||
| Win | Joe Borden | KO | 2 (6) 2:20 | 1977-06-01 | Montreal, Canada | ||
| Win | Luis Rodriguez | Decision (unan.) | 6 (6) | 1977-05-07 | St Louis, MO, USA | ||
| Win | Eddie Benson | KO | 1 (6) 2:55 | 1977-04-16 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | ||
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