Professional Boxing Record
| 56 Wins (37 knockouts, 19 decisions), 5 Losses (4 decisions, 1 TKO), 0 Draws | |||||||
| Res. | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Age | Location | Notes |
| Loss | Trevor Berbick | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01981-12-11December 11, 1981 | 700139000000000000039 years, 7002328000000000000328 days | Nassau, Bahamas | "Drama in the Bahamas" |
| Loss | Larry Holmes | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 10 (15) | 01980-10-02October 2, 1980 | 700138000000000000038 years, 7002259000000000000259 days | Las Vegas, NV | Lost The Ring World Heavyweight title. For WBC World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Leon Spinks | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01978-09-15September 15, 1978 | 700136000000000000036 years, 7002241000000000000241 days | New Orleans, LA | Won The Ring & WBA World Heavyweight titles; Vacated WBA title on 1979-09-06. |
| Loss | Leon Spinks | Decision (split) | 15 (15) | 01978-02-15February 15, 1978 | 700136000000000000036 years, 700129000000000000029 days | Las Vegas, NV | Lost The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Earnie Shavers | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01977-09-29September 29, 1977 | 700135000000000000035 years, 7002255000000000000255 days | New York City | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Alfredo Evangelista | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01977-05-16May 16, 1977 | 700135000000000000035 years, 7002119000000000000119 days | Landover, MD | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01976-09-28September 28, 1976 | 700134000000000000034 years, 7002255000000000000255 days | The Bronx, New York | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Richard Dunn | TKO | 5 (15) | 01976-05-24May 24, 1976 | 700134000000000000034 years, 7002128000000000000128 days | Munich, West Germany | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Jimmy Young | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01976-04-30April 30, 1976 | 700134000000000000034 years, 7002104000000000000104 days | Landover, MD | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Jean-Pierre Coopman | KO | 5 (15) | 01976-02-20February 20, 1976 | 700134000000000000034 years, 700134000000000000034 days | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Frazier | TKO | 14 (15), 0:59 | 01975-10-01October 1, 1975 | 700133000000000000033 years, 7002257000000000000257 days | Quezon City, Philippines | "The Thrilla in Manila"; Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01975-06-30June 30, 1975 | 700133000000000000033 years, 7002164000000000000164 days | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Ron Lyle | TKO | 11 (15) | 01975-05-16May 16, 1975 | 700133000000000000033 years, 7002119000000000000119 days | Las Vegas, NV | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Chuck Wepner | TKO | 15 (15), 2:41 | 01975-03-24March 24, 1975 | 700133000000000000033 years, 700166000000000000066 days | Richfield, OH | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | George Foreman | KO | 8 (15), 2:58 | 01974-10-30October 30, 1974 | 700132000000000000032 years, 7002286000000000000286 days | Kinshasa, Zaire | "The Rumble in the Jungle"; Won The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01974-01-28January 28, 1974 | 700132000000000000032 years, 700111000000000000011 days | New York City, NY | Retained NABF Heavyweight title; Vacated title later in 1974. |
| Win | Rudi Lubbers | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01973-10-20October 20, 1973 | 700131000000000000031 years, 7002276000000000000276 days | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 (12) | 01973-09-10September 10, 1973 | 700131000000000000031 years, 7002236000000000000236 days | Inglewood, CA | Won NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 (12) | 01973-03-31March 31, 1973 | 700131000000000000031 years, 700173000000000000073 days | San Diego, CA | Lost NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01973-02-14February 14, 1973 | 700131000000000000031 years, 700128000000000000028 days | Las Vegas, NV | |
| Win | Bob Foster | KO | 7 (12) | 01972-11-21November 21, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 7002309000000000000309 days | Stateline, NV | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 7 (12) | 01972-09-20September 20, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 7002247000000000000247 days | New York City, NY | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Alvin Lewis | TKO | 11 (12), 1:15 | 01972-07-19July 19, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 7002184000000000000184 days | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO | 7 (12), 0:19 | 01972-06-27June 27, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 7002162000000000000162 days | Las Vegas, NV | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01972-05-01May 1, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 7002105000000000000105 days | Vancouver, Canada | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Mac Foster | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01972-04-01April 1, 1972 | 700130000000000000030 years, 700175000000000000075 days | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | Jürgen Blin | KO | 7 (12), 2:12 | 01971-12-26December 26, 1971 | 700129000000000000029 years, 7002343000000000000343 days | Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Win | Buster Mathis | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01971-11-17November 17, 1971 | 700129000000000000029 years, 7002304000000000000304 days | Houston, TX | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Jimmy Ellis | TKO | 12 (12), 2:10 | 01971-07-26July 26, 1971 | 700129000000000000029 years, 7002190000000000000190 days | Houston, TX | Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01971-03-08March 8, 1971 | 700129000000000000029 years, 700150000000000000050 days | New York City, NY | "The Fight of the Century"; Lost The Ring World Heavyweight title. For WBA & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Oscar Bonavena | TKO | 15 (15), 2:03 | 01970-12-07December 7, 1970 | 700128000000000000028 years, 7002324000000000000324 days | New York City, NY | Retained The Ring World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO | 3 (15) | 01970-10-26October 26, 1970 | 700128000000000000028 years, 7002282000000000000282 days | Atlanta, GA | Retained The Ring World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Zora Folley | KO | 7 (15), 1:48 | 01967-03-22March 22, 1967 | 700125000000000000025 years, 700164000000000000064 days | New York City, NY | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles; Stripped of titles on 1967-04-28. |
| Win | Ernie Terrell | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01967-02-06February 6, 1967 | 700125000000000000025 years, 700120000000000000020 days | Houston, TX | Retained The Ring WBC & won WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Cleveland Williams | TKO | 3 (15) | 01966-11-14November 14, 1966 | 700124000000000000024 years, 7002301000000000000301 days | Houston, TX | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Karl Mildenberger | TKO | 12 (15) | 01966-09-10September 10, 1966 | 700124000000000000024 years, 7002236000000000000236 days | Frankfurt, West Germany | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Brian London | KO | 3 (15) | 01966-08-06August 6, 1966 | 700124000000000000024 years, 7002201000000000000201 days | London, England | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 6 (15), 1:38 | 01966-05-21May 21, 1966 | 700124000000000000024 years, 7002124000000000000124 days | London, England | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01966-03-29March 29, 1966 | 700124000000000000024 years, 700171000000000000071 days | Toronto, Canada | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 12 (15), 2:18 | 01965-11-22November 22, 1965 | 700123000000000000023 years, 7002309000000000000309 days | Las Vegas, NV | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Sonny Liston | KO | 1 (15), 2:12 | 01965-05-25May 25, 1965 | 700123000000000000023 years, 7002128000000000000128 days | Lewiston, ME | Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Sonny Liston | TKO | 7 (15) | 01964-02-25February 25, 1964 | 700122000000000000022 years, 700139000000000000039 days | Miami Beach, FL | Won The Ring, WBA & WBC World Heavyweight titles; Stripped of WBA title on 1964-06-19. |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 5 (10), 2:15 | 01963-06-18June 18, 1963 | 700121000000000000021 years, 7002152000000000000152 days | London, England | |
| Win | Doug Jones | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01963-03-13March 13, 1963 | 700121000000000000021 years, 700155000000000000055 days | New York City, NY | |
| Win | Charley Powell | KO | 3, 2:04 | 01963-01-24January 24, 1963 | 700121000000000000021 years, 70007000000000000007 days | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Win | Archie Moore | TKO | 4 (10), 1:35 | 01962-11-15November 15, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 7002302000000000000302 days | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Win | Alejandro Lavorante | KO | 5 (10), 1:48 | 01962-07-20July 20, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 7002184000000000000184 days | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Win | Billy Daniels | TKO | 7 (10), 2:21 | 01962-05-19May 19, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 7002122000000000000122 days | New York City, NY | |
| Win | George Logan | TKO | 4 (10), 1:34 | 01962-04-23April 23, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 700196000000000000096 days | New York City, NY | |
| Win | Don Warner | TKO | 4, 0:34 | 01962-03-28March 28, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 700170000000000000070 days | Miami Beach, FL | |
| Win | Sonny Banks | TKO | 4 (10), 0:26 | 01962-02-10February 10, 1962 | 700120000000000000020 years, 700124000000000000024 days | New York City, NY | |
| Win | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 7 (10), 1:55 | 01961-11-29November 29, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 7002316000000000000316 days | Louisville, KY | |
| Win | Alex Miteff | TKO | 6 (10), 1:45 | 01961-10-07October 7, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 7002263000000000000263 days | Louisville, KY | |
| Win | Alonzo Johnson | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01961-07-22July 22, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 7002186000000000000186 days | Louisville, KY | |
| Win | Duke Sabedong | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01961-06-26June 26, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 7002160000000000000160 days | Las Vegas, NV | |
| Win | LaMar Clark | KO | 2 (10), 1:27 | 01961-04-19April 19, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 700192000000000000092 days | Louisville, KY | |
| Win | Donnie Fleeman | TKO | 7 (8) | 01961-02-21February 21, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 700135000000000000035 days | Miami Beach, FL | |
| Win | Jim Robinson | KO | 1 (8), 1:34 | 01961-02-07February 7, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 700121000000000000021 days | Miami Beach, FL | |
| Win | Tony Esperti | TKO | 3 (8), 1:30 | 01961-01-17January 17, 1961 | 700119000000000000019 years, 50000000000000000000 days | Miami Beach, FL | |
| Win | Herb Siler | KO | 4 (8) | 01960-12-27December 27, 1960 | 700118000000000000018 years, 7002345000000000000345 days | Miami Beach, FL | |
| Win | Tunney Hunsaker | Decision (unanimous) | 6 (6) | 01960-10-29October 29, 1960 | 700118000000000000018 years, 7002286000000000000286 days | Louisville, KY | |
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