On June 1, 2002, Thomas Tate and Sven Ottke met again in a rematch.
Tate came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 27 days. Ottke was on a 26-fight win streak with a 19% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 16 days.
Sven Ottke defeated Thomas Tate via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Ottke improves his record to 27-0, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 41-7.
On September 4, 1999, a 33-year-old Thomas Tate (36-5, 26 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight IBF title held by 32-year-old German boxer Sven Ottke (15-0, 2 KOs).
Tate came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 20 days. Ottke was on a 15-fight win streak with a 13% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Sven Ottke defeated Thomas Tate via technical decision and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Ottke improves his record to 16-0, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 36-6.
On September 12, 1996, a 30-year-old Thomas Tate (30-4, 21 KOs) and Silvio Branco met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Tate came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 13 days.
Thomas Tate lost to Silvio Branco via unanimous decision in the 12-round middleweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 30-5.
On January 30, 1996, a 30-year-old Thomas Tate (30-3, 21 KOs) and Rocky Gannon met in the ring.
Tate came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days.
Thomas Tate lost to Rocky Gannon via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 30-4.
On May 27, 1994, a 28-year-old Thomas Tate (29-2, 21 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight IBF title held by 25-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (25-0, 22 KOs).
Tate came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 9 days. Jones Jr. was on a 25-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 5 days.
Roy Jones Jr. made very easy work of Thomas Tate, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Jones Jr. improves his record to 26-0 (23 KOs), while Tate adds a loss to his record at 29-3.
On August 1, 1992, a 26-year-old Thomas Tate (24-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBC title held by 31-year-old Virgin Islander boxer Julian Jackson (44-1, 42 KOs).
Tate came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 10 days. Jackson was on a 15-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Julian Jackson defeated Thomas Tate via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC middleweight title. Jackson improves his record to 45-1, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On December 4, 1991, a 25-year-old Thomas Tate (22-0, 18 KOs) and Percy Harris met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Tate came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 16 days.
Thomas Tate lost to Percy Harris via points decision in the 12-round middleweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 22-1.