On June 26, 1989, a 33-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (25-8, 18 KOs) and Lee Roy Murphy met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 9 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Lee Roy Murphy via KO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 25-9.
On November 17, 1988, a 32-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (25-7, 18 KOs) and Jeff Lampkin met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 5 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Jeff Lampkin via TKO in the 5th round, and adds an loss to his record at 25-8.
On February 3, 1988, a 31-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (23-6, 17 KOs) and Gary Mason met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 19 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Gary Mason via TKO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 23-7.
On January 15, 1988, a 31-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (23-5, 17 KOs) and Magne Havnå met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Magne Havnå via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 23-6.
On October 16, 1987, a 31-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (23-4, 17 KOs) and Patrick Lumumba met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 5 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Patrick Lumumba via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 23-5.
On September 6, 1986, a 30-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (21-3, 16 KOs) and a 20-year-old Mike Tyson (26-0, 24 KOs) met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days. Tyson was on a 26-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 20 days.
Mike Tyson stopped Alfonso Ratliff via TKO in the 2nd round. Tyson improves his record to 27-0 (25 KOs), while Ratliff adds a loss to his record at 21-4.
On September 21, 1985, the 29-year-old WBC cruiserweight world champion, Alfonso Ratliff (20-2, 15 KOs), faced Bernard Benton, in a title defense fight.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 15 days.
Alfonso Ratliff was defending his cruiserweight WBC titles against Bernard Benton and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-3.
On March 26, 1983, a 27-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (16-1, 12 KOs) and a 25-year-old Pinklon Thomas (20-0-1, 17 KOs) met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 21 days. Thomas was on a 0-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 4 days.
Pinklon Thomas stopped Alfonso Ratliff via TKO in the 10th round. Thomas improves his record to 21-0-1 (18 KOs), while Ratliff adds a loss to his record at 16-2.
On December 5, 1981, a 25-year-old Alfonso Ratliff (13-0, 10 KOs) and Tim Witherspoon met in the ring.
Ratliff came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days.
Alfonso Ratliff lost to Tim Witherspoon via TKO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 13-1.