Freddie Little is a 88-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former super-welterweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 3 months, and 1 day, Little amassed a record of 51-6, which includes 31 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Freddie Little was born in Picayune, Mississippi, U.S. on April 25, 1936. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on April 5, 1957 against Joe Muscato. Little defeated Muscato via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Little got his first world-title fight at the age of 31 after 40 professional fights. On October 3, 1967 Little challenged Kim Ki-soo's WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles but lost via 15-round split decision.
He became a world champion on March 17, 1969 at the age of 32 years, after by defeating Stanley Hayward, the then-reining WBA and WBC super-welterweight champion, via 15-round unanimous decision. This was his 46th fight as a professional.
Little's last fight was a 6th-round RTD victory over Billy Walker at age 36, on July 6, 1972.
Some of Freddie Little's best fights have been against Denny Moyer. For a complete list of Little's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Freddie Little".
Little has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Freddie Little Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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58 | Jul 06, 1972 | 36 | Billy Walker | win | RTD 6 |
57 | Apr 20, 1972 | 35 | Vicente Medina | win | PTS 10 |
56 | Apr 13, 1972 | 35 | Clarence Geigger | win | UD 10 |
55 | Dec 23, 1971 | 35 | Maurice Rice | win | KO 5 |
54 | Nov 25, 1970 | 34 | Clarence Geigger | win | PTS 10 |
53 | Jul 09, 1970 | 34 | Carmelo Bossi | loss | UD 15 |
52 | Mar 20, 1970 | 33 | Gerhard Piaskowy | win | PTS 15 |
51 | Jan 23, 1970 | 33 | Eddie Pace | loss | DQ 8 |
50 | Oct 31, 1969 | 33 | Carmelo Bossi | win | TD 3 |
49 | Sep 09, 1969 | 33 | Hisao Minami | win | KO 2 |
48 | Aug 09, 1969 | 33 | Joe N'Gidi | win | TKO 7 |
47 | Jul 26, 1969 | 33 | Ezra Mzinyane | win | PTS 10 |
46 | Mar 17, 1969 | 32 | Stanley Hayward | win | UD 15 |
45 | Nov 29, 1968 | 32 | Sugar Boy Nando | win | KO 4 |
44 | Oct 25, 1968 | 32 | Sandro Mazzinghi | nc | NA
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43 | Jun 19, 1968 | 32 | Willard Wynn | win | KO 3 |
42 | Jan 17, 1968 | 31 | Mel Collins | win | UD 10 |
41 | Oct 03, 1967 | 31 | Kim Ki-soo | loss | SD 15 |
40 | Jul 17, 1967 | 31 | Harold Richardson | win | UD 10 |
39 | Apr 10, 1967 | 30 | Charlie James | win | UD 10 |
38 | Mar 16, 1967 | 30 | Fred McWilliams | win | UD 10 |
37 | Feb 16, 1967 | 30 | Willard Wynn | win | TKO 8 |
36 | Sep 26, 1966 | 30 | Johnny Gumbs | win | UD 10 |
35 | Jun 13, 1966 | 30 | Eddie Pace | win | MD 10 |
34 | Apr 11, 1966 | 29 | Ernest Burford | win | TKO 8 |
33 | Jan 31, 1966 | 29 | Eddie Pace | loss | SD 12 |
32 | Jan 03, 1966 | 29 | Denny Moyer 26 45-18-2 | win | KO 4 |
31 | Oct 18, 1965 | 29 | Charley Austin | win | KO 7 |
30 | Sep 13, 1965 | 29 | Sonny Gill | win | KO 2 |
29 | Aug 16, 1965 | 29 | Milo Calhoun | win | UD 10 |
28 | Jun 01, 1965 | 29 | John Henry Smith | win | KO 3 |
27 | Aug 16, 1963 | 27 | Tommy Sims | win | TKO 7 |
26 | May 05, 1961 | 25 | Larry Howard | win | KO 1 |
25 | Jan 01, 1961 | 24 | Charley Joseph | win | UD 10 |
24 | Oct 18, 1960 | 24 | George Benton 27 38-6-1 | loss | MD 10 |
23 | Sep 12, 1960 | 24 | Billy Stanley | win | KO 2 |
22 | Aug 15, 1960 | 24 | Clive Stewart | win | KO 4 |
21 | Jun 06, 1960 | 24 | Charley Cotton | win | UD 10 |
20 | May 17, 1960 | 24 | Mel Collins | win | TKO 6 |
19 | Apr 05, 1960 | 23 | Gene Hamilton | win | TKO 4 |
18 | Sep 14, 1959 | 23 | Ernest Burford | win | UD 10 |
17 | Jun 29, 1959 | 23 | Billy Tisdale | win | UD 10 |
16 | May 12, 1959 | 23 | Norris Burse | win | TKO 7 |
15 | Jan 13, 1959 | 22 | George Price | win | KO 2 |
14 | Oct 10, 1958 | 22 | Harold Redman | win | KO 2 |
13 | Aug 04, 1958 | 22 | Joe Gleason | win | RTD 3 |
12 | Jul 07, 1958 | 22 | Norris Burse | loss | KO 5 |
11 | Jun 30, 1958 | 22 | Ike Stewart | win | TKO 4 |
10 | May 29, 1958 | 22 | Larry Osbey | win | TKO 1 |
9 | May 20, 1958 | 22 | John Victor Penn | win | TKO 4 |
8 | May 07, 1958 | 22 | George King | win | TKO 3 |
7 | Dec 02, 1957 | 21 | George King | win | KO 1 |
6 | Aug 31, 1957 | 21 | Harold Redman | win | PTS 8 |
5 | Jun 03, 1957 | 21 | Pedro Bradley | win | TKO 5 |
4 | May 20, 1957 | 21 | Earl Gray | win | UD 6 |
3 | Apr 25, 1957 | 21 | James Glover | win | KO 2 |
2 | Apr 22, 1957 | 20 | Johnny Powell | win | KO 4 |
1 | Apr 05, 1957 | 20 | Joe Muscato | win | KO 1 |