On January 31, 1998, a 39-year-old Tony Tucker (56-6, 46 KOs) and a 26-year-old John Ruiz (31-3, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 15 days. Ruiz was on a 6-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 14 days.
John Ruiz stopped Tony Tucker via TKO in the 11th round. Ruiz improves his record to 32-3 (23 KOs), while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 56-7.
On June 28, 1997, 38-year-old Tony Tucker (54-5, 45 KOs) and Herbie Hide fought for the vacant WBO heavyweight title.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 12 days.
Tony Tucker was defending his heavyweight titles and, fighting for the heavyweight WBO titles against Herbie Hide and lost via TKO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 54-6.
On February 24, 1996, a 37-year-old Tony Tucker (52-4, 43 KOs) and a 30-year-old Orlin Norris (44-4, 25 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days. Norris was on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 14 days.
In the rematch, Orlin Norris defeated Tony Tucker via split decision in the 10-round fight. Norris improves his record to 45-4, while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 52-5.
On December 16, 1995, a 36-year-old Tony Tucker (52-3, 43 KOs) and Henry Akinwande met in the ring.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 8 days.
Tony Tucker lost to Henry Akinwande via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 52-4.
On April 8, 1995, 36-year-old Tony Tucker (52-2, 43 KOs) and 28-year-old Bruce Seldon (31-3, 27 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days. Seldon was on a 7-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Tony Tucker refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Bruce Seldon is crowned the new WBA heavyweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Seldon improves his record to 32-3 (28 KOs), while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 52-3.
On May 8, 1993, a 34-year-old Tony Tucker (48-1, 39 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 27-year-old British boxer Lennox Lewis (22-0, 19 KOs).
Tucker came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. Lewis was on a 22-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 8 days.
Lennox Lewis defeated Tony Tucker via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title — in his first world-title fight. Lewis improves his record to 23-0, while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 48-2.
On August 1, 1987, the 28-year-old IBF heavyweight champion, Tony Tucker (34-0, 29 KOs), and the 21-year-old WBA and WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (30-0, 27 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Tucker came in to the fight on a 34-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days. Tyson was on a 30-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Mike Tyson defeated Tony Tucker via unanimous decision and wins the IBF, WBA, and WBC heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Tyson improves his record to 31-0, while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 34-1.