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 25-year-old Herbie Hide (28-1, 27 KOs) 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. Hide was on a 2-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 19 days.
Herbie Hide made very easy work of Tony Tucker, stopping Tucker via TKO in the 2nd. Hide improves his record to 29-1 (28 KOs), while Tucker 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 a 40-year-old British boxer Henry Akinwande (26-0-1, 16 KOs) 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. Akinwande was on a 8-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 24 days.
Henry Akinwande defeated Tony Tucker via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Akinwande improves his record to 27-0-1, while Tucker 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.