On March 21, 1998, 34-year-old Michael Nunn (52-3, 34 KOs) and 34-year-old Graciano Rocchigiani (39-4-1, 19 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title.
Nunn came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 16 days. Rocchigiani was on a 1-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 27 days.
Graciano Rocchigiani defeated Michael Nunn via split decision . Rocchigiani improves his record to 40-4-1, while Nunn adds a loss to his record at 52-4.
On December 17, 1994, a 31-year-old Michael Nunn (43-2, 28 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBA title held by Frankie Liles.
Nunn came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 5 days.
Michael Nunn was defending his super-middleweight titles and, fighting for the super-middleweight WBA titles against Frankie Liles and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 43-3.
On February 26, 1994, the 30-year-old WBA super-middleweight world champion, Michael Nunn (42-1, 27 KOs), faced Steve Little, in a title defense fight.
Nunn came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Michael Nunn was defending his super-middleweight WBA titles against Steve Little and lost via split decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 42-2.
On May 10, 1991, the 28-year-old IBF middleweight world champion, Michael Nunn (36-0, 24 KOs), faced a 22-year-old James Toney (25-0-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Nunn came in to the fight on a 36-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 22 days. Toney was on a 5-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 10 days.
James Toney stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF middleweight champion. Toney improves his record to 26-0-1 (19 KOs), while Nunn adds a loss to his record at 36-1.