Éric Lucas is a 53-year-old retired Canadian professional boxer. He is a former super-middleweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 18 years, 5 months, and 11 days, Lucas amassed a record of 39-8-3, which includes 15 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Éric Lucas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 29, 1971. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on December 17, 1991 against Errol Brown. Lucas defeated Brown via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Lucas got his first shot at a world title at the age of 24 after 21 professional fights. On January 13, 1996 Lucas challenged Fabrice Tiozzo's WBC light-heavyweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on July 10, 2001 at the age of 30 years, after by defeating Glenn Catley, the then-reining WBC super-middleweight champion, via 7th round KO. This was his 40th fight as a professional.
Lucas' last fight was an 8th-round RTD loss to Librado Andrade at age 38, on May 28, 2010.
Some of Éric Lucas' best fights have been against Dingaan Thobela, Vinny Paz, and Richard Frazier. For a complete list of Lucas' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Éric Lucas".
Lucas has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Éric Lucas Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | May 28, 2010 | 38 | Librado Andrade 31 28-3 | loss | RTD 8 |
49 | Dec 11, 2009 | 38 | Ramon Pedro Moyano | win | KO 4 |
48 | Jan 14, 2006 | 34 | Mikkel Kessler 26 36-0 | loss | TKO 10 |
47 | Mar 18, 2005 | 33 | James Crawford | win | UD 12 |
46 | Dec 03, 2004 | 33 | Tony Menefee | win | TKO 2 |
45 | Dec 20, 2003 | 32 | Danny Green 30 16-1 | loss | TKO 6 |
44 | Apr 05, 2003 | 31 | Markus Beyer | loss | SD 12 |
43 | Sep 06, 2002 | 31 | Omar Sheika | win | UD 12 |
42 | Mar 01, 2002 | 30 | Vinny Pazienza 39 49-9 | win | UD 12 |
41 | Nov 30, 2001 | 30 | Dingaan Thobela 35 20-8-1 | win | TKO 8 |
40 | Jul 10, 2001 | 30 | Glenn Catley | win | KO 7 |
39 | May 09, 2000 | 28 | John Lennox Lewis | win | TKO 6 |
38 | Dec 10, 1999 | 28 | Glenn Catley | loss | TKO 12 |
37 | Oct 13, 1999 | 28 | Alex Hilton | win | UD 10 |
36 | May 28, 1999 | 27 | Laverne Clark | win | KO 5 |
35 | Mar 12, 1999 | 27 | Patrick Swann | win | UD 10 |
34 | Nov 27, 1998 | 27 | Juan Carlos Viloria | win | UD 10 |
33 | Oct 14, 1998 | 27 | Anthony Atkinson | win | KO 4 |
32 | May 05, 1998 | 26 | Jamie Stevenson | win | TKO 2 |
31 | Apr 03, 1998 | 26 | Segundo Mercado | win | KO 5 |
30 | Nov 11, 1997 | 26 | Kevin Pompey | win | UD 10 |
29 | Jul 30, 1997 | 26 | Demetrius Davis | win | UD 10 |
28 | Mar 24, 1997 | 25 | Darrell Flint | win | KO 7 |
27 | Dec 06, 1996 | 25 | Antwun Echols | draw | SD 10 |
26 | Nov 08, 1996 | 25 | Willie Kemp | win | UD 8 |
25 | Oct 11, 1996 | 25 | Richard Frazier 37 12-2-1 | win | SD 10 |
24 | Jun 15, 1996 | 25 | Roy Jones Jr 27 31-0 | loss | RTD 11 |
23 | May 07, 1996 | 24 | Karl Willis | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Jan 13, 1996 | 24 | Fabrice Tiozzo 26 32-1 | loss | UD 12 |
21 | Dec 02, 1995 | 24 | Eric Martin | win | UD 8 |
20 | Aug 01, 1995 | 24 | Bryant Brannon 28 14-0 | loss | UD 12 |
19 | Jun 27, 1995 | 24 | Undra White | win | UD 10 |
18 | Feb 21, 1995 | 23 | Charles Oliver | win | SD 12 |
17 | Dec 20, 1994 | 23 | Mike Belcher | win | TKO 3 |
16 | Nov 15, 1994 | 23 | Darrell Flint | win | RTD 7 |
15 | Jul 13, 1994 | 23 | Laurie Grosse | win | UD 12 |
14 | Jun 07, 1994 | 23 | Steve Surette | win | TKO 1 |
13 | Apr 08, 1994 | 22 | Terry Collier | win | UD 10 |
12 | Feb 07, 1994 | 22 | Guy Stanford | win | UD 10 |
11 | Nov 16, 1993 | 22 | Laurie Grosse | win | UD 12 |
10 | Jun 18, 1993 | 22 | Arthur Willis | win | UD 10 |
9 | Mar 19, 1993 | 21 | Willie Ball | win | UD 10 |
8 | Dec 08, 1992 | 21 | Hughes Daigneault | win | UD 8 |
7 | Oct 30, 1992 | 21 | June Thomas | win | MD 8 |
6 | May 19, 1992 | 20 | Hughes Daigneault | draw | MD 6 |
5 | Apr 22, 1992 | 20 | Victor Vargotsky | win | UD 4 |
4 | Mar 30, 1992 | 20 | Kevin Watkins | win | KO 1 |
3 | Mar 06, 1992 | 20 | Gerald Martin | draw | PTS 4 |
2 | Feb 08, 1992 | 20 | Craig Mills | win | UD 4 |
1 | Dec 17, 1991 | 20 | Errol Brown | win | UD 4 |
Éric Lucas won 2 world championships in two world-title fights at the super-middleweight weight division.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Won | Method | Round |
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1 |
Nov 30, 2001 | Dingaan Thobela | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO | 8 |
2 |
Jul 10, 2001 | Glenn Catley | Super-middleweight | WBC | KO | 7 |
Lucas successfully defended his super-middleweight world titles 2 times.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Defended | Method | Round |
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1 |
Sep 06, 2002 | Omar Sheika | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD | 12 |
2 |
Mar 01, 2002 | Vinny Pazienza | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD | 12 |
Lucas has lost 1 world championship in 1 title-defense fight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Lost | Method | Round |
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1 |
Apr 05, 2003 | Markus Beyer | Super-middleweight | WBC | SD | 12 |
Lucas unsuccessfully fought for 2 world championships in 2 world-title fights across 2 weight classes: light-heavyweight and super-middleweight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | For | Method | Round |
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1 |
Jun 15, 1996 | Roy Jones Jr | Super-middleweight | IBF | RTD | 11 |
2 |
Jan 13, 1996 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD | 12 |