On October 9, 1998, a 34-year-old Frank Tate (41-4, 24 KOs) and David Telesco met in the ring.
Tate came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 28 days.
Frank Tate lost to David Telesco via TKO in the 4th round, and adds a loss to his record at 41-5.
On July 23, 1994, Frank Tate and Virgil Hill met again in a rematch.
Tate came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 5 days. Hill was on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 6 days.
Virgil Hill defeated Frank Tate via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA light-heavyweight title. Hill improves his record to 39-1, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 34-4.
On September 29, 1992, a 28-year-old Frank Tate (30-2, 17 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBA title held by 28-year-old Virgil Hill (32-1, 19 KOs).
Tate came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 2 days. Hill was on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 18 days.
Virgil Hill defeated Frank Tate via unanimous decision . Hill improves his record to 33-1, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 30-3.
On January 27, 1990, 25-year-old Frank Tate (24-1, 13 KOs) and Lindell Holmes fought for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title.
Tate came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 3 days.
Frank Tate was defending his super-middleweight titles and, fighting for the super-middleweight IBF titles against Lindell Holmes and lost via majority decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On July 28, 1988, the 23-year-old IBF middleweight world champion, Frank Tate (23-0, 13 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Michael Nunn (30-0, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Tate came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 7 days. Nunn was on a 30-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 28 days.
Michael Nunn stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF middleweight champion. Nunn improves his record to 31-0 (21 KOs), while Tate adds a loss to his record at 23-1.