William Joppy
Career, Record, Stats
William Joppy is a 54-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 18 years and 14 days, Joppy amassed a record of 40-7-2, which includes 30 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights.
William Joppy's Boxing Career
William Joppy was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. on September 11, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on February 26, 1993 against Dwayne Tennet. Joppy defeated Tennet via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Joppy became a world champion at the age of 25 after 22 professional fights. He challenged Shinji Takehara for the WBA middleweight title and stopped the champion in the 9th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
Joppy's last fight was a unanimous decision victory over Cory Cummings at age 40, on March 12, 2011.
Some of William Joppy's best fights have been against Shinji Takehara, Julio César Green, Hacine Cherifi, Howard Eastman, and Roberto Durán (HOFer). For a complete list of Joppy's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of William Joppy".
Joppy has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "William Joppy Losses".
William Joppy's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
49 | Mar 12, 2011 | 40 |  Cory Cummings | win | UD 10 |
48 | Jan 08, 2011 | 40 | 
Beibut Shumenov 27 10-1 | loss | KO 6 |
47 | Nov 06, 2010 | 40 | Cory Cummings | draw | MD 10 |
46 | Mar 06, 2010 | 39 | 
Sébastien Demers 30 30-2 | loss | MD 10 |
45 | Feb 29, 2008 | 37 | 
Lucian Bute 28 21-0 | loss | TKO 10 |
44 | Nov 16, 2007 | 37 | Etianne Whitaker | win | TKO 1 |
43 | Apr 27, 2007 | 36 | Virgil McClendon | win | RTD 1 |
42 | Jul 08, 2006 | 35 | Jonathan Corn | win | KO 5 |
41 | Jan 07, 2006 | 35 | Eric Howard | win | TKO 5 |
40 | Jul 29, 2005 | 34 | Rashaan Blackburn | win | TKO 3 |
39 | Dec 04, 2004 | 34 | 
Jermain Taylor 26 21-0 | loss | UD 12 |
38 | Dec 13, 2003 | 33 | 
Bernard Hopkins 38 42-2-1 | loss | UD 12 |
37 | Oct 10, 2002 | 32 | Naotaka Hozumi | win | TKO 10 |
36 | Nov 17, 2001 | 31 | 
Howard Eastman 30 32-0 | win | MD 12 |
35 | May 12, 2001 | 30 | 
Félix Trinidad 28 39-0 | loss | TKO 5 |
34 | Dec 02, 2000 | 30 | Jonathan Reid | win | TKO 4 |
33 | Sep 16, 2000 | 30 | 
Hacine Cherifi 32 30-4-1 | win | UD 12 |
32 | May 20, 2000 | 29 | Rito Ruvalcaba | win | TKO 1 |
31 | Mar 03, 2000 | 29 | Fernando Zuniga | win | UD 10 |
30 | Sep 24, 1999 | 29 | 
Julio César Green 32 25-3 | win | TKO 7 |
29 | Jul 24, 1999 | 28 | Napoleon Pitt | win | TKO 1 |
28 | Aug 28, 1998 | 27 | 
Roberto Durán 47 101-13 | win | TKO 3 |
27 | Jan 31, 1998 | 27 |
Julio César Green 30 22-2 | win | UD 12 |
26 | Aug 23, 1997 | 26 |
Julio César Green 30 21-2 | loss | UD 12 |
25 | May 10, 1997 | 26 | Peter Venancio | win | UD 12 |
24 | Oct 19, 1996 | 26 | Ray McElroy | win | TKO 7 |
23 | Jun 24, 1996 | 25 | 
Shinji Takehara 24 24-0 | win | TKO 9 |
22 | Feb 10, 1996 | 25 | Dave Boone | win | TKO 2 |
21 | Dec 07, 1995 | 25 | Israel Figueroa | win | KO 1 |
20 | Sep 16, 1995 | 25 | Rodney Toney | draw | MD 12 |
19 | Apr 29, 1995 | 24 | Joaquin Velasquez | win | PTS 10 |
18 | Mar 01, 1995 | 24 | Tony McCrimmion | win | KO 3 |
17 | Sep 20, 1994 | 24 | Tony Cartel | win | KO 2 |
16 | Aug 13, 1994 | 23 | Richard Evans | win | PTS 8 |
15 | Jul 30, 1994 | 23 | Miguel Angel Hernandez | win | KO 3 |
14 | Jun 15, 1994 | 23 | Carlos Christie | win | PTS 6 |
13 | May 13, 1994 | 23 | Carl Sullivan | win | TKO 4 |
12 | Apr 14, 1994 | 23 | Muhammad Shabazz | win | TKO 5 |
11 | Apr 08, 1994 | 23 | Kenneth Parker | win | KO 2 |
10 | Feb 27, 1994 | 23 | Tony McCrimmion | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Feb 17, 1994 | 23 | Robert Harris | win | KO 1 |
8 | Jan 07, 1994 | 23 | Willie Taylor | win | TKO 3 |
7 | Oct 21, 1993 | 23 | Tyrone Haywood | win | KO 2 |
6 | Sep 25, 1993 | 23 | Ivory Teague | win | KO 2 |
5 | Aug 13, 1993 | 22 | George Taylor | win | KO 3 |
4 | Jun 18, 1993 | 22 | Tim Tisdale | win | KO 1 |
3 | May 12, 1993 | 22 | Shane Martin | win | TKO 3 |
2 | Apr 30, 1993 | 22 | Ken Ruffin | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Feb 26, 1993 | 22 | Dwayne Tennet | win | UD 4 |