On September 23, 1983, Tim Witherspoon (16-1, 11 KOs) and James Tillis (26-3, 20 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
Tim Witherspoon is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Floyd Cummings, 2 months and 7 days ago. James Tillis is on a 4-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Lynwood Jones, 2 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Tim Witherspoon at 99-1 winning odds. James Tillis really doesn't have much to present against Witherspoon.
Tim Witherspoon stopped James Tillis via TKO in the 1st round. Witherspoon improves his record to 17-1 (12 KOs), while Tillis adds a loss to his record at 26-4.