Heavyweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Tim Witherspoon
"Terrible Tim"
55
Wins
13
Losses
1
Draws
38
KOs
69%
KO %
- Born
- 1957
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1979–2003
A two-time heavyweight titleholder.
Titles & Honours
- WBC Heavyweight Champion
- WBA Heavyweight Champion
Career Timeline
1979–2003- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Joe Adams · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Frank Bruno · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Elieser Castillo · MD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Brian Nix · L SD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-10-30 | W | Joe Adams | TKO | 1 | Forum, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1980-04-26 | W | Robert Ritchie | KO | 1 | Lynchburg, Virginia , U.S. |
| 1980-05-09 | W | Robert Evans | UD | 6 | Long Island Arena , Commack, New York , U.S. |
| 1980-07-20 | W | Charles Cox | KO | 5 | The Great Gorge Playboy Club Hotel , McAfee, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1980-10-24 | W | Oliver Wright | TKO | 2 | Martin Luther King Arena , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1980-12-11 | W | James Reid | TKO | 6 | Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1981-01-24 | W | Ed Bednarik | TKO | 1 | Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1981-02-07 | W | Marvin Stinson | PTS | 10 | Steel Pier , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1981-04-11 | W | Dave Johnson | UD | 8 | Concord Resort Hotel , Thompson, New York , U.S. |
| 1981-06-17 | W | Bobby Jordan | KO | 4 | Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1981-07-30 | W | Jerry Williams | TKO | 8 | Martin Luther King Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1981-11-17 | W | Curtis Gaskins | KO | 2 | Playboy Hotel and Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1981-12-05 | W | Alfonzo Ratliff | TKO | 7 | Sands , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1982-03-30 | W | Luis Acosta | KO | 2 | Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1982-06-05 | W | Renaldo Snipes | MD | 10 | Caesars Palace , Paradise , Nevada, U.S. |
| 1983-05-20 | L | Larry Holmes | SD | 12 | Dunes , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1983-07-16 | W | Floyd Cummings | UD | 10 | Dunes, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1983-09-23 | W | James Tillis | TKO | 1 | Coliseum , Richfield, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1984-03-09 | W | Greg Page | MD | 12 | Las Vegas Convention Center , Winchester, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1984-08-31 | L | Pinklon Thomas | MD | 12 | Riviera , Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1985-03-25 | W | Mark Wills | TKO | 9 | The Forum , Inglewood, California , U.S. |
| 1985-04-29 | W | James Broad | KO | 2 | Memorial Auditorium , Buffalo, New York , U.S. |
| 1985-06-15 | W | James Smith | UD | 12 | Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1985-09-06 | W | Larry Beilfuss | TKO | 1 | Tamiami Park Auditorium, Miami, Florida , U.S. |
| 1985-10-12 | W | Sammy Scaff | TKO | 4 | National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham , England |
| 1986-01-17 | W | Tony Tubbs | MD | 15 | Omni Coliseum , Atlanta, Georgia , U.S. |
| 1986-07-19 | W | Frank Bruno | TKO | 11 | Wembley Stadium , London , England |
| 1986-12-12 | L | James Smith | TKO | 1 | Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York, U.S. |
| 1987-08-04 | W | Mark Wills | TKO | 1 | Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1987-10-14 | W | Mike Williams | SD | 10 | Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1988-02-17 | W | Mauricio Villegas | TKO | 9 | York Hall , London, England |
| 1989-01-27 | W | Larry Alexander | SD | 10 | Bally's Las Vegas , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1989-10-19 | W | Anders Eklund | KO | 1 | Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1990-01-11 | W | Jeff Sims | RTD | 5 | Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1990-03-12 | W | Greg Gorrell | TKO | 3 | Gelora Senayan Main Stadium , Jakarta , Indonesia |
| 1990-07-19 | W | José Ribalta | MD | 10 | Kingdome , Seattle, Washington , U.S. |
| 1991-03-08 | W | Carl Williams | SD | 12 | Etess Arena , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1991-09-10 | W | Art Tucker | TKO | 3 | The Blue Horizon , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1992-02-04 | W | Jimmy Lee Smith | KO | 1 | Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1992-03-23 | W | James Pritchard | UD | 10 | Harrah's Marina Resort , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1992-07-21 | L | Everett Martin | SD | 10 | The Palace , Auburn Hills, Michigan , U.S. |
| 1992-08-25 | W | Tony Willis | UD | 10 | Harrah's Marino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1994-08-12 | W | Sherman Griffin | TKO | 3 | South Padre Island, Texas , U.S. |
| 1994-12-17 | W | Nathaniel Fitch | TKO | 6 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1995-03-24 | W | Jesse Shelby | TKO | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1995-10-31 | W | Everton Davis | TKO | 7 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1995-11-14 | W | Tim Puller | TKO | 2 | Casino Magic , Bay St. Louis, Mississippi , U.S. |
| 1996-01-12 | W | Al Cole | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1996-05-10 | W | Jorge Luis González | TKO | 5 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1996-12-14 | L | Ray Mercer | UD | 10 | Convention Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1997-11-04 | W | Levi Billups | TKO | 1 | Grand Casino , Tunica, Mississippi , U.S. |
| 1997-12-13 | L | Larry Donald | UD | 12 | Foxwoods Resort Casino , Ledyard, Connecticut , U.S. |
| 1998-04-07 | L | Jimmy Thunder | UD | 10 | Harrah's Hotel and Casino, Cherokee, North Carolina , U.S. |
| 1998-10-02 | L | Andrew Golota | UD | 10 | Centennial Hall , Wrocław , Poland |
| 1999-04-16 | L | Brian Nielsen | TKO | 4 | K.B. Hallen , Copenhagen , Denmark |
| 1999-06-18 | L | Greg Page | RTD | 7 | Cumberland County Crown Coliseum , Fayetteville, North Carolina , U.S. |
| 2000-02-25 | W | Joe Ballard | KO | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 2000-04-29 | D | Mike Sedillo | PTS | 12 | St. John's , Antigua and Barbuda |
| 2000-07-08 | W | David Smith | TKO | 2 | Monroe, Louisiana , U.S. |
| 2001-02-22 | W | David Bostice | TKO | 1 | Zembo Shrine Building , Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 2001-03-31 | W | Elieser Castillo | MD | 10 | Bally's Park Place , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 2001-04-13 | W | Danny Wofford | TKO | 3 | University , Hampton, Virginia , U.S. |
| 2001-06-28 | L | Monte Barrett | SD | 10 | Turning Stone Resort Casino , Verona, New York , U.S. |
| 2001-07-29 | W | Cleveland Woods | KO | 1 | Palace Indian Gaming Center , Lemoore, California , U.S. |
| 2002-01-18 | W | Ed White | TKO | 1 | Entertainment & Sports Arena , Raleigh, North Carolina , U.S. |
| 2002-03-10 | W | Darroll Wilson | KO | 2 | Green Valley Ranch , Henderson, Nevada , U.S. |
| 2002-05-18 | W | Ahmed Abdin | UD | 10 | Silver Star Hotel & Casino , Choctaw, Mississippi , U.S. |
| 2002-09-22 | L | Lou Savarese | TKO | 5 | Table Mountain Casino, Friant, California , U.S. |
| 2003-03-15 | L | Brian Nix | SD | 10 | Grand Casino , Gulfport, Mississippi , U.S. |
Showing 69 of 69 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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