American boxer
Jesse Burnett
Born (1946-02-08 ) 8 February 1946 (age 78) Statistics Weight(s) Light heavyweight Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Stance Orthodox
Boxing record Total fights 44 Wins 25 Wins by KO 13 Losses 17 Draws 2
Jesse Burnett (born February 8, 1946) is an American former professional boxer . His professional record was 23-18-2 with 11 knockouts .[ 1] Argentina in 1980, sending Galindez into retirement. In Burnett's two tries at a world title, he was stopped in the ninth round of a 1977 vacant WBC light-heavyweight title bout by Miguel Angel Cuello, and stopped in the eighth round of a 1983 WBC cruiserweight title bout against S.T. Gordon . Burnett also fought such other fighters as former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks , former light-heavyweight champion John Conteh (Burnett earned a ten-round draw), former light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad , and other contenders such as Yaqui Lopez, James Scott, Jerry Martin, Tony Mundine, Bash Ali, Willie Edwards, Mustafa Wassaja, Willie Edwards, Lotte Mwale, and many others.
Professional boxing record
23 Wins (11 knockouts, 12 decisions), 18 Losses (4 knockouts, 14 decisions), 2 Draws [1]
Result
Record
Opponent
Type
Round
Date
Location
Notes
Loss
15-2
Anthony Davis
UD
12
16/05/1984
Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S.
NABF Cruiserweight Title
Loss
22-5
S.T. Gordon
TKO
8
16/02/1983
East Rutherford, New Jersey , U.S.
WBC Cruiserweight Title
Loss
11-3-2
Leon Spinks
UD
12
31/10/1982
McAfee, New Jersey , U.S.
NABF Cruiserweight Title
Win
29-5-1
Steve Aczel
TKO
8
19/02/1982
Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
Loss
10-0
Willie Edwards
PTS
10
16/01/1982
Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
Loss
16-14-1
James Williams
SD
10
13/10/1981
Stateline, Nevada , U.S.
Win
75-10-1
Tony Mundine
PTS
12
04/03/1981
Auckland , New Zealand
Loss
11-5
Bash Ali
SD
12
03/12/1980
Anaheim, California , U.S.
IBF USBA Cruiserweight Title
Win
0-3-1
T.C. Bowman
TKO
6
15/07/1980
Anaheim, California , U.S.
Win
55-8-4
Victor Galindez
UD
12
14/06/1980
Anaheim, California , U.S.
Loss
20-7-1
Dale Grant
KO
7
19/04/1980
Billings, Montana , U.S.
Loss
19-0
Lottie Mwale
PTS
12
04/03/1980
London , England
Win
13-8-2
Clarence Geigger
PTS
10
14/12/1979
Costa Mesa, California , U.S.
Loss
17-0
Eddie Taylor
PTS
10
24/11/1979
Bloomington, Minnesota , U.S.
Loss
16-1
Jerry Martin
UD
12
14/11/1979
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.
NABF /IBF USBA Light Heavyweight Titles
Draw
32-2
John Conteh
PTS
10
19/04/1979
London , England
Win
3-9-1
Juan de la Garza
TKO
6
28/11/1978
Billings, Montana , U.S.
Loss
7-9-1
Pete McIntyre
SD
10
08/11/1978
Stockton, California , U.S.
Loss
42-7
Yaqui Lopez
MD
15
02/07/1978
Stockton, California , U.S.
Loss
12-0-1
Mustafa Wasajja
PTS
10
25/05/1978
Copenhagen , Denmark
Loss
22-3-1
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
TKO
10
15/02/1978
Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S.
Referee stopped the bout at 1:59 of the tenth round.
Win
29-3
Lonnie Bennett
TKO
6
18/11/1977
Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S.
Loss
20-0
Miguel Angel Cuello
TKO
9
21/05/1977
Monte Carlo , Monaco
WBC Light Heavyweight Title
Win
16-11-1
Al Bolden
KO
10
20/03/1977
Tokyo , Japan
Win
44-33-1
Bobby Rascon
TKO
4
19/12/1976
Tokyo , Japan
Referee stopped the bout at 2:18 of the fourth round.
Win
29-14-3
Eddie Jones
UD
10
10/07/1976
San Diego, California , U.S.
Win
11-4-3
Willie Taylor
PTS
10
03/06/1976
Copenhagen , Denmark
Win
52-6-1
Tony Mundine
KO
6
14/05/1976
Brisbane , Australia
Mundine knocked out at 1:06 of the sixth round.
Win
10-7-1
Danny Brewer
KO
7
03/05/1976
Stockton, California , U.S.
Loss
40-6-4
Victor Galindez
SD
10
08/04/1976
Copenhagen , Denmark
Win
8-5
Danny Brewer
KO
3
28/11/1975
Edmonton, Alberta , Canada
Brewer knocked out at 0:45 of the third round.
Loss
26-3
Yaqui Lopez
SD
12
24/09/1975
Stockton, California , U.S.
California Light Heavyweight Title .
Win
26-2
Yaqui Lopez
SD
12
31/07/1975
Stockton, California , U.S.
California Light Heavyweight Title .
Loss
9-0-1
James Scott
UD
10
25/02/1975
Miami Beach, Florida , U.S.
Win
39-13-5
Ray White
KO
8
15/03/1974
San Diego, California , U.S.
Win
6-5-4
Felton Marshall
TD
9
09/08/1973
Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Win
41-18-3
Jimmy Lester
PTS
10
08/02/1973
Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Win
57-17-6
Ron Wilson
PTS
10
19/10/1972
Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Win
15-1-1
Hildo Silva
PTS
6
24/07/1972
Inglewood, California , U.S.
Win
3-0
Yaqui Lopez
PTS
8
01/07/1972
Stockton, California , U.S.
Win
0-1
Steve Stark
KO
4
05/06/1972
San Diego, California , U.S.
Win
3-0
Angel Baggini
PTS
6
24/04/1972
Inglewood, California , U.S.
Draw
4-1
Cisco Solorio
TD
1
13/04/1972
Los Angeles, California , U.S.
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