Frank Tate | |
Realname: | Frank Tate |
Weight: | |
Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
Reach: | 72 in |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1964 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Total: | 46 |
Wins: | 41 |
Ko: | 24 |
Losses: | 5 |
Frank Tate (born August 27, 1964, in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American professional boxer.
Tate was the 1983 National Golden Gloves light middleweight champion. Tate was training at the Kronk Gym.[1] He also won the light middleweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics[2] even though he had standing eight-counts administered to him twice in the second round of the gold medal bout against Canadian fighter Shawn O'Sullivan.
Tate began his professional career in December 1984. At 20–0, Tate won the vacant IBF middleweight title by beating Michael Olajide over fifteen rounds at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in October 1987. Tate successfully defended his title against Tony Sibson with a tenth round stoppage in Staffordshire, England, before losing his belt to undefeated phenom Michael Nunn in nine rounds at Caesars Palace in July 1988.
In January 1990 at Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, Tate boxed Lindell Holmes for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title, losing a close majority decision.
Following the defeat, Tate moved up to light-heavyweight and defeated Uriah Grant and Andrew Maynard on a six fight win streak to set up a fight for the vacant WBA title against Virgil Hill in 1992. Tate lost a unanimous decision. After four more wins, Tate was granted a rematch with Hill in 1994 but again lost a convincing decision. This was Tate's last major fight, and after several victories over limited competition he was stopped in four rounds against David Telesco in his final pro bout.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
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46 | Loss | 41–5 | David Telesco | |||||
45 | Win | 41–4 | Tyler Hughes | |||||
44 | Win | 40–4 | David Humberto Gamez | |||||
43 | Win | 39–4 | Norbert Nieroba | |||||
42 | Win | 38–4 | Gary Butler | |||||
41 | Win | 37–4 | Cliff Nellon | |||||
40 | Win | 36–4 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | |||||
39 | Win | 35–4 | Dominick Carter | |||||
38 | Loss | 34–4 | Virgil Hill | |||||
37 | Win | 34–3 | Rosendo Rosales | |||||
36 | Win | 33–3 | Everardo Armenta Jr | |||||
35 | Win | 32–3 | Ron Cramner | |||||
34 | Win | 31–3 | Ramzi Hassan | |||||
33 | Loss | 30–3 | Virgil Hill | |||||
32 | Win | 30–2 | Tim Johnson | |||||
31 | Win | 29–2 | Andrew Maynard | |||||
30 | Win | 28–2 | Yawe Davis | |||||
29 | Win | 27–2 | Uriah Grant | |||||
28 | Win | 26–2 | Greg Everett | |||||
27 | Win | 25–2 | William Clayton | |||||
26 | Loss | 24–2 | Lindell Holmes | |||||
25 | Win | 24–1 | Jimmy Bills | |||||
24 | Loss | 23–1 | Michael Nunn | |||||
23 | Win | 23–0 | Sanderline Williams | |||||
22 | Win | 22–0 | Tony Sibson | |||||
21 | Win | 21–0 | Michael Olajide | |||||
20 | Win | 20–0 | James Williams | |||||
19 | Win | 19–0 | Troy Darrell | |||||
18 | Win | 18–0 | Mark McPherson | |||||
17 | Win | 17–0 | Marvin Mack | |||||
16 | Win | 16–0 | Winston Burnett | |||||
15 | Win | 15–0 | Kevin Watts | |||||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Curtis Parker | |||||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Brian Muller | |||||
12 | Win | 12–0 | Ricky Stackhouse | |||||
11 | Win | 11–0 | Jerry Williams | |||||
10 | Win | 10–0 | Randy Smith | |||||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Bruce Calloway | |||||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Thomas Smith | |||||
7 | Win | 7–0 | David Barrow | |||||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Calvin Prejean | |||||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Ron Lee Warrior | |||||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Carl Orville | |||||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Phil Jones | |||||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Joe McKnight | |||||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Mike Pucciarelli | |||||