Maurice Hooker | |
Nickname: | Mighty Mo |
Weight: | |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Reach: | 80 in |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1989 |
Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 33 |
Wins: | 27 |
Ko: | 18 |
Losses: | 3 |
Draws: | 3 |
Maurice Dewayne Hooker (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO light welterweight title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged for the WBC light welterweight title in 2019. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[1]
Hooker turned professional in 2011 and compiled a record of 23-0-3 before challenging and beating British boxer Terry Flanagan in an upset on June 9, 2018 for the vacant WBO light welterweight title[2] [3] in Manchester England on the Tyson Fury vs. Sefer Seferi undercard.
On 27 July 2019, Hooker fought WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez in a unification bout. Ramirez managed to get the better out of Hooker and won the fight via a sixth-round TKO.[4]
In his next fight, Hooker fought Uriel Perez. Hooker won the fight in the first round.[5]
On 20 March 2021, Hooker fought Vergil Ortiz Jr, who was ranked #2 by the WBO and #6 by the WBC at welterweight.[6] Ortiz Jr was the better man, first knocking Hooker down in the sixth round, before finishing him in the seventh with a TKO victory.[7]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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33 | Loss | 27–3–3 | Blair Cobbs | UD | 10 | Aug 6, 2022 | |||
32 | Loss | 27–2–3 | Vergil Ortiz Jr. | TKO | 7 (12), | Mar 20, 2021 | |||
31 | Win | 27–1–3 | Uriel Perez | TKO | 1 (10), | Dec 20, 2019 | |||
30 | Loss | 26–1–3 | José Ramírez | TKO | 6 (12), | Jul 27, 2019 | |||
29 | Win | 26–0–3 | Mikkel LesPierre | UD | 12 | Mar 9, 2019 | |||
28 | Win | 25–0–3 | Alex Saucedo | TKO | 7 (12), | Nov 16, 2018 | |||
27 | Win | 24–0–3 | Terry Flanagan | SD | 12 | Jun 9, 2018 | |||
26 | Win | 23–0–3 | Courtney Jackson | UD | 10 | Aug 19, 2017 | |||
25 | Win | 22–0–3 | Cristóbal Cruz | UD | 10 | Feb 24, 2017 | |||
24 | Draw | 21–0–3 | Darleys Pérez | SD | 10 | Nov 19, 2016 | |||
23 | Win | 21–0–2 | Ty Barnett | KO | 1 (10), | Aug 6, 2016 | |||
22 | Win | 20–0–2 | Wilfrido Buelvas | KO | 1 (10), | Mar 26, 2016 | |||
21 | Win | 19–0–2 | Ghislain Maduma | SD | 10 | Oct 17, 2015 | |||
20 | Win | 18–0–2 | Eduardo Galindo | TKO | 6 (10), | Jun 26, 2015 | |||
19 | Win | 17–0–2 | Santos Benavides | TKO | 2 (8), | Mar 6, 2015 | |||
18 | Win | 16–0–2 | Gary Bergeron | TKO | 2 (6), | Nov 22, 2014 | |||
17 | Win | 15–0–2 | Carlos Valenzuela | TKO | 1 (6), | Aug 22, 2014 | |||
16 | Win | 14–0–2 | Lauro Alcantar | TKO | 1 (6), | Jul 11, 2014 | |||
15 | Win | 13–0–2 | Adrian Rodriguez Garza | UD | 6 | Apr 26, 2014 | |||
14 | Draw | 12–0–2 | Abel Ramos | 8 | Jan 27, 2014 | ||||
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Rynell Griffin | UD | 6 | Sep 26, 2013 | |||
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | John Revish | KO | 1 (6), | Aug 23, 2013 | |||
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Mario Hermosillo | KO | 1 (6), | Jul 25, 2013 | |||
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | John Montes | TKO | 6 (6), | Jun 8, 2013 | |||
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Adam Ealoms | KO | 2 (6), | Apr 29, 2013 | |||
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Cameron Krael | UD | 4 | Dec 19, 2012 | |||
7 | Win | 6–0–1 | DeAnthony Bonner | KO | 1 (4), | Aug 24, 2012 | |||
6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Julian Rodriguez | KO | 1 (4), | Aug 11, 2012 | |||
5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Pedro Dominguez | TKO | 1 (4), | Jun 29, 2012 | |||
4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Demond Brock | 4 | Jun 8, 2012 | ||||
3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Martin Gomez | 2 (4), | Jul 22, 2011 | ||||
2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Wilbert Mitchell | 1 (4), | Jun 24, 2011 | ||||
1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Tyrone Chatman | 4 | Apr 29, 2011 |