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Jesse Burnett

Jesse Burnett

American boxer

Jesse Burnett (born February 8, 1946) is an American former professional boxer. His professional record was 23-18-2 with 11 knockouts.[1] He is best remembered as the spoiler who won a twelve-round decision in a WBC cruiserweight elimination bout over former world light-heavyweight champion Victor Galindez of 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.

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Professional boxing record

23 Wins (11 knockouts, 12 decisions), 18 Losses (4 knockouts, 14 decisions), 2 Draws
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. Referee stopped the bout at 3:07 of the eighth round.
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.

References

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    "Jesse Burnett - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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