Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1995. He was a two-time welterweight world champion, having held the WBC title from 1990 to 1991, and the IBF title from 1991 to 1992. He also challenged for the WBC super welterweight title in 1993.
Professional boxing career
Blocker became a professional boxer in 1982. He lost his first opportunity to win a title in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan. In 1990 he captured the lineal and WBC welterweight titles from Marlon Starling, but lost them during his next fight to Simon Brown. In 1991 he defeated Glenwood Brown to capture the vacant IBF welterweight title. He defended the title successfully once against Luis Garcia. In 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris for the WBC light middleweight title, he was TKO'd. Later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF welterweight title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes41WinBobby ButtersTKO5 (10), Apr 29, 199540Win35–4 Hector LopezTKO4 (?)Dec 10, 199439Loss34–4 Félix TrinidadKO2 (12), Jun 19, 199338NC34–3 Steve LangleyNC2 (10)May 20, 199337Loss34–3Terry NorrisTKO2 (12), Feb 20, 199336Win34–2Luis GarciaSD12 (12)Aug 28, 199235Win33–2Glenwood BrownSD12 (12)Oct 4, 199134Loss32–2Simon BrownTKO10 (12), Mar 18, 199133Win32–1Marlon StarlingMD12 (12)Aug 19, 199032Win31–1Saoul MambyUD10 (10)Feb 16, 199031Win30–1James HughesUD10 (10)Nov 3, 198930Win29–1Willie MontanaTKO6 (10)Jul 27, 198929Win28–1Kent AcuffTKO1 (10)Jun 21, 198928Win27–1Lester YarbroughTKO6 (10), May 1, 198927Win26–1Ruben VillamanTKO3 (8), Oct 22, 198826Win25–1Orlando OrozcoTKO5 (10)Jun 27, 198825Loss24–1Lloyd HoneyghanUD12 (12)Apr 18, 198724Win24–0Adam GeorgeTKO2 (10)Feb 21, 198723Win23–0Juan Alonso VillaTKO8 (10)Jul 26, 198622Win22–0Leland HartUD10 (10)Mar 21, 198621Win21–0Efren OlivoKO1 (?)Dec 7, 198520Win20–0Pedro VilellaUD12 (12)Jul 23, 198519Win19–0Ricardo BryantUD10 (10)May 7, 198518Win18–0Clayton HiresUD10 (10)July 10, 198417Win17–0Robert AdamsUD10 (10)Jun 2, 198416Win16–0Terry HolmesTKO6 (10)Jan 24, 198415Win15–0Miguel MayanTKO4 (10)Dec 27, 198314Win14–0Ernest JacksonUD10 (10)Oct 22, 198313Win13–0Danny PaulUD10 (10)July 5, 198312Win12–0Inocencio De la RosaTKO1 (10), May 3, 198311Win11–0Don MorganUD10 (10)Mar 1, 198310Win10–0Roberto HernandezUD10 (10)Jan 11, 19839Win9–0Jerome ArtisUD8 (8)Nov 30, 19828Win8–0Leo DavisTKO1 (?)Nov 2, 19827Win7–0Larry FlemingTKO4 (6)Jun 22, 19826Win6–0Tony ReedTKO1 (?)May 23, 19825Win5–0Michael RossUD4 (4)Apr 27, 19824Win4–0Cliff LeeTKO6 (6)Apr 13, 19823Win3–0Charles TriplettTKO1 (4), Mar 30, 19822Win2–0Calvin HardnettTKO1 (4), Mar 9, 19821Win1–0Leon Gardner2 (4), Feb 16, 1982
See also Lineal championship List of world welterweight boxing champions
References
External links
Maurice Blocker profile at Cyber Boxing Zone