S.T. Gordon (born April 18, 1959) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBC and Lineal cruiserweight titles from 1982 to 1983.
Professional boxing career Gordon became a professional boxer in 1977. He faced undefeated heavyweight prospect Gerry Cooney in 1978 but lost via a fourth-round disqualification. In 1981 he beat aging contender Yaqui Lopez for the North American Boxing Federation cruiserweight title. The next year he won the Lineal and WBC cruiserweight titles with a technical knockout victory over Carlos De León. The champion refused to defend the belt against the number one contender David Pearce in his first defence in the United States, and could not defend his belt in Great Britain because of the BBBoC reluctance to recognise the Cruiserweight division in the UK.
S. T. Gordon went on to defend the title once and also won a heavyweight bout against future titlist Trevor Berbick before losing his cruiserweight title in 1983 in a rematch with De Leon. He retired after the loss but had a brief comeback in 1987 but was knocked out in the first round by Dwain Bonds.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes27Loss20–7 Dwain BondsTKO1 (8)Oct 15, 1987 26Loss20–6 Carlos De LeónUD12Jul 17, 1983 25Win20–5 Trevor BerbickUD10May 28, 1983 24Win19–5 Jesse BurnettTKO8 (12)Feb 16, 1983 23Win18–5 Carlos De LeónTKO2 (15)Jun 27, 1982 22Win17–5 Yaqui LópezTKO7 (12)Jul 24, 1981 21Win16–5 David SmithUD12Feb 25, 1981 20Win15–5 Harry TerrellTKO5 (12)Feb 10, 1981 19Win14–5 Earl TrippKO4 (?)Oct 22, 1980 18Win13–5 Ivy BrownKO2 (12)Aug 06, 1980 17Win12–5 Niua TofaeonoTKO2 (10)May 24, 1980 16Win11–5 Eric SedilloKO5 (10)Mar 15, 1980 15Win10–5 Bobby GatewoodKO2 (?)Jul 04, 1979 14Win9–5 Earl TrippKO7 (10)Jun 06, 1979 13Win8–5 Fred HoupeKO4 (10)Nov 11, 1978 12Loss7–5 Earl TrippUD10Oct 18, 1978 11Loss7–4 Eddie LópezUD10Aug 28, 1978 10Win7–3 Vaiao SuafoaKO5 (?)Apr 19, 1978 9Loss6–3 Gerry CooneyDQ4 (6)Mar 17, 1978 8Win6–2 Vaiao SuafoaKO5 (?)Jan 17, 1978 7Win5–2 Dave OchoaTKO1 (6)Nov 09, 1977 6Loss4–2 Mike CreelSD5Jul 28, 1977 5Win4–1 Howard SnyderTKO1 (6)Jun 15, 1977 4Win3–1 Richard JanssenUD4May 6, 1977 3Win2–1 Richard DeanKO1 (5)Apr 20, 1977 2Win1–1 Abelardo MerazKO1 (5)Mar 24, 1977 1Loss0–1 Alvaro LopezUD5Feb 23, 1977
See also List of cruiserweight boxing champions List of WBA world champions
References
External links
S. T. Gordon - CBZ Profile