Omotunde Tabiti (born September 20, 1989), better known as Andrew Tabiti, is an American professional boxer. He challenged once for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title in June 2019. As of February 2021, he is ranked as the world’s fifth best active cruiserweight by The Ring magazine.
Professional career Tabiti made his professional debut on July 19, 2013, stopping Andrew Howk in the first round. He trains out of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas and is trained by Floyd Mayweather Sr., Jeff Mayweather and Otis Pimpleton.
Tabiti possesses extraordinary speed and reflexes along with his explosive punching-power, this is notably unusual for a fighter of his size.
He won the NABF cruiserweight title in May 2016 after decisioning Keith Tapia.
In February 2017, he retained the NABF cruiserweight title by stopping Quantis Graves via corner stoppage in Temecula, California.
He retained the NABF cruiserweight title and won the USBA cruiserweight title in August 2017.
2018-19 World Boxing Super Series
Tabiti vs. Fayfer On October 13, 2018, Tabiti, ranked #3 by the IBF and #5 by the WBC, fought Ruslan Fayfer, ranked #2 by the IBF, #5 by the WBA, #10 by the WBO and #15 by the WBC as a part of the WBSS cruiserweight quarter-final. Tabiti won on all three scorecards, 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111 to advance to the WBSS semi-finals.
Tabiti vs. Dorticos On June 15, 2019, Tabiti, ranked #1 by the IBF, #2 by the WBA and WBC and #6 by the WBO fought Yuniel Dorticos who was ranked #1 by the WBA and #3 by the WBC, IBF and WBO at cruiserweight in the semi-finals of the WBSS, with the vacant IBF cruiserweight title on the line. In the tenth round, Dorticos scored a vicious knockout over Tabiti, catching him with a perfectly placed right hand to end the bout immediately.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes24Win22–2Jacob DicksonKO4 (10) 13 Jun 202523Win21–2Junior Anthony WrightTKO1 (10) 27 Apr 202422Loss20–2Justis HuniUD1028 Oct 202321Win20–1James WilsonRTD5 (8), 20 Aug 202220Win19–1Shamarian SniderTKO2 (10), 21 May 202219Win18–1Mitch WilliamsKO5 (10), 11 Dec 202118Loss17–1Yuniel DorticosKO10 (12), 15 Jun 201917Win17–0Ruslan FayferUD1213 Oct 201816Win16–0Lateef KayodeKO6 (10), 11 May 201815Win15–0Steve CunninghamUD1026 Aug 201714Win14–0Quantis Graves6 (10), 24 Feb 201713Win13–0Keith TapiaUD1013 May 201612Win12–0Tamas LodiRTD2 (8), 29 Sep 201511Win11–0Roberto Santos825 Jul 201510Win10–0Thomas HanshawTKO2 (8), 21 Jun 20159Win9–0Ernest Reyna1 (6), 12 Dec 20148Win8–0Caleb GrummetTKO6 (6), 13 Sep 20147Win7–0Eric CasonTKO3 (6), 30 Aug 20146Win6–0John ShipmanTKO4 (6), 3 May 20145Win5–0Dorian HatcherTKO1 (4), 28 Feb 20144Win4–0Kenneth GrayTKO2 (4), 24 Jan 20143Win3–0Justin DavisTKO1 (4), 6 Dec 20132Win2–0Eric SlocumTKO1 (4), 28 Oct 20131Win1–0Andrew Howk1 (4), 19 Jul 2013
Personal life Tabiti's parents are Nigerian.
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