Floyd Cummings

Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings (born 20 December 1949 in Mississippi) is a retired American heavyweight boxer best known for his fight with Joe Frazier.

Cummings served 12 years in prison for murder in the Stateville Correctional Center, Illinois,^[1] and upon his release started boxing professionally, making his debut in March 1979 at the age of 29.

He was a fringe contender in the heavyweight division in the early 1980s, fighting such opponents as Tim Witherspoon, Renaldo Snipes, and Mitch Green, losing decisions against all three. In his last fight, Cummings was stopped by Frank Bruno. Though Bruno was somewhat fortunate to survive a right hand blow on the bell of round one that left him severely dazed and on the back foot til late in the second, from which Bruno had to be helped to his corner by Terry Lawless.

He is notable for having been the final opponent of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, when Frazier made a brief comeback in 1981; the fight was scored a draw. Cummings ended his career with a record of 15 wins, six losses, and one draw.

In 2002, Cummings was sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery.^[2] In August 2016, Cummings was released from prison.^[3]

Professional boxing record[]

15 Wins (13 knockouts, 2 decisions), 6 Losses (2 knockouts, 4 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opp. Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	15-6-1	18-0	Frank Bruno	TKO	7	11/10/1983	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London	Referee stopped the bout at 2:43 of the seventh round.
Loss	15-5-1	15-1	Tim Witherspoon	UD	10	16/07/1983	The Dunes, Paradise, Nevada	86–100, 88–100, 89–100
Loss	15-4-1	10-0-1	Mitch Green	UD	10	16/02/1983	Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Loss	15-3-1	15-3	Larry Frazier	PTS	10	14/08/1982	Stouffers Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio
Loss	15-2-1	13-3	Jeff Sims	KO	8	02/05/1982	Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Draw	15-1-1	32-4	Joe Frazier	MD	10	03/12/1981	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois	47–47, 46–46, 46–45
Win	15-1	5-6	Bobby Jordan	KO	9	27/07/1981	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois	Jordan knocked out at 1:19 of the ninth round.
Loss	14-1	20-0	Renaldo Snipes	UD	10	08/03/1981	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	14-0	10-29-2	"Memphis" Al Jones	KO	1	15/01/1981	Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois	Jones knocked out at 2:58 of the first round.
Win	13-0	20-2	George Mostardini	TKO	8	11/12/1980	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois
Win	12-0	5-15	Johnny Warr	SD	10	10/09/1980	Cicero Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	11-0	0-13	Jesse Clark	KO	1	25/08/1980	Bismark Hotel, Chicago, Illinois	Clark knocked out at 1:31 of the first round.
Win	10-0	--	Mike "Razorblade" Jackson	KO	3	12/06/1980	Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Win	9-0	8-24	Charles A. Atlas	TKO	1	15/05/1980	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois
Win	8-0	1-6	Vic Wallace	KO	2	17/04/1980	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois
Win	7-0	4-2	Amos Haynes	KO	2	18/02/1980	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois
Win	6-0	4-39	Sylvester Wilder	TKO	2	01/02/1980	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois	Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the second round.
Win	5-0	1-1-1	Larry Sims	UD	6	15/12/1979	Circle Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Win	4-0	6-1	Cornell Verse	KO	4	20/11/1979	Circle Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Win	3-0	2-1	George Gofarth	TKO	4	30/07/1979	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois
Win	2-0	--	Jim Flynn	KO	1	20/07/1979	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
Win	1-0	0-4	Dave Watkins	KO	1	18/06/1979	Arnie's North Restaurant, Highland Park, Illinois

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Floyd Cummings from BoxRec (registration required)