Jesse Burnett

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Jesse Burnett
Statistics
Weight(s)Light heavyweight
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
NationalityAmerican
Born (1946-02-08) 8 February 1946 (age 75)
Los Angeles, California, USA
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights44
Wins25
Wins by KO13
Losses17
Draws2

Jesse Burnett (born February 8, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) was a light-heavyweight and cruiserweight 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.

Professional boxing record[]

23 Wins (11 knockouts, 12 decisions), 18 Losses (4 knockouts, 14 decisions), 2 Draws [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 15-2 UD 12 16/05/1984 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NABF Cruiserweight Title.
Loss 22-5 S.T. Gordon TKO 8 16/02/1983 East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States WBC World 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, United States NABF Cruiserweight Title. 114-116, 113-116, 112-117.
Win 29-5-1 Steve Aczel TKO 8 19/02/1982 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Loss 10-0 PTS 10 16/01/1982 Detroit, Michigan, United States
Loss 16-14-1 SD 10 13/10/1981 Stateline, Nevada, United States 97-94, 94-97, 93-98.
Win 75-10-1 Tony Mundine PTS 12 04/03/1981 Auckland, New Zealand
Loss 11-5 SD 12 03/12/1980 Anaheim, California, United States IBF USBA Cruiserweight Title.
Win 0-3-1 TKO 6 15/07/1980 Anaheim, California, United States
Win 55-8-4 Victor Galindez UD 12 14/06/1980 Anaheim, California, United States WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. 115-111, 116-111, 115-112.
Loss 20-7-1 KO 7 19/04/1980 Billings, Montana, United States
Loss 19-0 Lottie Mwale PTS 12 04/03/1980 Wembley, London, United Kingdom 117-119.
Win 13-8-2 PTS 10 14/12/1979 Costa Mesa, California, United States
Loss 17-0 PTS 10 24/11/1979 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Loss 16-1 UD 12 14/11/1979 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NABF/IBF USBA Light Heavyweight Titles.
Draw 32-2 John Conteh PTS 10 19/04/1979 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win 3-9-1 TKO 6 28/11/1978 Billings, Montana, United States
Loss 7-9-1 SD 10 08/11/1978 Stockton, California, United States
Loss 42-7 Yaqui Lopez MD 15 02/07/1978 Stockton, California, United States 141-145, 142-144, 146-146.
Loss 12-0-1 PTS 10 25/05/1978 Copenhagen, Denmark
Loss 22-3-1 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad TKO 10 15/02/1978 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:59 of the tenth round.
Win 29-3 TKO 6 18/11/1977 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss 20-0 Miguel Angel Cuello TKO 9 21/05/1977 Monte Carlo, Monaco WBC World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 16-11-1 KO 10 20/03/1977 Tokyo, Japan
Win 44-33-1 TKO 4 19/12/1976 Tokyo, Japan Referee stopped the bout at 2:18 of the fourth round.
Win 29-14-3 UD 10 10/07/1976 San Diego, California, United States
Win 11-4-3 PTS 10 03/06/1976 Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 52-6-1 Tony Mundine KO 6 14/05/1976 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mundine knocked out at 1:06 of the sixth round.
Win 10-7-1 KO 7 03/05/1976 Stockton, California, United States
Loss 40-6-4 Victor Galindez SD 10 08/04/1976 Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 8-5 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, United States California Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 26-2 Yaqui Lopez SD 12 31/07/1975 Stockton, California, United States California Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss 9-0-1 James "Great" Scott UD 10 25/02/1975 Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win 39-13-5 Ray "Windmill" White KO 8 15/03/1974 San Diego, California, United States
Win 6-5-4 TD 9 09/08/1973 Los Angeles, California, United States
Win 41-18-3 PTS 10 08/02/1973 Los Angeles, California, United States
Win 57-17-6 PTS 10 19/10/1972 Los Angeles, California, United States
Win 15-1-1 PTS 6 24/07/1972 Inglewood, California, United States
Win 3-0 Yaqui Lopez PTS 8 01/07/1972 Stockton, California, United States
Win 0-1 KO 4 05/06/1972 San Diego, California, United States
Win 3-0 PTS 6 24/04/1972 Inglewood, California, United States
Draw 4-1 TD 1 13/04/1972 Los Angeles, California, United States

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=2525&cat=boxer
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