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Andrew Tabiti
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Born | Omotunde Andrew Tabiti (1989-09-20) September 20, 1989 (age 34)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Nationality | American |
Other names |
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Weight(s) | Cruiserweight |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Reach | 76+1⁄2 in (194 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 19 |
Wins | 18 |
Wins by KO | 14 |
Losses | 1 |
Omotunde Tabiti[1][2] (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.[3]
Tabiti made his Professional boxing debut in 2013.
He trains out of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas and is trained by Floyd Mayweather Sr., Jeff Mayweather & Otis Pimpleton.
Tabiti possesses extraordinary speed and reflexes along with his explosive punching-power, this is notably unusual for a pugilist of his size.
As of January 2019, he is ranked 5th, 2nd, 1st & 7th in the WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO's Cruiserweight Rankings respectively.[4]
He won the NABF Cruiserweight Title in May 2016.
He retained the NABF Cruiserweight Title in Feb 2017.
He retained the NABF Cruiserweight Title and won the USBA Cruiserweight Title in August 2017.[5]
On 13 October, 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.[6]
On 15 June, 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.[7] In the tenth round, Dorticos scored a vicious knockout over Tabiti, catching him with a perfectly placed right hand to end the bout immediately.[8]
19 fights | 18 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 14 | 1 |
By decision | 4 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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19 | Win | 18–1 | KO | 5 (10), 0:23 | 11 Dec 2021 | |||
18 | Loss | 17–1 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (12), 2:33 | 15 Jun 2019 | ![]() |
For vacant IBF cruiserweight title; World Boxing Super Series: cruiserweight semi-final |
17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 13 Oct 2018 | ![]() |
World Boxing Super Series: cruiserweight quarter-final |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10), 2:05 | 11 May 2018 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 26 Aug 2017 | ![]() |
Retained NABF cruiserweight title Won vacant USBA cruiserweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 24 Feb 2017 | ![]() |
Retained NABF Cruiserweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 13 May 2016 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF Cruiserweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (8), 3:00 | 29 Sep 2015 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 25 Jul 2015 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8), 2:00 | 21 Jun 2015 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6), 2:52 | 12 Dec 2014 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (6), 2:01 | 13 Sep 2014 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6), 2:18 | 30 Aug 2014 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:11 | 3 May 2014 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:29 | 28 Feb 2014 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:10 | 24 Jan 2014 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 2:30 | 6 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:27 | 28 Oct 2013 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 0:42 | 19 Jul 2013 | ![]() |
Tabiti's parents are Nigerian.[9]
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