The name Tim Witherspoon is often confused with the name of two people including the husband of Kelly Rowland, Tim who is an entertainment manager. Whereas, the other person is a former professional Tim Witherspoon boxer who we will be discussing in this article. He had been actively performing as a boxer from 1979 to 2003.
Throughout his boxing career, he became a two-time world heavyweight champion in 1984 WBC and 1986 WBA. Additionally, he is also known for working as a regular sparring partner for Muhammad Ali. Following his retirement, he started to train boxers including his son Tim Witherspoon Jr. Wanna know more information on the retired professional boxer then keep on scrolling.
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Caption: The professional boxer, Tim Witherspoon.
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Tim Witherspoon Boxer: Bio, Family, & Career
The boxer was born on 27 December 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States of America, under the birth sign, Capricorn. He has not provided information on his parents or siblings in the media. He has a nationality of America and belongs to the Afro-American ethnic group. No information on his educational qualifications.
Before starting her professional boxing career, he had six amateur abouts. He then quickly rose after his pro-debut with a first-round Winning against Joe Adams with TKO. In 1983, he had his first attempt at earning a world title in the division World Boxing Council champion Larry Holmes at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. In the same year, Holmes relinquished his WBC title rather than defend against Greg Page. Following that, he matched with Page for the vacant title in March 1984.
He regained his NABF belt by defeating James Broad in 1985 in two rounds and made a successful twelve round defense. This earning him another chance at a heavyweight title signing to fight reigning WBA champion Tony Tubbs in January 1986. He had also traveled to London as a part of the heavyweight unification series.
In 1995, at the age of 38, HBO signed him and matched in high-profile fights with cruiserweight champion Al Cole. In 2003, he retired from his fights career following his competition in 2003 Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament in Cedric Kushner. After that, he began to train boxers as well as coached his son Tim Jr. too.
Tim Witherspoon Boxer: Personal Life & Wife
He has been a quite secretive personality when it comes to his personal life and wife. He might have been in a lovey-dovey relationship with his wife. However, he has not provided information on his life partner and children. However, he has one son named Tim Witherspoon Jr. who is also a boxer coached by Tim himself.
His son had dropped out of Pennsbury High School in 11th grade to pursue his career as professional career. But after 10 years, he took retirement and turned into a businessman and owns a Bucks County gym. Apart from that, he has not provided information on his further personal life or controversy. Except, he once sued boxing promoter, Don King, for robbing his earnings on the ground of fraud of $25 million.
Caption: Tim Witherspoon’s boxing training tips and reviews.
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Tim Witherspoon’s Net Worth & Salary
Firstly, the boxer earns income from their bout wins as well as their sponsorships. Further, they have an average professional boxer who can make between $22000 to $37000 per year. Moreover, fighters’ income expects around $1000 to $4000 per fight and it can be above including expenses like health and training, etc.
Therefore, he has an estimated net worth of above $3.1 billion from his career as a boxer trainer and from his past boxing career. He might have purchased a few properties including his house and luxury cars collection. Additionally, the retired pro-boxer had turned into a businessman owning a Witherspoon Boxing and Fitness.
Tim Witherspoon Boxer: Social Media Profiles & Body Measurements
He has a verified Instagram account @officiallytimwitherspoon with more than 1.6k followers. Apart from this, he is not available on Twitter and Facebook.
He has a height of 6 feet 3½ inches or 1.92 meters and weighs around 73 kg. He has a strong and healthy body that has unknown measurements of chest or waist respectively. Further, he has dark brown eyes color with bald hair.
