National Championships, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Heavyweight) Finals: Defeated Phillip Brown 1979: Frazier–Ali teams match-up, Atlantic City, New Jersey Lost to Marvis Frazier by decision 1979: World Cup, Madison Square Garden, New York City (Heavyweight): 1/4: Defeated Narciso Maldonado (Puerto Rico) KO 1 1/2: Defeated Luk Tchoula (Gabon) KO 3 Finals: Defeated Khoren Indzhyan (USSR) by unanimous decision, 5–0 1980: Frazier–Ali teams match-up, Houston, Texas (Heavyweight): Defeated Marvis Frazier by decision Tubbs finished his career having 253 fights, with a record of 240 wins, 13 losses. Professional career Early years Tubbs made his professional debut on June 14, 1980, with a first-round knockout of Bruce Scott. After 11 fights, he fought fellow undefeated prospect Clarence Hill on August 7, 1982 and won by a ten-round unanimous decision. After out-pointing Jimmy Young (who had defeated George Foreman) on April 10, 1983, he was signed by Don King and began rising up the rankings while appearing on several King undercards. On March 15, 1985, he faced future WBA Heavyweight Champ James "Bonecrusher" Smith in a WBA title eliminator. Tubbs won by a unanimous decision, taking his record to 20-0 (15 knockouts). World heavyweight title fights On April 29, 1985, Tubbs challenged Greg Page for the WBA Heavyweight Championship. Page and Tubbs fought seven times as amateurs, with Page winning six of them, but for their only meeting as professionals, Tubbs won by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. On January 17, 1986, Tubbs made his first title defense against former WBC Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon. Tubbs weighed-in at , 15 more than he weighed for the Page fight, and lost the title by a fifteen-round majority decision. Tubbs and Witherspoon had a rematch scheduled for December 12, 1986, but Tubbs pulled out of the fight and was replaced by Bonecrusher Smith, who knocked Witherspoon out in the first round. Tubbs said he had an injured shoulder, but promoter Don King accused Tubbs of trying to get more money. On March 21, 1988, Tubbs challenged Mike Tyson for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship; after out-boxing Tyson in the first round, Tubbs was knocked out in the second. On November 21, 1989, Tubbs out-pointed top contender Orlin Norris, winning the North American Boxing Federation title. However, Tubbs tested positive for cocaine. Tubbs was stripped of the title and the victory was changed to a "no contest". On April 20, 1991, a 34-year-old Tubbs lost a controversial ten-round