# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-tucker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:10:47.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-tucker"
name: "Tony Tucker"
slug: "tony-tucker"
description: "Tony Craig Tucker is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1998. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 1987, and was the shortest-reigning world heavyweight champion at just 64 days. In an interview with Barry Tompkins, he referred to himself as the \"invisible champion,\" due to the press and general public largely neglecting him. He is best known for giving a young Mike Tyson a close fight, in which he, in the words of Larry Merchant, \"rocked Tyson\" in the first round. However, Tyson went on to win a unanimous decision. As an amateur, he won the 1979 United States national championships, the 1979 World Cup, and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, all in the light heavyweight division."
tagline: "American boxer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-12-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.00201733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Тоні Такер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "تونی تاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "トニー・タッカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Таккер, Тони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tucker"
    title: "Tony Tucker"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump