James Tillis

James " Quick" Tillis ( born July 5, 1957 in Tulsa ) is a former American heavyweight boxer.

Career

He became professional in 1978 and initially proposed a number unknown structure opponents. After twenty victories, he received a title shot against WBA champion Mike Weaver, he clearly dominated at the beginning of the fight before he lost stamina completely collapsed and about 15 rounds on points.

In 1982 he had a point win against Earnie Shavers, but against Pinklon Thomas, Greg Page and Tim Witherspoon, he lost by TKO, respectively.

Carl Williams, Marvis Frazier, Gerrie Coetzee and Tyrell Biggs beat him in the aftermath of points. At this time he was regarded as a structure opponent for young talents.

However, his most famous battle took place against the unbeaten in 19 fights Mike Tyson on May 3, 1986. Tyson hit him while in the fourth round to the ground, but he had many problems with Tillis ' fast boxing and the hard body shots. Although Tillis lost on points, but was the first boxer who went the full distance with Tyson.

He could respect of this success but no longer benefit. He boxed until 2001 and lost at this time, among other things against Joe Bugner, Frank Bruno, Evander Holyfield and Tommy Morrison.

Others

Tillis had a boxing style, the extremely similar to that of Muhammad Ali was the ( "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee "). He was trained as Ali by Angelo Dundee.