Frankie Randall

Frankie Billy Randall (September 25, 1961 – December 23, 2020) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2005. He was a three-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA and WBC titles between 1994 and 1997. Randall is best known for being the first boxer to defeat Julio César Chávez, whose record at the time of their 1994 fight stood at 89 wins and a draw.

Professional career

Randall was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Morristown, Tennessee. He turned pro in 1981 after a career as an amateur boxer. He won his pro debut in June of that year, but was inactive in 1982 and did not fight again until February 1983.

Randall fought and won 23 times between 1983 and June 1985, when he fought former and future champ Edwin Rosario and lost a unanimous decision over 10 rounds.

On July 4, 1986, Randall drew with Freddie Pendleton for the USBA regional lightweight title, then watched Pendleton get a title shot instead of him. In October 1987, Randall was knocked out by Mexican lightweight champion Primo Ramos for the NABF regional belt.

Randall then signed with promoter Don King and spent the next six and a half years fighting on the undercards of various championship fights promoted by King. He won all 17 of those fights, and on January 30, 1993, earned another title shot when he knocked out Rosario in the seventh round of a rematch.

Randall vs. Chávez

Template:Main On January 29, 1994, Randall fought for the title against champion Julio César Chávez, in the grand opening of the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Chávez came into the fight with an 89-0-1 record and was an 18-to-1 favorite.Template:Citation needed Randall won the early rounds, and in the middle of the fight began to build a large lead on the scorecards. Chávez then rallied, and by the 10th round, Randall held a narrow lead. Chávez made an illegal low blow that cost Chávez a point. In the 11th round, Randall knocked Chávez down for the first time in his career.Template:Citation needed Randall was named WBC light welterweight champion on a split decision. Chavez disputed the decision and demanded a rematch. Though clearly beaten, Chávez blamed his loss on the referee who deducted two points from Chávez for low blows. This included one in the eleventh round that made the difference on judge Angel Guzman's card, making the ultimate difference on the scorecards. (Guzman scored the bout 114–113 for Randall, meaning that the fight would have ended in a draw as Chuck Giampa had Randall winning by a 116–111 margin and Abraham Chavarria scored it 114–113 for Chavez.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Rematch against Chávez

Template:Main Chávez got a rematch on May 7 of the same year and regained the title from Randall on an eight-round technical split decision.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As before, a deducted point played a part in the outcome of the fight. Chavez was injured in an accidental clash of heads and unable to continue. According to the WBC rules, Randall was docked a point for the incident, although it wasn't a foul. Judge Dalby Shirley's scorecard read 76–75 for Chavez; with judge Ray Solis having Chavez winning by a 77–74 margin on his card and judge Tamotsu Tomihara had the fight 76–75 in Randall's favor.

On September 17, Randall was given a shot at the WBA version of the light welterweight title held by Juan Martin Coggi. He beat Coggi, defended his title twice, then lost a rematch to Coggi in January 1996 in a four-round decision in a fight ended early by a clash of heads.

Seven months later, Randall regained the WBA title, beating Coggi by unanimous decision in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He lost it in his first defense, against Khalid Rahilou on January 11, 1997.

After taking 18 months off, Randall came back in an attempt to become a four-time world champ. He won a pair of tune-up fights, then faced contender Oba Carr in February 1999 where Carr beat him on a 10-round unanimous decision.

Third fight against Chávez

On May 22, 2004, Chávez chose Randall for his last fight before going into retirement. Randall lost a 10-round decision to Chávez in Mexico City.

PED allegations

Frankie Randall tested positive for drugs after his fight against Argentine boxer Juan Martin Coggi. The Argentine Boxing Federation claimed that Randall tested positive for multiple drugs, some of the drugs included cocaine and theophylline.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Retirement

Randall announced his retirement on January 1, 2005, after losing a fight to light-middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio. He lost a bout the following month to Mauro Lucero, and another bout later in the year. Randall's final career record is 58 wins, 18 losses and one draw, with 42 wins by way of knockout.<ref>Randall retires from boxing Template:Webarchive from eastsideboxing.com</ref>

Death

Randall died on December 23, 2020, in his hometown of Morristown, Tennessee. The cause of death was reportedly of dementia pugilistica<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
77	Template:No2Loss	Template:Nowrap	Craig Weber	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	Jul 15, 2005	Template:Small
76	Template:No2Loss	58–17–1	Mauro Lucero	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Feb 25, 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
75	Template:No2Loss	58–16–1	Marco Antonio Rubio	KO	2 (10), Template:Small	Jan 1, 2005	Template:Small
74	Template:No2Loss	58–15–1	Julio César Chávez	UD	10	May 22, 2004	Template:Small
73	Template:No2Loss	58–14–1	Fernando Hernandez	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	Nov 26, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	58–13–1	Patrick Thorns	SD	6	Jun 12, 2003	Template:Small
71	Template:No2Loss	57–13–1	Peter Manfredo Jr.	TKO	7 (12)	Oct 4, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	57–12–1	Fernando Hernandez	DQ	5 (8)	Aug 16, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	56–12–1	Alberto Mercedes	UD	6	Jun 7, 2002	Template:Small
68	Template:No2Loss	55–12–1	Chantel Stanciel	RTD	8 (10), Template:Small	Oct 19, 2001	Template:Small
67	Template:No2Loss	55–11–1	José Antonio Rivera	KO	10 (12), Template:Small	Aug 24, 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
66	Template:No2Loss	55–10–1	Ángel Hernández	TKO	4 (10), Template:Small	Jun 14, 2001	Template:Small
65	Template:No2Loss	55–9–1	Quirino Garcia	TKO	7 (10)	Mar 2, 2001	Template:Small
64	Template:No2Loss	55–8–1	Antonio Margarito	Template:Abbr	4 (10), Template:Small	Dec 10, 2000	Template:Small
63	Template:No2Loss	55–7–1	Michele Piccirillo	UD	12	Dec 18, 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
62	Template:No2Loss	55–6–1	Oba Carr	UD	10	Feb 13, 1999	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	55–5–1	Juan Soberanes	TKO	6 (10)	Oct 17, 1998	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	54–5–1	Danny Sanchez	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Jul 10, 1998	Template:Small
59	Template:No2Loss	53–5–1	Khalid Rahilou	TKO	11 (12), Template:Small	Jan 11, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	53–4–1	Juan Martin Coggi	UD	12	Aug 16, 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
57	Template:No2Loss	52–4–1	Juan Martin Coggi	TD	5 (12), Template:Small	Jan 13, 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	52–3–1	Jose Rafael Barboza	SD	12	Jun 16, 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	51–3–1	Rodney Moore	TKO	7 (12), Template:Small	Dec 10, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	50–3–1	Juan Martin Coggi	UD	12	Sep 17, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
53	Template:No2Loss	49–3–1	Julio César Chávez	Template:Abbr	8 (12), Template:Small	May 7, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	49–2–1	Julio César Chávez	Template:Abbr	12	Jan 29, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	48–2–1	Francisco Lopez	TKO	3	Oct 23, 1993	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	47–2–1	Sergio Zambrano	KO	4 (10), Template:Small	May 7, 1993	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	46–2–1	Edwin Rosario	TKO	7 (10), Template:Small	Jan 30, 1993	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	45–2–1	Juan Carlos Nunez	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	Sep 12, 1992	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	44–2–1	Refugio Guerrero	KO	3 (10), Template:Small	Aug 1, 1992	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	43–2–1	Juan Zuniga	TKO	4 (10), Template:Small	Nov 29, 1991	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	42–2–1	Martin Cruz	KO	1	Jun 8, 1991	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	41–2–1	Rodolfo Aguilar	PTS	8	Mar 29, 1991	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	40–2–1	Jerry Page	UD	10	Aug 17, 1989	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	39–2–1	Roger Brown	UD	10	Jun 15, 1989	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	38–2–1	Martin Rojas	TKO	7	May 12, 1989	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	37–2–1	Derrick McGuire	UD	10	Apr 22, 1989	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	36–2–1	Eduardo Luciano	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	Dec 1, 1988	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	35–2–1	Dwayne Brooks	TKO	2	Oct 22, 1988	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	34–2–1	Anthony Rorie	KO	2	Jul 28, 1988	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	33–2–1	Sebastian Wilburn	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	May 10, 1988	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	32–2–1	Ricardo Cardenas	TKO	1 (10)	Mar 18, 1988	Template:Small
34	Template:No2Loss	31–2–1	Primo Ramos	KO	2 (12), Template:Small	Oct 28, 1987	Template:Small	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	31–1–1	Tim Burgess	UD	10	Jun 9, 1987	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	30–1–1	Joe Edens	TKO	3 (10)	May 9, 1987	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	29–1–1	Shelton LeBlanc	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Mar 25, 1987	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	28–1–1	Al Martino	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	Jan 16, 1987	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	27–1–1	Aldemar Mosquera	KO	3 (10), Template:Small	Oct 2, 1986	Template:Small
28	Template:DrawDraw	26–1–1	Freddie Pendleton	Template:Abbr	12	Jul 4, 1986	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–1	Sammy Fuentes	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	May 30, 1986	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–1	Efrain Nieves	TKO	2	Dec 12, 1985	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–1	Keith Jackson	TKO	4	Oct 5, 1985	Template:Small
24	Template:No2Loss	23–1	Edwin Rosario	PTS	10	Jun 16, 1985	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	23–0	David Brown	Template:Abbr	10	May 1, 1985	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	22–0	Freddie Pendleton	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Mar 23, 1985	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Rashad Aziz	TKO	2	Jan 17, 1985	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Shelton Nixon	TKO	2	Nov 24, 1984	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Ezzard Charles Adams	PTS	10	Oct 17, 1984	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Eduardo Lugo	TKO	4	Sep 11, 1984	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Jose Gonzales	TKO	6	Aug 30, 1984	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Steve Mitchell	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	Jul 12, 1984	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Jose Rentas	TKO	2	Jun 21, 1984	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Jerome Artis	KO	2	May 3, 1984	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Ezequiel Mosquera	Template:Abbr	8	Mar 15, 1984	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Luis De Jesus	TKO	3	Feb 1, 1984	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Reese Smith	TKO	4	Dec 2, 1983	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Richard Lassiter	TKO	5	Nov 12, 1983	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Adolfo Marquez	TKO	4	Oct 21, 1983	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Freddie Guzman	KO	6	Sep 16, 1983	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Willie Taylor	Template:Abbr	4	Jun 25, 1983	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Charles Sweetenburg	TKO	2	May 26, 1983	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Charles Sweetenburg	TKO	1	May 12, 1983	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Frank Mackey	TKO	2	Apr 2, 1983	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Don Thorpe	KO	1	Mar 12, 1983	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Marcel Wade	Template:Abbr	2	Feb 19, 1983	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Curtis Gholston	Template:Abbr	2	Feb 4, 1983	Template:Small	Template:Small

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