Frank Tate

Frank Tate (born August 27, 1964) is an American former professional boxer.

Amateur career Tate was the 1983 National Golden Gloves light middleweight champion. He trained at the Kronk Gym in Detroit under head coach Emanuel Steward, alongside fellow Olympic gold medalist Steve McCrory and world champions including Thomas Hearns and Hilmer Kenty. In 1984, Tate was ranked fifth in the world by the AIBA at light middleweight — one of four Kronk Gym fighters simultaneously ranked in the AIBA world top ten that year. He also won the light middleweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics even though he had standing eight-counts administered to him twice in the second round of the gold medal bout against Canadian fighter Shawn O'Sullivan.

Olympic results 1st round bye Defeated Lotfi Ayed (Sweden) 5–0 Defeated Romolo Casamonica (Italy) 5–0 Defeated Christopher Kapopo (Zambia) RSC 1 Defeated Manfred Zielonka (West Germany) by walkover Defeated Shawn O'Sullivan (Canada) 5–0

Professional career

Middleweight

Tate began his professional career in December 1984. At 20–0, Tate won the vacant IBF middleweight title by beating Michael Olajide over fifteen rounds at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in October 1987. Tate successfully defended his title against Tony Sibson with a tenth round stoppage in Staffordshire, England, before losing his belt to undefeated phenom Michael Nunn in nine rounds at Caesars Palace in July 1988.

Super-middleweight In January 1990 at Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, Tate boxed Lindell Holmes for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title, losing a close majority decision.

Light-heavyweight Following the defeat, Tate moved up to light-heavyweight and defeated Uriah Grant and Andrew Maynard on a six fight win streak to set up a fight for the vacant WBA title against Virgil Hill in 1992. Tate lost a unanimous decision. After four more wins, Tate was granted a rematch with Hill in 1994 but again lost a convincing decision. This was Tate's last major fight, and after several victories over limited competition he was stopped in four rounds against David Telesco in his final pro bout.

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