About Jesse Burnett
Born 1946. Jesse Burnett is an American boxer.
Jesse Burnett (born February 8, 1946) is an American former professional boxer. His professional record was 23-18-2 with 11 knockouts. He is best remembered as the spoiler who won a twelve-round decision in a WBC cruiserweight elimination bout over former world light-heavyweight champion Victor Galindez of Argentina in 1980, sending Galindez into retirement. In Burnett's two tries at a world title, he was stopped in the ninth round of a 1977 vacant WBC light-heavyweight title bout by Miguel Angel Cuello, and stopped in the eighth round of a 1983 WBC cruiserweight title bout against S.T. Gordon. Burnett also fought such other fighters as former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, former light-heavyweight champion John Conteh (Burnett earned a ten-round draw), former light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, and other contenders such as Yaqui Lopez, James Scott, Jerry Martin, Tony Mundine, Bash Ali, Willie Edwards, Mustafa Wassaja, Willie Edwards, Lotte Mwale, and many others.
Professional boxing record
Loss
UD 12 16/05/1984
Loss
TKO 8 16/02/1983
Loss
UD 12 31/10/1982
Win
TKO 8 19/02/1982
Loss
PTS 10 16/01/1982
Loss
SD 10 13/10/1981
Win
PTS 12 04/03/1981
Loss
SD 12 03/12/1980
Win
TKO 6 15/07/1980
Win
UD 12 14/06/1980
Loss
KO 7 19/04/1980
Loss
PTS 12 04/03/1980
Win
PTS 10 14/12/1979
Loss
PTS 10 24/11/1979
Loss
UD 12 14/11/1979
Draw
PTS 10 19/04/1979
Win
TKO 6 28/11/1978
Loss
SD 10 08/11/1978
Loss
MD 15 02/07/1978
Loss
PTS 10 25/05/1978
Loss
TKO 10 15/02/1978
Win
TKO 6 18/11/1977
Loss
TKO 9 21/05/1977
Win
KO 10 20/03/1977
Win
TKO 4 19/12/1976
Win
UD 10 10/07/1976
Win
PTS 10 03/06/1976
Win
KO 6 14/05/1976
Win
KO 7 03/05/1976
Loss
SD 10 08/04/1976
Win
KO 3 28/11/1975
Loss
SD 12 24/09/1975
Win
SD 12 31/07/1975
Loss
UD 10 25/02/1975
Win
KO 8 15/03/1974
Win
TD 9 09/08/1973
Win
PTS 10 08/02/1973
Win
PTS 10 19/10/1972
Win
PTS 6 24/07/1972
Win
PTS 8 01/07/1972
Win
KO 4 05/06/1972
Win
PTS 6 24/04/1972
Draw
TD 1 13/04/1972
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Jesse Burnett?
American boxer
When was Jesse Burnett born?
Jesse Burnett was born on 8 February 1946 in Los Angeles.
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Jesse Burnett is a boxer.
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Jesse Burnett is American.
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