Middleweight · United States
Tiger Flowers 135-17-8 55 KO · 1918–1927
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Tiger Flowers was a middleweight boxer from United States, born Aug 5, 1895. Record 135-17-8 with 55 knockouts over 1918–1927. World titles: WBA middleweight (1926). Tiger Flowers last fought Leo Gates on Nov 12, 1927 and won by TKO in round 4 of 10.
Also: تايجر فلورز · تایگر فلاور · タイガー・フラワーズ +5 more 타이거 플라워스 · Theodore "Tiger" Flowers · Theodore Flowers · セオドア・フラワーズ · 시어도어 플라워스
Born Aug 5, 1895
Died Nov 16, 1927
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Southpaw
Height 178 cm
Nickname Georgia Deacon
Debut Jan 1, 1918
Career 1918–1927
Rounds boxed 1082
KO share 41%
Born in Camilla, Georgia, U.S.
Titles WBA middleweight · 1926
Confirmed bouts 21 of 160
Career record Record
135-17-8, 55 KOs · 1918–1927
Last result W
Leo Gates
TKO 4/10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 160 bouts, 1918–1927, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 115-14-6
W
Leo Gates
TKO 4/10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 134-17-8 · Gates —
D
PTS 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Flowers 134-17-7 · Rosenbloom 60-15-7
W
Joe Lohman
10 · Canton Auditorium, Canton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 133-17-7 · Lohman —
W
UD 10/10 · Artillery Park, Wilkes-Barre, 🇺🇸
Flowers 132-17-7 · Latzo 85-18-4
W
Joe Anderson
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 131-17-7 · Anderson —
W
Jock Malone
PTS 6/6 · Dugdale Park, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Flowers 130-17-7 · Malone —
W
Harry Dillon
PTS 10/10 · Ice Coliseum, Portland, 🇺🇸
Flowers 129-17-7 · Dillon —
D
Chuck Wiggins
PTS 10/10 · Taylor Bowl, Newburgh Heights, 🇺🇸
Flowers 129-17-6 · Wiggins —
W
Bing Conley
PTS 10/10 · Amusement Park, Norwalk, 🇺🇸
Flowers 128-17-6 · Conley —
D
PTS 10/10 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Flowers 128-17-5 · Rosenbloom 57-13-6
W
Bob Sage
PTS 10/10 · Mack Park, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Flowers 127-17-5 · Sage —
W
Eddie Huffman
PTS 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 126-17-5 · Huffman —
W
Chuck Wiggins
10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Flowers 125-17-5 · Wiggins —
W
Chuck Wiggins
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 124-17-5 · Wiggins —
W
Soldier George Jones
KO 1/15 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 123-17-5 · Jones —
W
Lou Bogash
PTS 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 122-17-5 · Bogash —
W
PTS 4/4 · Denver, Colorado, 🇺🇸
Flowers 121-17-5 · Anderson —
L
PTS 10/10 · Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Flowers 121-16-5 · Lomski —
W
KO 3/10 · Armory, Grand Rapids, 🇺🇸
Flowers 120-16-5 · Jackson —
L
Lost NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Flowers 120-15-5 · Walker 77-16-2
Show all 160 bouts W
Eddie Huffman
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Flowers 119-15-5 · Huffman —
L
DQ 9/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 119-14-5 · Rosenbloom 52-10-6
W
Happy Hunter
KO 3/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 118-14-5 · Hunter —
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles SD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 117-14-5 · Greb 263-17-19
W
Battling Jim McCreary
DQ 3/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 116-14-5 · McCreary —
W
Eddie Huffman
PTS 10/10 · Ascot Park, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Flowers 115-14-5 · Huffman —
W
KO 2 · Coliseum, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Flowers 114-14-5 · Anderson —
W
Ray Neuman
PTS 10/10 · Braves Field, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 113-14-5 · Neuman —
W
Young Bob Fitzsimmons
10 · Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 112-14-5 · Fitzsimmons —
W
Allentown Joe Gans
UD 10/10 · South Main Street Armory, Wilkes-Barre, 🇺🇸
Flowers 111-14-5 · Gans —
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles SD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 110-14-5 · Greb 261-16-19
L
SD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 110-13-5 · McTigue 93-29-9
W
PTS 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 109-13-5 · Moody —
W
Benny Ross
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 108-13-5 · Ross —
L
Chuck Wiggins
10 · East Chicago, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Flowers 108-12-5 · Wiggins —
W
Jock Malone
10 · Auditorium, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸
Flowers 107-12-5 · Malone —
W
Ted Moore
TKO 6/10 · Taylor Bowl, Newburgh Heights, 🇺🇸
Flowers 106-12-5 · Moore —
W
Jock Malone
PTS 10/10 · Braves Field, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 105-12-5 · Malone —
W
Allentown Joe Gans
10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Flowers 104-12-5 · Gans —
W
Lou Bogash
10 · Aurora Bowl, Aurora, 🇺🇸
Flowers 103-12-5 · Bogash —
W
Pat McCarthy
PTS 10/10 · Braves Field, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 102-12-5 · McCarthy —
W
Jack Stone
TKO 4/12 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Flowers 101-12-5 · Stone —
W
DQ 3/10 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 100-12-5 · Anderson —
W
UD 10/10 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 99-12-5 · Anderson —
W
Jock Malone
10 · East Chicago, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Flowers 98-12-5 · Malone —
W
Lou Bogash
PTS 12/12 · State Street Arena, Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
Flowers 97-12-5 · Bogash —
W
Pal Reed
PTS 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 96-12-5 · Reed —
W
Battling Mims
KO 5 · Macon, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 95-12-5 · Mims —
W
Lou Bogash
KO 5/12 · Savannah, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 94-12-5 · Bogash —
W
Lou Bogash
PTS 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 93-12-5 · Bogash —
W
Sailor Darden
12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 92-12-5 · Darden —
L
KO 4/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 92-11-5 · Delaney 46-6-1
L
Lou Bogash
DQ 3/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 92-10-5 · Bogash —
W
Jackie Clark
TKO 5/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 91-10-5 · Clark —
W
TKO 10/12 · Lakeside Park Pavillion, Dayton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 90-10-5 · Kid —
W
Ted Moore
12 · Sussex Avenue Armory, Newark, 🇺🇸
Flowers 89-10-5 · Moore —
W
Bill Savage
KO 2/10 · Marieville Gardens, North Providence, 🇺🇸
Flowers 88-10-5 · Savage —
W
Tommy Robson
TKO 8/12 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 87-10-5 · Robson —
L
KO 2/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 87-9-5 · Delaney 44-5-1
W
Dan O'Dowd
TKO 6/10 · Marieville Gardens, North Providence, 🇺🇸
Flowers 86-9-5 · O'Dowd —
W
Billy Britton
TKO 4/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Flowers 85-9-5 · Britton —
W
Joe Lohman
TKO 3/10 · Rink S.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Flowers 84-9-5 · Lohman —
D
Frankie Schoell
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 84-9-4 · Schoell —
W
Jack Townsend
TKO 5/10 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 83-9-4 · Townsend —
W
TKO 3/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 82-9-4 · Wilson 60-25-8
W
Battling Gahee
TKO 2/12 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 81-9-4 · Gahee —
W
12 · Canton Auditorium, Canton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 80-9-4 · Johnson —
W
Hughie Clements
TKO 2/4 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 78-9-4 · Clements —
W
Jerry Hayes
KO 2/4 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 78-9-4 · Hayes —
W
George Robinson
PTS 12/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 77-9-4 · Robinson —
W
Joe Lohman
DQ 4/10 · Moose Arena, Hamilton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 76-9-4 · Lohman —
W
Cleve Hawkins
KO 3 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 75-9-4 · Hawkins —
W
TKO 8/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 74-9-4 · Kid —
W
Battling Gahee
TKO 4/12 · Weller Theater, Zanesville, 🇺🇸
Flowers 73-9-4 · Gahee —
W
KO 2/12 · Canton Auditorium, Canton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 72-9-4 · Jackson —
W
UD 12/12 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 71-9-4 · Anderson —
W
UD 12/12 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 70-9-4 · Kid —
W
TKO 8/10 · League Park, Martins Ferry, 🇺🇸
Flowers 69-9-4 · Jackson —
L
10 · Legion Stadium, Fremont, 🇺🇸
Flowers 69-8-4 · Greb 225-15-17
W
Oscar Mortimer
TKO 6/12 · Soledad Roof, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 68-8-4 · Mortimer —
W
Jack Townsend
TKO 11/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 67-8-4 · Townsend —
W
DQ 3/12 · Riverside Arena, Covington, 🇺🇸
Flowers 66-8-4 · Kid —
W
DQ 11/12 · Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 65-8-4 · Anderson —
W
10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Flowers 64-8-4 · Kid —
W
Battling Gahee
10 · Fremont Theatre, Fremont, 🇺🇸
Flowers 63-8-4 · Gahee —
W
Joe Lohman
PTS 12/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 62-8-4 · Lohman —
W
Willie Walker
TKO 7/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 61-8-4 · Walker —
W
Ted Jamieson
PTS 12/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 60-8-4 · Jamieson —
W
George Robinson
PTS 12/12 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 59-8-4 · Robinson —
W
Jimmy Darcy
PTS 12/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 58-8-4 · Darcy —
W
Dave Thornton
KO 2 · Bijou Ring, Nashville, 🇺🇸
Flowers 57-8-4 · Thornton —
W
PTS 12/12 · Commonwealth Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Flowers 56-8-4 · Anderson —
W
Bob Lawson
KO 6/8 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 55-8-4 · Lawson —
W
10 · Fremont Theatre, Fremont, 🇺🇸
Flowers 54-8-4 · Kid —
W
Battling Gahee
PTS 12/12 · Barberton Stadium, Barberton, 🇺🇸
Flowers 53-8-4 · Gahee —
W
Bob Lawson
TKO 10/12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 52-8-4 · Lawson —
W
Sonny Goodrich
PTS 12/12 · Bellinger Theater, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 51-8-4 · Goodrich —
W
Herbert Moore
KO 2 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 50-8-4 · Moore —
W
Sailor Darden
PTS 12/12 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 49-8-4 · Darden —
W
Rufe Cameron
KO 4 · United States of America
Flowers 48-8-4 · Cameron —
D
George Robinson
PTS 12/12 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 48-8-3 · Robinson —
L
RTD 5 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Flowers 48-7-3 · Chiariglione 80-55-26
W
PTS 10/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 47-7-3 · Kid —
W
Whitey Black
10 · Danceland Arena, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Flowers 46-7-3 · Black —
W
PTS 12/12 · Springfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 45-7-3 · Jackson —
D
PTS 12/12 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 45-7-2 · Jackson —
W
Rufe Cameron
PTS 10/10 · Bijou Ring, Nashville, 🇺🇸
Flowers 44-7-2 · Cameron —
W
12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 43-7-2 · Gans 83-17-8
W
Sailor Tom King
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 42-7-2 · King —
L
For world colored light-heavyweight title KO 1/12 · Springfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Flowers 42-6-2 · Norfolk 98-22-8
W
12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Flowers 41-6-2 · Kid —
W
Jack Ray
KO 3 · Central Garage Arena, Nashville, 🇺🇸
Flowers 40-6-2 · Ray —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 8/8 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 39-6-2 · Mims —
W
Bob Lawson
PTS 8/8 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 38-6-2 · Lawson —
W
Frank Carbone
DQ 10/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 37-6-2 · Carbone —
W
TKO 10/15 · Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Flowers 36-6-2 · Palmer —
W
Kid Davis
KO 3/10 · L Street Park, Brunswick, 🇺🇸
Flowers 35-6-2 · Davis —
W
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 34-6-2 · Palmer —
W
Battling Gahee
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 33-6-2 · Gahee —
W
Kid Davis
KO 1 · United States of America
Flowers 32-6-2 · Davis —
W
Kid Paddy
KO 1 · United States of America
Flowers 31-6-2 · Paddy —
W
Andy Kid Palmer
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 30-6-2 · Palmer —
L
RTD 2/12 · Riverside Arena, Covington, 🇺🇸
Flowers 30-5-2 · Kid —
D
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 30-5-1 · Norfolk 93-20-7
L
KO 2/10 · Ponce de Leon Ballpark, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 30-4-1 · Langford 176-39-46
W
Frankie Murphy
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 29-4-1 · Murphy —
L
For vacant world colored light-heavyweight title KO 7/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 29-3-1 · Anderson —
W
Billy Britton
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 28-3-1 · Britton —
W
Jim Jam Barry
KO 5/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 27-3-1 · Barry —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
KO 1/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Flowers 26-3-1 · Brown —
D
Jim Jam Barry
PTS 15/15 · Garden Play Arena, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Flowers 26-3-0 · Barry —
W
Won vacant Southwest middleweight title KO 9/15 · Gonzalez Garden Arena, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Flowers 25-3-0 · Jones 14-13-1
L
KO 3/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 25-2-0 · Norfolk 89-19-6
W
Battling Burke
KO 4/8 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 24-2-0 · Burke —
W
Jack Ray
KO 2 · United States of America
Flowers 23-2-0 · Ray —
L
KO 5/15 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 23-1-0 · Gans 66-14-6
W
Battling Gahee
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 22-1-0 · Gahee —
W
Whitey Black
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Flowers 21-1-0 · Black —
W
Battling Gahee
PTS 10/10 · Business Men's A.C., Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 20-1-0 · Gahee —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
KO 3/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 19-1-0 · Brown —
L
KO 6/15 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 19-0-0 · Gans 56-12-6
W
KO 3 · United States of America
Flowers 18-0-0 · Williams 121-18-8
W
Jack Moore
KO 2/12 · Pekin Theatre, Savannah, 🇺🇸
Flowers 17-0-0 · Moore —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 10/10 · United States of America
Flowers 16-0-0 · Mims —
W
Battling Troupe
KO 4/10 · Business Men's A.C., Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 15-0-0 · Troupe —
W
Whitey Black
KO 1 · United States of America
Flowers 14-0-0 · Black —
W
Jim Fain
KO 4/10 · Business Men's A.C., Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 13-0-0 · Fain —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
KO 2 · United States of America
Flowers 12-0-0 · Brown —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
TKO 8/10 · Business Men's A.C., Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 11-0-0 · Brown —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 10/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 10-0-0 · Mims —
W
Billy Hooper
PTS 10/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Flowers 9-0-0 · Hooper —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 10/10 · United States of America
Flowers 8-0-0 · Mims —
W
Billy Hooper
PTS 20/20 · Brunswick, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 7-0-0 · Hooper —
W
Sailor Darden
PTS 15/15 · United States of America
Flowers 6-0-0 · Darden —
W
Roughhouse Baker
KO 3 · United States of America
Flowers 5-0-0 · Baker —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 10/10 · United States of America
Flowers 4-0-0 · Mims —
W
Battling Mims
PTS 15/15 · United States of America
Flowers 3-0-0 · Mims —
W
Battling Hazel
KO 8 · United States of America
Flowers 2-0-0 · Hazel —
W
Battling Henry Williams
PTS 20/20 · United States of America
Flowers 1-0-0 · Williams —
W
Billy Hooper
KO 11 · Brunswick, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Flowers 0-0-0 · Hooper —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Tiger Flowers's record? Tiger Flowers's professional record is 135-17-8 with 55 knockouts.
Who did Tiger Flowers fight last? Tiger Flowers last fought Leo Gates on Nov 12, 1927 and won by TKO in round 4 of 10.
Which world titles has Tiger Flowers held? Tiger Flowers has held 1 world title reign: WBA middleweight (1926). Sources Boxerbook ID 13201 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/13201 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
