Art Jimmerson

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American martial artist

Gender:

Male

Places:

United States of America

Is:

Athlete Mixed martial artist Boxer

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

4 August 1963(Los Angeles)

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Biography

Introduction

Art Jimmerson is a retired boxer & Mixed Martial Artist who competed at super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight. As an amateur, Jimmerson was the 1983 National Golden Gloves Middleweight champion. He finished his boxing career in 2002, with a record of 33–18.

Biography

In November 1993, Jimmerson competed at the very first UFC competition, UFC 1. He fought Royce Gracie while wearing only one boxing glove, earning the nickname Art 'One Glove' Jimmerson in the process. Since there were no gloves in the first UFC, Art didn't want to get his jab hand hurt, so he wore a boxing glove in the match on his left hand.

Jimmerson lost to Gracie by submission after being taken to the ground and tapping out two minutes into the first round, ending his mixed martial arts career, at which point he returned to boxing.

Jimmerson is now the head boxing coach at the UFC GYM in Torrance, CA.

Jimmerson has expressed an interest in fighting former YouTube sensation and UFC fighter, Kimbo Slice, in a boxing match. Slice however, has since died meaning the fight will not take place.

Professional boxing record

33 Wins (17 knockouts, 16 decisions), 18 Losses (12 knockouts, 6 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	33-18	Rydell "Rockin Rye" Booker	TKO	2	23/11/2002	Danville, Virginia, United States
Loss	33-17	Mike "Honkytonk Hitman" Rodgers	TKO	3	12/10/2002	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	WBF World Cruiserweight/Super Cruiserweight Titles.
Loss	33-16	Rich "Mountain" LaMontagne	TKO	1	28/06/2002	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	EBA Cruiserweight Title.
Loss	33-15	Mike "Honytonk Hitman" Rodgers	DQ	3	11/08/2001	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Loss	33-14	"King" Arthur Williams	KO	1	09/01/1999	Pensacola, Florida, United States	Art knocked out at 0:54 of the first round.
Loss	33-13	Adolpho Washington	TKO	3	27/11/1998	Gary, Indiana, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:33 of the third round.
Loss	33-12	"Cowboy" Dale Brown	KO	3	03/04/1998	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	NABF Cruiserweight Title. Art knocked out at 1:10 of the third round.
Loss	33-11	Vassiliy "Tiger" Jirov	TKO	2	06/12/1997	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:55 of the second round.
Loss	33-10	Terry Dunstan	TKO	1	12/04/1997	Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win	33-9	Earl Abernathy	UD	6	23/09/1996	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss	32-9	Torsten May	KO	5	09/09/1995	Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Loss	32-8	Brian LaSpada	DQ	11	17/06/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	NABF Cruiserweight Title. Art disqualified at 2:31 of the 11th round for low blows.
Win	32-7	Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead	SD	8	01/05/1995	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss	31-7	Holsey Ellingburg	PTS	8	29/10/1994	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	31-6	Anthony Peat	KO	3	10/10/1994	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	30-6	Lopez McGee	PTS	6	01/04/1994	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss	29-6	Orlin "The Juice" Norris	TKO	4	09/01/1994	Del Mar, California, United States
Win	29-5	Rick Myers	TKO	4	27/09/1993	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	28-5	Tim Fitzgerald	TKO	1	06/05/1993	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	27-5	Mike "Shane Mooney" Smith	KO	2	15/03/1993	Jefferson City, Missouri, United States
Win	26-5	Lopez McGee	TKO	3	08/03/1993	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	25-5	Larry Prather	UD	10	11/01/1993	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	98-92, 98-92, 98-94.
Win	24-5	Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson	PTS	10	30/11/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	23-5	John Collier	PTS	6	29/08/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	22-5	Lopez McGee	UD	8	17/08/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	80-69, 80-72, 80-74.
Win	21-5	Sylvester White	PTS	8	22/06/1992	Bridgeton, Missouri, United States
Win	20-5	Tim "Dark" Knight	TKO	6	13/04/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	19-5	Phil "The Thrill" Brown	KO	3	27/03/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	18-5	Jordan Keepers	TKO	1	20/03/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	17-5	Tim "Dark" Knight	DQ	7	17/02/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	16-5	William Dorsett	TKO	1	06/01/1992	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	15-5	Paul McPeek	TKO	9	03/05/1991	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	IBC Americas Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss	14-5	"Boxing" Andrew Maynard	RTD	3	29/04/1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	NABF Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	14-4	Randy Smith	UD	10	09/03/1990	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	99-91, 98-93, 100-89.
Win	13-4	William Knorr	TKO	1	16/02/1990	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss	12-4	Dennis "Hackney Rock" Andries	UD	10	26/10/1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	91-99, 88-100, 90-100.
Loss	12-3	Jeff "Hit Man" Harding	UD	10	01/03/1989	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia	90-100, 87-100, 82-100.
Win	12-2	Bill "Show Time" Lee	UD	10	29/10/1988	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	11-2	Jerry Okorodudu	UD	10	27/09/1988	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	99-93, 98-92, 96-94.
Win	10-2	Lenny "Rage" LaPaglia	TKO	6	14/07/1988	New York City, United States
Win	9-2	Lopez McGee	PTS	10	09/06/1988	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	8-2	"Dangerous" Danny Thomas	PTS	6	19/05/1988	Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Win	7-2	Assim Rezzaq	KO	3	05/03/1988	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win	6-2	John "Papa" Moore	SD	6	23/01/1988	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss	5-2	Manuel Murillo	TKO	7	19/06/1986	San Diego, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:13 of the seventh round.
Loss	5-1	Glenn Kennedy	MD	6	10/02/1986	Inglewood, California, United States	57-58, 56-59, 57-57.
Win	5-0	Danny Blake	PTS	8	02/11/1985	San Francisco, California, United States
Win	4-0	"Big Bad" John Murphy	TKO	2	27/09/1985	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Win	3-0	Robert Williams	TKO	2	18/07/1985	San Diego, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the second round.
Win	2-0	Manuel Leyva	KO	1	27/06/1985	San Diego, California, United States	Leyva knocked out at 2:24 of the first round.
Win	1-0	Sal Trujillo	KO	1	25/04/1985	San Diego, California, United States	Sal knocked out at 1:08 of the first round.