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Maurice Watkins

6142 KOs
50 KOs
2Draws
No contest: 1
Last six: W-W-W-W-W-W
Career
division
Light Welterweight
status
inactive
bouts
69
rounds
427
KO %
68.9%
KO wins
42
KO losses
0
career
1974–1990
debut
1974-05-21
last fight
1990-03-16
Profile
alias
Termite
sex
M
stance
orthodox
nationality
USA
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Houston, Texas
dob
1956-08-29
age
70

Latest news

A chat with boxing legend Maurice "Termite" Watkins
2022-08-10 · KHOU.com
Maurice ?Termite? Watkins Upcoming Boxing Movie of His Life! ? Boxing News 24
2022-01-04 · Boxing News 24
Boxer Maurice 'Termite' Watkins reflects on surviving COVID-19 - KTRK
2021-03-14 · TV
How Boxing Kept Houston?s Maurice ?Termite? Watkins Out Of Jail
2019-08-02 · Houston Public Media
Termite Watkins to Address NJ Pest Controllers
2006-08-15 · PCT Online
He’s been called “Termite” since infancy, but Maurice Watkins first gained fame as a professional boxer who fought on the USA Olympic boxing team.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Mar 16
Yaqui Hernandez
1 1 0
W-PTS
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 17
Robert Dixon
12 10 1
W-TKO
Conroe, Texas, USA
2 · 141 lbs
Event →
Dec 11
Joe Garcia
14 3 4
W-PTS
Convention Center, Pasadena, Texas, USA
10 of 10 · 149 lbs
Event →
Oct 5
Moses Robinson
6 7 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
2 of 8 · 152 lbs
Event →
Aug 10
Virgil Green
4 4 0
W-KO
Billings, Montana, USA
3
Event →
Jul 20
Raymundo Lopez
0 0 0
W-KO
Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
2 · 158 lbs
Event →
Jun 1
Carlos Gonzalez
1 0 1
W-KO
Pride Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1 · 155 / 163 lbs
Event →
Apr 30
Anthony Williams
6 1 1
D-PTS
Moody Center, Galveston, Texas, USA
6 of 6 · 153 / 153 lbs
Judges: Gale E. Van Hoy 57-57 | Lee McCallum 58-56 | Ronnie Ralston 57-57
Referee: Robert Gonzalez
Event →
Nov 12
Alfredo Escalera
48 12 3
L-UD
Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, USA
10 of 10 · 141 / 139 lbs
Event →
Sep 22
Paul Gentry
3 14 0
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
4 · 143 / 148 lbs
Event →
Aug 27
Jose Rodriguez
0 1 0
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Aug 17
Bruce Strauss
61 34 3
W-KO
Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
3 · 144 / 148 lbs
Event →
Jul 21
Billy Smith
2 0 0
W-KO
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
3
Event →
Oct 2
Saoul Mamby
28 12 5
L-UD
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
WBC World light welterweight title
15 of 15 · 140 / 139 lbs
Judges: Harold Buck 146-140 | Dimas Hernandez 147-139 | Henry Elesperu 147-141
Referee: Mills Lane
Event →
May 22
Larry Moore
16 24 0
W-KO
Holland, Michigan, USA
3
Event →
Apr 6
Sammy Ruckard
21 25 0
W-KO
Astro Arena, Houston, Texas, USA
4 · 143 / 145 lbs
Event →
Mar 22
Nathan Davis
3 2 1
W-KO
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3
Event →
Jan 9
Jimmy Martinez
0 11 0
W-KO
Holland, Michigan, USA
1
Event →
Sep 14
Howard Davis Jr
11 0 0
L-UD
Summit, Houston, Texas, USA
10 of 10 · 135 / 134 lbs
Judges: Duane Ford 94-97 | Richard Steele 93-98
Referee: Carlos Padilla (95-100)
Event →
Aug 15
Roberto Perez
2 8 0
W-KO
Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas, USA
7 of 10 · 137 / 140 lbs
Event →
Mar 9
Teodoro Osuna
9 4 1
D-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
10 of 10 · 141 lbs
Referee: Harold Valan
Event →
Jan 16
Richie Roberts
1 3 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
3
Event →
Dec 9
Arthur Clarke
1 1 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
7
Event →
Nov 2
Gary Smith
0 6 0
W-KO
Orlando, Florida, USA
5
Event →
Aug 15
Rick Craney
16 11 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
1
Event →
May 16
Joe Medrano
21 19 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
7
Event →
Apr 20
John Morgan
1 9 1
W-KO
Houston, Texas, USA
4
Event →
Apr 11
Hilbert Stevenson
15 6 0
W-PTS
Orlando, Florida, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Jan 19
Benny Marquez
5 1 0
W-PTS
Houston, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Dec 1
Steve Homan
9 1 0
W-PTS
Houston, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Oct 25
Freddie Harris
15 10 0
W-PTS
Orlando, Florida, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Sep 27
Cuyo Mendoza
0 0 0
W-TKO
Orlando, Florida, USA
3 of 10 · 134 / 132 lbs
Event →
Sep 22
Paulino Garcia
6 4 0
W-TKO
Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, USA
5 of 10
Event →
Jul 26
Ernesto Ortega
11 9 0
W-KO
Orlando, Florida, USA
7
Event →
Mar 22
Norman Goins
17 5 1
?-ND
Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Feb 16
Jose Gonzalez
7 2 0
W-PTS
Sport Stadium, Orlando, Florida, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Nov 17
Augustin Estrada
4 10 0
L-UD
Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Judges: Jack Harris 93-94 | Tony Moreno 97-98
Referee: C.C. Shaw (90-98)
Event →
Oct 26
Otto Breeding
2 2 0
W-KO
Sport Stadium, Orlando, Florida, USA
3 of 10
Event →
Sep 21
Arturo Leon
14 11 1
W-UD
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Aug 31
Rocky Ramon
14 6 0
W-PTS
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
12 of 12
Event →
Aug 9
Augustin Estrada
4 7 0
W-TKO
Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
7 of 10
Referee: Pete Giarusso
Event →
Jul 24
Richie Puentes
2 3 0
W-KO
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
6
Event →
Mar 16
Adriano Marrero
18 5 2
L-SD
Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
10 of 10
Referee: Eddie Eckert
Event →
Mar 9
Valente Ramos
2 5 0
W-KO
Orlando, Florida, USA
3 of 10
Event →
Feb 24
Lamar Baskin
3 4 0
W-KO
Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2 of 10 · 140 / 140 lbs
Event →
Feb 10
Chamaco Cuenca
0 1 0
W-KO
Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
5 of 10
Event →
Jan 20
Juan Hidalgo
13 0 0
W-UD
Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
10 of 10
Event →
Nov 18
Bobby Flores
0 0 0
W-TKO
Houston, Texas, USA
6 of 10 · 134 / 131 lbs
Event →
Aug 19
Larry Peterson
10 2 1
W-KO
Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida, USA
5 of 10 · 134 / 135 lbs
Referee: Mike Quarry
Event →
Jul 29
Gene Prado
0 1 2
W-UD
Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California, USA
10 of 10
Event →