Everett Martin

Everett Wayne Martin (born July 4, 1964 in Tyler, TX), also known as Bigfoot Martin is a former professional boxer. He was a journeyman heavyweight best known for his performances against more notable contenders.

Pro Boxing Career

Martin was a prospect early in his pro career. He turned pro in 1984 at the age of 20. He started his career at cruiserweight and fought as low as 167 pounds. During the course of his career he boxed 16 heavyweight world champions.^[1]

In 1988 Martin scored one of the biggest wins of his career with a decision win over rising prospect Bert Cooper. In 1989 he moved up to heavyweight to fight comebacking George Foreman, and lost a decision. Martin then moved on to fight a "Who's Who" dossier of heavyweight prospects and future champions. Rarely winning a bout, Martin was a classic journeyman fighter. Martin lost bouts to Michael Moorer, Riddick Bowe, and James Smith before scoring a shocking decision win over Tim Witherspoon in 1993. The victory was to be one of the last for Martin, although his career spanned for eight more years. Martin went on to lose to Larry Holmes, Tony Tucker, Tony Tubbs, Wladimir Klitschko (twice),^[2] Lamon Brewster, Danell Nicholson, Fres Oquendo, Obed Sullivan, David Bostice, and Sergey Lyakhovich. Martin closed out his career with a TKO loss to future champion Ruslan Chagaev.

Professional boxing record

20 Wins (9 knockouts, 11 decisions), 39 Losses (12 knockouts, 27 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	2-0	Ruslan "White Tyson" Chagaev	TKO	4	21/09/2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	17-0	Albert "The Dragon" Sosnowski	TKO	7	30/09/2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	8-0	Siarhei "White Wolf" Liakhovich	UD	8	28/03/2000	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	73-79, 73-79, 72-80.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	12-0	Luan Krasniqi	PTS	8	19/02/2000	Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	19-0	Timo Hoffmann	PTS	8	29/01/2000	Riesa, Sachsen, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	37-2	Keith "The Fighting Knight" McKnight	UD	10	20/11/1999	La Vergne, Tennessee, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	18-1-1	David "The Boss" Bostice	UD	10	07/10/1999	Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	30-5-1	Obed "The Fighting Marine" Sullivan	TKO	4	13/08/1999	Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	40-5	Joe "The Boss" Hipp	UD	12	25/06/1999	Bossier City, Louisiana, United States	WBF World Heavyweight Title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	25-1	Wladimir "Dr. Steel Hammer" Klitschko	TKO	8	24/04/1999	Munich, Bayern, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	11-0	Fres "The Big O" Oquendo	UD	6	20/03/1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	53-60, 54-59, 54-59.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	22-2-1	Willi "De Ox" Fischer	UD	8	13/02/1999	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	19-0	Shazzon Bradley	UD	8	06/11/1998	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	73-79, 72-79, 73-79.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	15-3-2	Cliff "The Black Bull" Couser	UD	10	01/10/1998	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	18-0	"Relentless" Lamon Brewster	TKO	4	15/08/1998	Los Angeles, California, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	28-3	Danell "Doc" Nicholson	TKO	4	16/06/1998	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Martin could not come out for the fifth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	12-0-1	Mark Hulstrom	UD	6	03/04/1998	Holbaek, Denmark	56-59, 57-59, 55-60.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	17-0	Wladimir "Dr. Steel Hammer" Klitschko	UD	8	14/03/1998	Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	13-0	Lance "Mount" Whitaker	UD	8	27/02/1998	Studio City, California, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	13-0-1	Ed Mahone	TKO	8	18/10/1997	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:18 of the eighth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-9	Derrick Roddy	UD	10	09/01/1997	Humble, Texas, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	16-6-1	Marcos "El Torito" Gonzalez	UD	10	02/11/1996	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6-6	Dion Burgess	TKO	2	20/08/1996	Houston, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the second round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	38-5	Tony "TNT" Tubbs	UD	10	22/02/1994	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	90-100, 90-100, 90-100.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	22-0	Herbie "Dancing Destroyer" Hide	PTS	10	18/09/1993	Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom	94-100.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	54-4	Larry "Easton Assassin" Holmes	UD	10	05/01/1993	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	92-99, 91-99, 90-100.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	45-1	Tony "TNT" Tucker	PTS	10	12/09/1992	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	37-3	"Terrible" Tim Witherspoon	SD	10	21/07/1992	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	96-95, 97-93, 94-96.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	29-0	Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe	TKO	5	08/05/1992	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the fifth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	27-0	Michael "Double M" Moorer	UD	10	17/03/1992	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	91-99, 92-98, 92-99.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	27-8-1	James "Bonecrusher" Smith	TKO	8	06/08/1991	San Francisco, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:50 of the eighth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	26-0	Francesco Damiani	KO	2	20/10/1990	Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	29-2	Pierre Coetzer	UD	10	05/05/1990	Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States	94-98, 94-99, 95-99.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	33-0	Gary Mason	PTS	10	14/03/1990	Kensington, London, United Kingdom	97-98.5
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	63-2	"Big" George Foreman	UD	10	20/07/1989	Tucson, Arizona, United States	91-99, 91-98, 92-97.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	31-6-1	"The Camden Buzzsaw" Dwight Muhammad Qawi	UD	10	22/05/1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	90-99, 91-99, 92-98.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	20-2-1	Johnny du Plooy	KO	7	18/12/1988	Orlando, Florida, United States	Martin knocked out at 1:59 of the seventh round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19-2	"Smokin" Bert Cooper	UD	10	01/06/1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	96-94, 96-94, 96-94.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-4-1	Joey "Powerhouse" Parker	PTS	8	29/04/1988	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	10-3	Levi "The Terminator" Billups	PTS	6	16/03/1988	Riverside, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9-2	Greg "The Gorilla" Gorrell	PTS	6	05/03/1988	Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	10-0	Tony Willis	KO	7	09/04/1987	Houston, Texas, United States	Martin knocked out at 0:58 of the seventh round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	16-1	Vincent Boulware	PTS	12	12/02/1987	Houston, Texas, United States	Texas Light Heavyweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-1-1	Victor Walker	KO	2	08/01/1987	Houston, Texas, United States	Walker knocked out at 2:46 of the second round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	13-1	Kelvin "Special K" Kelly	SD	10	11/09/1986	Inglewood, California, United States
Draw	9-1	Chuck Walker	PTS	10	05/07/1986	Conroe, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	--	Leo Quintas	KO	1	12/06/1986	Harlingen, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15-0	Lawrence "Poncho" Carter	TKO	7	12/03/1986	Houston, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:14 of the seventh round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-2	Bobby Collins	PTS	8	22/01/1986	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-4-1	James Howard	KO	5	19/12/1985	Tyler, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-6	John Rice	TKO	3	26/09/1985	Tyler, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-0	Sherman "T-Bone" Griffin	PTS	6	17/07/1985	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-1	Jesse Shelby	UD	6	12/05/1985	Tyler, Texas, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	12-3-1	Isak Sakkie Enslin	PTS	6	30/03/1985	Sun City, Bophuthatswana
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5-8	Tony Orville	TKO	3	20/02/1985	Beaumont, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-0	James Washington	PTS	6	29/01/1985	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4-1	Gary Read	KO	5	27/12/1984	Dallas, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-4	John Rice	UD	4	17/11/1984	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	--	James Jennings	PTS	4	09/10/1984	Houston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-2	Tony Garner	KO	1	29/08/1984	Houston, Texas, United States

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Everett Martin from BoxRec