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Elijah Tillery
Elijah Tillery
Born	Carlton Elijah Tillery; August 8, 1957 (age 67); Albany, New York, U.S.
Other names	Phoenix Steel
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	23
Wins by KO	15
Losses	7

Carlton Elijah Tillery (born August 8, 1957) is an American former boxer in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, nicknamed "Phoenix Steel".

Amateur career

Born in Albany, NY, Tillery had an amateur record of 45-2.

Professional career

Tillery turned professional in 1980 and was a hard punching journeyman heavyweight during his career. He is best known for his two fights against Riddick Bowe in 1991. His first fight with Bowe is known for its bizarre conclusion. Bowe dominated the first round and dropped Tillery. After the round ended, Tillery walked toward Bowe and taunted him, and Bowe responded by punching Tillery. Tillery then landed several kicks on Bowe, and Bowe then unleashed a flurry of punches on Tillery as Tillery lay on the ropes. Bowe's trainer, Rock Newman, then grabbed Tillery and pulled him over the ropes as Bowe continued to throw punches. Tillery somersaulted over the ropes and was quickly detained by security.^[1] After order was restored and the fighters returned to the ring, Tillery and Bowe continued a war of words, and there continued to be minor incidents as the ring was cleared. Tillery was disqualified for the kicks with Bowe getting the win, much to the surprise of the television announcers. The fighters rematched two months later, with Bowe dominating and TKO'ing Tillery, his first TKO loss. Tillery's next fight was his last, a TKO loss to James Smith two years after his loss to Bowe.

Professional boxing record

23 Wins (15 knockouts, 8 decisions), 7 Losses (2 knockouts, 5 decisions) [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	36-11-1	James Smith	TKO	6	14/09/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:51 of the sixth round.
Loss	27-0	Riddick Bowe	TKO	4	Dec 13, 1991	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:14 of the fourth round.
Loss	26-0	Riddick Bowe	DQ	1	29/10/1991	Washington, D.C., U.S.	For vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title
Loss	17-2-1	Art Tucker	UD	10	02/11/1990	Albany, New York, U.S.
Win	8-5-1	William Morris	MD	10	17/08/1990	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	7-1	Fred Whitaker	RTD	4	08/07/1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	5-0	Mike Dixon	UD	6	08/05/1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	12-6-1	Dorcey Gaymon	UD	8	Jun 15, 1987	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	21-10	Mike Cohen	KO	3	23/08/1986	Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Win	19-8	David Jaco	KO	9	11/07/1986	Swan Lake, New York, U.S.
Win	3-10-1	Wesley Smith	TKO	8	31/05/1986	Albany, New York, U.S.
Win	13-2	Rodney Frazier	KO	4	05/04/1986	Latham, New York, U.S.
Loss	16-2	Anthony Davis	UD	12	19/09/1984	Winchester, Nevada, U.S.	For NABF cruiserweight title
Win	11-2	William Hosea	PTS	10	09/08/1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	3-4-2	Louis Alexander	KO	1	15/04/1983	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	4-5	Charles Vanderhall	KO	2	10/11/1982	Latham, New York, U.S.	Charles knocked out at 2:53 of the second round.
Loss	13-1	Alfonzo Ratliff	UD	10	13/03/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	6-14	Henry Patterson	TKO	3	11/02/1982	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Loss	2-2-2	Quadir Muntaqim	UD	8	07/11/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	4-9	Eddie Smith	PTS	8	24/07/1981	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	6-26-2	Kid Samson	PTS	8	25/06/1981	Tarrytown, New York, U.S.
Win	15-15-2	Fred Brown	UD	6	11/05/1981	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	0-5	Milton Hopkins	KO	1	18/03/1981	White Plains, New York, U.S.
Win	0-1	Johnny Pitts	KO	2	08/03/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	--	Vincent Johnson	KO	1	28/02/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	2-9-1	Calvin Langston	KO	1	18/02/1981	White Plains, New York, U.S.
Win	6-23-2	Kid Samson	PTS	4	07/02/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	--	Kasim Stephenson	KO	1	07/01/1981	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	0-1	Austin Johnson	KO	1	12/12/1980	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	--	Gerald Hardy	KO	1	23/10/1980	New York City, New York, U.S.	Hardy knocked out at 1:19 of the first round.