Homer Gibbins amassed an incredible amateur record of 226 wins, 23 losses with over 100 knockouts. Multiple Georgia state Golden Gloves & Silver Gloves titles, a bronze medal at the 1988 Eastern Olympic trials, and many other titles and awards. No doubt one of the great amateurs ever produced from the state of Georgia.
He turned professional on 8/11/1990 and was shockingly stopped in the 3rd round of his professional debut by California’s Peter Waswa.
Homer returned to the ring and put together a fast tracked 10-0, 9 ko streak before taking his 2nd defeat by split decision against Paul Denard.
He did not lose another bout for nearly 2 1/2 years. In that stretch he won 15 straight, 13 by knockout and 9 of those in the first round before taking his 25-2, 22 ko record into a WBF Jr. Welter Title challenge against highly respected contender Kenny Vice (29-7, 24 ko). It was a great night for Gibbins who stopped Vice in round 7 to win his first title. He never defended that title.
He continued the winning streak with 6 straight victories before challenging undefeated George Scott (21-0, 12 ko) for the WBC Continental Americas Jr. Welter championship. It was a great fight that ended with Scott’s unbeaten record intact via close majority decision.
He bounced back from that loss with an impressive victory over world ranked Todd Foster (32-2, 28 ko) via 7th round Technical Decision in Biloxi, MS.
Two more wins later, including a 10 round unanimous decision win over Wayne Boudreaux (20-5), Gibbins was named as the opponent for the IBC Welterweight Title Belt against defending champion – Hector “Macho” Camacho (50-3, 24 ko). Homer dropped a hard fought 12 round decision against the elusive champion.
His performance was impressive enough to earn him another world title fight in his next bout. Sept. 15, 1995 was the night that Gibbins was ko’d in round 8 against defending champion Jake Rodriguez (27-3-2) for the WBU Jr. Welterweight Title.
He went 4-1 in his next 5 fights, and traveled to Denmark to face defending champion Frank Olsen (30-1) for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental Welterweight title. Olsen scored the 7th round technical knockout to win the vacant title.
Gibbins returned to Atlanta Georgia, and scored a big win against Carlos Alberto Martinez (12-2, 3 ko) by decision over 10 rounds. He followed that big win going 2-5 against some very high caliber boxers including – Matt Vanda (26-0), Grover Wiley (24-3-1), Jimmy Lange (20-1-1), and then taking a fight way out of his weight division – traveling to Quebec, Canada to face unbeaten prospect and future world champion – Jean Pascal (4-0, 3 ko).
Three fights later, Homer would face world ranked “Bad” Chad Broussard (53-4) for the vacant IBU Welterweight Title. Gibbins dropped a unanimous decision on scores of 111-116 on all 3 judges cards. He was granted an immediate rematch and made the most of it knocking out the champion to claim his IBU Welterweight Title belt and add it to his collection.
Gibbins would fight just two more times, dropping a 3rd round tko loss to Roberto Garcia (20-2), and then losing the rubber match to Chad Broussard (55-5) via a hard fought very close split decision over 10 rounds.
It was an incredible odyssey for a very talented fighter. He finished with a pro record of: 44 wins, 16 losses, winning 31 by knockout. A glorious amateur career, an excellent Pro career, fighting for and winning title belts along the way. Georgia’s favorite Son brought plenty of excitement and pride to boxing fans.
You can check out Gibbins’s boxing record HERE.
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