{{short description|American boxer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}} '''Tommy Hicks''' (June 27, 1944 – February 14 2023) is an American former light heavyweight boxer.<ref name="boxrec1">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=10869&cat=boxer |title=Tommy Hicks: Boxer |publisher=Boxrec.com |date= |accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref>
==Early life == Hicks was born in Lockport, New York.<ref name="boxrec1"/> He attended Ithaca College.<ref name="ring2004">{{cite web|url=http://ring44.com/buffalo-boxing-hall-of-fame/2004-2/tommy-hicks/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628060056/http://ring44.com/buffalo-boxing-hall-of-fame/2004-2/tommy-hicks/ |archivedate=June 28, 2011 |title=Tommy Hicks | Buffalo Veterans Boxers Association |publisher=Ring44.com |date=June 27, 1944 |accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Hicks won the Buffalo Golden Gloves tournament in 1965 in the 175 Novice Division, and in 1967 won the Open 175 Division and finished third in the Nationals in Milwaukee.<ref name="ring2004"/>
Hicks began boxing professionally part-time in 1967, while continuing to work as a teacher.<ref name="ring2004"/> Fighting from 1967 to 1974, he won 18 fights, 10 by knockout, while losing 12, 8 by knockout, and drawing 3.<ref name="boxrec1"/> On October 30, 1971, Hicks challenged Bob Foster (boxer) for the World Boxing Council Light Heavyweight title at Scranton Pennsylvania. Hicks was stopped in the 8th round.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/31/archives/foster-retains-share-of-crown-stops-hicks-in-8th-round-of.html | title=Foster Retains Share of Crown | newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 31, 1971 }}</ref>
He was inducted into the Buffalo Boxing Hall of Fame.<ref name="ring2004"/>
Hicks died on February 14, 2023, In Cedar Rapids, Iowa<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Tom |url=https://www.rutland-corwin.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=27332535 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=www.rutland-corwin.com |language=en}}</ref>
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