# Tommy Hicks

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{{short description|American boxer}}
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'''Tommy Hicks''' (June 27, 1944 – February 14 2023) is an American former [light heavyweight](/source/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](/source/Lockport%2C_New_York).<ref name="boxrec1"/>  He attended [Ithaca College](/source/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 &#124; 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)](/source/Bob_Foster_(boxer)) for the [World Boxing Council](/source/World_Boxing_Council) Light Heavyweight title at [Scranton](/source/Scranton) [Pennsylvania](/source/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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Category:1944 births
Category:People from Lockport, New York
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
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Category:Living people
Category:American male boxers
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