Ekow 'The Engine' Essuman (born 30 March 1989[2]) is a British professional boxer and the reigning WBO European welterweight champion.
Ekow Essuman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Haizel Ekow Tabiri-Essuman 30 March 1989 Botswana |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | The Engine |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 22 |
| Wins | 21 |
| Wins by KO | 8 |
| Losses | 1 |
He previously held the British, Commonwealth, IBF European and WBC International Silver welterweight titles.
Professional career
editEssuman made his professional debut on 1 December 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Andrej Cepur at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England.[3]
After compiling a record of 8–0 (2 KOs), he faced Andy Keates for the vacant English welterweight title on 20 October 2018 at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Nottingham, England. Essuman knocked Keates down twice in the fourth round en route to a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO).[4] He returned to the Harvey Hadden Sports Village for his next fight, successfully defending his English title against former British super-lightweight champion, Tyrone Nurse, via majority decision (MD) on 16 March 2019. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Essuman with 98–93 and 96–94 while the third scored it a draw at 95–95.[5] After a stoppage win over William Warburton in July[6] and a PTS victory over Zygimantas Butkevicius in October,[7] Essuman finished 2019 with a second defence of his title on 30 November, defeating Curtis Felix Jr via eighth-round TKO at the York Hall in London.[8]
Essuman defended his BBBofC British, CBC Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight belts, against Darren Tetley on 23 April 2022, on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte.[9]
Professional boxing record
edit| 22 fights | 21 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 13 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Win | 21-1 | Ben Vaughan | MD | 10 | 02 Nov, 2024 | Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England | Retained WBO European Welterweight Title |
| 21 | Win | 20-1 | Owen Cooper | TKO | 10 (10) 0:23 | 20 Jul, 2024 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won WBO European Welterweight Title |
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 | Harry Scarff | UD | 12 | 18 Nov 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Lost British, Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight titles |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Chris Kongo | MD | 12 | 21 Jan 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained British, Commonwealth and IBF European welterweight titles; Won WBC Silver International welterweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Samuel Antwi | UD | 12 | 24 Sep 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained British, Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight titles |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Darren Tetley | UD | 12 | 23 Apr 2022 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Retained British, Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight titles |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Danny Ball | KO | 6 (12), 3:00 | 9 Oct 2021 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Retained British, Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight titles |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Chris Jenkins | TKO | 8 (12), 0:43 | 24 Jul 2021 | The SSE Arena, London, England | Won British and Commonwealth welterweight titles |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Cedrick Peynaud | UD | 10 | 12 Sep 2020 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant IBF European welterweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Curtis Felix Jr | TKO | 8 (10), 2:14 | 30 Nov 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Retained English welterweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Zygimantas Butkevicius | PTS | 6 | 19 Oct 2019 | Britannia Hotel, Nottingham, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | William Warburton | RTD | 6 (8), 3:00 | 6 Jul 2019 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Tyrone Nurse | MD | 10 | 16 Mar 2019 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England | Retained English welterweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Andy Keates | TKO | 5 (10), 0:43 | 20 Oct 2018 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England | Won vacant English welterweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Edvinas Puplauskas | PTS | 6 | 15 Sep 2018 | Britannia Hotel, Nottingham, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Nelson Altamirano | TKO | 1 (8), 0:42 | 31 Mar 2018 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Jordan Grannum | PTS | 6 | 16 Dec 2017 | Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Serge Ambomo | PTS | 8 | 21 Oct 2017 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Arvydas Trizno | PTS | 4 | 24 Jun 2017 | Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Casey Blair | TKO | 3 (4), 0:26 | 22 Apr 2017 | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 4 | 4 Feb 2017 | Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Andrej Cepur | PTS | 4 | 1 Dec 2016 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England |
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Ekow Essuman". BoxRec.
- ^ "Ekow Essuman | Fighter Profile". Frank Warren. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "BoxRec: Ekow Essuman vs. Andrej Cepur". boxrec.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Wainwright, David (22 October 2018). "Essuman powers to English title win as he looks for shot at the British crown". nottinghampost. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Rickson, Tim (17 March 2019). "Ekow Essuman retains English welterweight title". www.britishboxingnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Wainwright, David (8 July 2019). "Ekow Essuman destined for bigger things". Boxing News. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Ekow Essuman vs. Zygimantas Butkevicius". boxrec.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Flexen, Danny (30 April 2020). "Ekow Essuman, hot talent, joins Frank Warren, targets British title". SecondsOut Boxing News. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Newman, Rowan (20 April 2022). "Bradford boxer's title fight to now feature on huge Fury-Whyte card at Wembley Stadium". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 21 April 2022.