Mark Heffron (born 18 November 1991[2]) is a British professional boxer. He held the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles between 2022 and September 2023. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2009 European Youth Championships.[3]
Mark Heffron | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 November 1991 Oldham, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Kid Dynamite | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Professional career
editHeffron made his professional debut on 4 September 2010, scoring a second-round knockout (KO) victory against Torsten Roos at the Bekkerveld Festival in Heerlen, Netherlands.[4]
After compiling a record of 19–0 (15 KOs), he defeated Andrew Robinson via sixth-round technical knockout (TKO) on 9 June 2018 at the Manchester Arena, capturing the vacant WBC International middleweight title. The bout served as part of the undercard for Tyson Fury's comeback fight against Sefer Seferi.[5]
Following a fourth-round TKO victory against Aryee Ayittey in October,[6] Heffron returned to the Manchester Arena to face former British super-welterweight champion Liam Williams for the vacant British middleweight title on 22 December, serving as part of the undercard for Josh Warrington's world title defence against Carl Frampton.[7] After nine rounds of action Heffron was well behind on the scorecards. In the tenth, he was caught with a punch which prompted Williams to launch a sustained attack and force referee Howard Foster to issue a standing eight count. The fight resumed, only to be stopped moments later after Heffron was again on the receiving end of a barrage of punches, prompting Foster to call a halt to the contest to hand Heffron the first defeat of his career via tenth-round TKO.[8]
He was defeated by Jack Cullen on Sep 2nd 2023 on the Eubank-Smith2 undercard.
Professional boxing record
edit| 35 fights | 30 wins | 4 losses |
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| By knockout | 24 | 4 |
| By decision | 6 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 35 | Loss | 30–4–1 | Christian M'billi | KO | 1 (10), 0:40 | 25 May 2024 | Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Canada | For WBC Continental Americas and WBA International super-middleweight titles |
| 34 | Win | 30–3–1 | Serhii Ksendzov | TKO | 2 (6), 2:43 | 23 Feb 2024 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 33 | Loss | 29–3–1 | Jack Cullen | TKO | 3 (10), 2:43 | 2 Sep 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Martin Ezequiel Bulacio | TKO | 1 (8), 1:13 | 24 Sep 2022 | AO Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Lennox Clarke | TKO | 5 (12), 2:28 | 16 Jul 2022 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won British, Commonwealth, and vacant IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight titles |
| 30 | Win | 27–2–1 | Tomas Bezvoda | TKO | 3 (8), 1:02 | 19 Mar 2022 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 29 | Win | 26–2–1 | Farouk Daku | TKO | 3 (6), 0:35 | 16 Oct 2021 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 28 | Loss | 25–2–1 | Denzel Bentley | RTD | 4 (12), 3:00 | 13 Nov 2020 | BT Sport Studios, London, England | For vacant British middleweight title |
| 27 | Draw | 25–1–1 | Denzel Bentley | UD | 10 | 12 Sep 2020 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Ondrej Budera | TKO | 1 (6), 0:59 | 22 Feb 2020 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Rui Manuel Pavanito | TKO | 1 (6), 3:00 | 12 Oct 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Daniel Urbanski | PTS | 6 | 15 Jun 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Serge Ambomo | PTS | 6 | 16 Mar 2019 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 22 | Loss | 21–1 | Liam Williams | TKO | 10 (12), 1:55 | 22 Dec 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | For vacant British middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Aryee Atittey | TKO | 4 (8), 2:53 | 6 Oct 2018 | Morningside Arena, Leicester, England | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Andrew Robinson | TKO | 6 (10), 2:02 | 9 Jun 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant WBC International middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Adam Grabiec | TKO | 4 (6), 2:30 | 19 May 2018 | Elland Road, Leeds, England | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Lewis Taylor | TKO | 7 (8), 2:03 | 11 Nov 2017 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Istvan Zeller | PTS | 4 | 29 Jul 2017 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Bartolomiej Grafka | PTS | 6 | 17 Jun 2017 | Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, England | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Achilles Szabo | TKO | 2 (8), 1:55 | 8 Apr 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Christian Hoskin-Gomez | TKO | 2 (6), 0:33 | 24 Feb 2017 | Middleton Arena, Middleton, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Michael Mora | TKO | 3 (4), 0:30 | 26 Nov 2016 | Fusion Nightclub, Liverpool, England | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Attila Tabor Nagy | TKO | 2 (4), 1:12 | 5 Nov 2016 | Middleton Arena, Middleton, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Raimonds Sniedze | TKO | 2 (6), 2:05 | 31 Oct 2015 | Civic Hall, Radcliffe, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Janos Olah | KO | 1 (6) | 1 Aug 2015 | Hotel Holyday World, Benalmádena, Spain | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Mateo Veron | PTS | 8 | 15 Feb 2014 | National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Achilles Szabo | TKO | 1 (8), 0:30 | 22 Nov 2013 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Julio Acosta | KO | 2 (6) | 18 Oct 2013 | La Farga, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Fehti Bentafna | TKO | 1 (6) | 17 Mar 2012 | Wellness Profi Center, Purmerend, Netherlands | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | David Pulido | TKO | 3 (6) | 19 Mar 2011 | City West Hotel, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Chris O'Brien | TKO | 1 (4), 1:10 | 13 Nov 2010 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Attila Molnar | TKO | 1 (4) | 2 Oct 2010 | László Papp Sporthalle, Szentes, Hungary | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Arek Malek | UD | 4 | 17 Sep 2010 | Hala Urania, Olsztyn, Poland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Torsten Roos | KO | 2 (4) | 4 Sep 2010 | Bekkerveld Festival, Heerlen, Netherlands |
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Mark Heffron". BoxRec.
- ^ "Mark Heffron Bio Information - PBC Boxing". FOX Sports. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ Dooley, Terence (18 March 2011). "Mark Heffron: Rising Prospect Set For RTE Showcase". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Mark Heffron vs. Torsten Roos". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Andrew Robinson stopped in sixth round of Tyson Fury undercard clash". Redditch Advertiser. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Elliot (6 October 2018). "Mark Heffron Wins, Sets Up British Title Fight With Jason Welborn". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Elliot (22 December 2018). "Liam Williams Dominates Mark Heffron, Claims British 160 Belt". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Reddy, Luke (22 December 2018). "Liam Williams beats Mark Heffron as Billy Joe Saunders returns and Tommy Fury debuts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Mark Heffron from BoxRec (registration required)