Shakan Pitters (born 31 July 1989) is an English professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2020.
Shakan Pitters | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 July 1989 Birmingham, England |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 21 |
| Wins | 19 |
| Wins by KO | 6 |
| Losses | 2 |
Professional career
editPitters made his professional debut on 18 March 2017 as a cruiserweight, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Remigijus Ziausys at the Holte Suite in Villa Park, Birmingham.[2] he secured three more PTS victories in 2017; Over Jevgenijs Andrejevs in June;[3] Dmitrij Kalinovskij in September;[4] and Jiri Svacina in November.[5]
He began 2018 with a PTS win over Elvis Dube in March,[6] followed by stoppage wins over Kent Kauppinen in May[7] and Imantas Davidaitis in September.[8] In August, Pitters was announced as a contestant in the second edition of the Ultimate Boxxer tournament. The eight-man tournament was contested over 3 rounds, taking place on 2 November at the indigo at The O2 in London.[9] Pitters' first fight of the night came against Sam Smith, winning by unanimous decision (UD), with two judges scoring the bout 30–25 and the third scoring it 29–26.[10] Next up he defeated Georgii Bacon via second-round knockout (KO). His final fight of the night was a UD win against Dec Spelman with scores of 30–26 twice and 29–27, becoming the Ultimate Boxxer II champion.[11][12]
Following his success in the Ultimate Boxxer, Pitters kicked off 2019 with a first-round KO victory against Norbert Szekeres in March[13] and a six-round PTS win against Dmitrij Kalinovskij in May.[14] His final fight of 2019 was a rematch against newly crowned English light-heavyweight champion Dec Spelman. The bout took place on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London, with Pitters defeating Spelman via UD over ten rounds to capture his first professional title. All three judges scored the bout 97–92.[15]
Professional boxing record
edit| 21 fights | 19 wins | 2 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 6 | 1 |
| By decision | 13 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Joel McIntyre | PTS | 8 | 6 May 2023 | Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England | |
| 19 | Loss | 17–2 | Dan Azeez | UD | 12 | 3 Sept 2022 | M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England | British light-heavyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Reece Cartwright | TKO | 8 (10), 3:00 | 13 Nov 2021 | Skydome, Coventry, England | Won vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Farouk Daku | PTS | 8 | 10 Sep 2021 | Skydome, Coventry, England | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Jermaine Springer | TKO | 5 (10), 2:55 | 22 May 2021 | Skydome, Coventry, England | |
| 15 | Loss | 14–1 | Craig Richards | TKO | 9 (12), 2:42 | 18 Dec 2020 | Fly By Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch, England | Lost British light-heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Chad Sugden | UD | 12 | 22 Aug 2020 | Production Park Studios, Redditch, England | Won vacant British light-heavyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Dec Spelman | UD | 10 | 14 Sep 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Won English light-heavyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Dmitrij Kalinovskij | PTS | 6 | 10 May 2019 | indigo at The O2, London, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Norbert Szekeres | KO | 1 (6), 2:30 | 29 Mar 2019 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Dec Spelman | UD | 3 | 2 Nov 2018 | indigo at The O2, London, England | Ultimate Boxxer II – final |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Georgii Bacon | KO | 2 (3), 2:13 | 2 Nov 2018 | indigo at The O2, London, England | Ultimate Boxxer II – semi-final |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sam Smith | UD | 3 | 2 Nov 2018 | indigo at The O2, London, England | Ultimate Boxxer II – quarter-final |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Imantas Davidaitis | TKO | 2 (4), 0:49 | 8 Sep 2018 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Kent Kauppinen | KO | 1 (4), 2:04 | 19 May 2018 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Elvis Dube | PTS | 4 | 24 Mar 2018 | Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jiri Svacina | PTS | 4 | 18 Nov 2017 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Dmitrij Kalinovskij | PTS | 4 | 16 Sep 2017 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | PTS | 4 | 24 Jun 2017 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Remigijus Ziausys | PTS | 4 | 18 Mar 2017 | Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England |
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Shakan Pitters". BoxRec.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Remigijus Ziausys". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Lockley, Mike (21 September 2017). "It's totally INDI-sputable that Sangha's something special". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Jiri Svacina". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Elvis Dube". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Lockley, Mike (24 May 2018). "Weight of expectation on Ryan Kelly now". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Powers, Adam (9 September 2020). "Amir Khan vs Samuel Vargas RESULTS: Full fight results and undercard | Boxing | Sport | Express.co.uk". www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Ultimate Boxxer II Press Release". Ultimate Boxxer. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Sam Smith". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Dec Spelman". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Siza, Joseph (3 November 2018). "Shakan Pitters wins Ultimate Boxxer II – Full show report". britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Lockley, Mike (4 April 2019). "Shakan Pitters is a human wrecking ball". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Lupton, James (11 May 2019). "UBIII ringside report: Punching preacher Osaze wins golden robe". Boxing Monthly. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Sunny Edwards Boxes Past Guarneros Over Ten Rounds". BoxingScene.com. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
editBoxing record for Shakan Pitters from BoxRec (registration required)