Troy Williamson (born 22 August 1991) is an English professional boxer who held the British light middleweight title between 2021 and 2022. As an amateur, he won the 2015 ABA Championships in the middleweight division.
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| Born | 22 August 1991 Darlington, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Trojan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and amateur career
editTroy Williamson was born on 22 August 1991 in Darlington, England. The fourth youngest of 11 children, he first began boxing at the age of 10. As the age for participating in competitive fights is 11, he quickly became bored of the training regime and walked away from the sport. He regained interest at the age of 17, going on to compile a record of 68–15. During his amateur career he reached the finals of two ABA Championships; losing against Anthony Fowler at the 2014 edition and winning the competition the following year.[2] He also represented England at the 2015 European Championships, losing in the quarter-finals,[3] and competed at the 2015[4] and 2016 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts.[5]
Professional career
editWilliamson made his professional debut on 29 October 2016, scoring a third-round knockout (KO) victory over Borislav Zankov at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.[6] After compiling a record of 12–0–1 (9 KOs) he faced Dario Socci for the vacant IBF European junior-middleweight title on 21 December 2019 at the Copper Box Arena in London. Williamson captured his first professional title by defeating Socci via technical knockout (TKO) in the tenth and final round.[7]
Professional boxing record
edit| 24 fights | 20 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 14 | 0 |
| By decision | 6 | 3 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 24 | Loss | 20–3–1 | Ishmael Davis | UD | 12 | 23 Mar 2024 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 23 | Loss | 20–2–1 | Caoimhín Agyarko | SD | 10 | 2 Dec 2023 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For WBA Continental light-middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Ramiro Blanco | PTS | 6 | 15 Jul 2023 | Eagles Community Centre, Newcastle, England | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | Josh Kelly | UD | 12 | 2 Dec 2022 | Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England | Lost British light-middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | David Benitez | TKO | 6 (8), 2:46 | 17 Sep 2022 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Mason Cartwright | UD | 12 | 25 Mar 2022 | Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England | Retained British light-middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Ted Cheeseman | KO | 10 (12), 0:50 | 9 Oct 2021 | Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England | Won British light-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Kieran Smith | TKO | 6 (12), 1:28 | 30 Apr 2021 | BT Sport Studio, London, England | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Harry Scarff | UD | 10 | 15 Aug 2020 | BT Sport Studio, London, England | Retained IBF European light-middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Daniel Urbanski | TKO | 2 (6), 0:58 | 29 Feb 2020 | Eagles Community Centre, Newcastle, England | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Dario Socci | TKO | 10 (10), 1:55 | 21 Dec 2019 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won vacant IBF European light-middleweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Ben Douglas | TKO | 7 (8), 1:25 | 12 Oct 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Edwin Palacios | TKO | 6 (8), 1:07 | 15 Jun 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Ionut Trandafir | RTD | 2 (8), 3:00 | 3 May 2019 | Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Kevin McCauley | KO | 2 (8), 2:57 | 23 Mar 2019 | Morningside Arena, Leicester, England | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Rafał Jackiewicz | PTS | 4 | 22 Dec 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 8 | Draw | 7–0–1 | Jack Flatley | PTS | 8 | 9 Jun 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Michael Mora | TKO | 2 (6), 1:10 | 26 May 2018 | Dolphin Centre, Darlington, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Christian Hoskin-Gomez | TKO | 4 (6), 2:41 | 21 Apr 2018 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Miguel Aguilar | PTS | 6 | 11 Nov 2017 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Alistair Warren | TKO | 3 (6), 2:04 | 16 Jul 2017 | Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Casey Blair | TKO | 3 (4), 0:48 | 10 Mar 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Yailton Neeves | PTS | 4 | 26 Nov 2016 | Dolphin Centre, Darlington, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Borislav Zankov | KO | 3 (4), 1:43 | 29 Oct 2016 | Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland |
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Troy Williamson". BoxRec.
- ^ Evans, Glynn (10 March 2017). "INTRODUCING 'TROJAN' TROY WILLIAMSON". Frank Warren. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "41.European Championships - Samokov, Bulgaria - August 7-15 2015". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "British Lionhearts beaten 5-0 by Cuba in World Series of Boxing". BBC Sport. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "A momentous night of boxing sees the superb Cuba Domadores beat brave British Lionhearts to lift the WSB trophy for a second time". World Series Boxing. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Troy Williamson vs. Borislav Zankov". boxrec.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Foster, Elliot (21 December 2019). "David Adeleye Begins Pro Career With First-Round Stoppage". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.