Josh Kelly (boxer)
Josh Kelly | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Sunderland, England | 7 March 1994||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Other names | Pretty Boy | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josh Kelly (born 7 March 1994) is a British professional boxer.[1] As an amateur competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2015 European Games, in which he won a bronze medal, representing Great Britain.[2] Kelly has held the WBA International welterweight title since March 2018[3] and the Commonwealth welterweight title since June 2018.
Professional career
Having competed in the Olympics, Kelly's first fight as a professional was a six rounds points victory (59-55) against Jay Byrne (4-1) of Dublin in April 2017 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo.[4]
Kelly won his next two fights in the next two months, defeating Spain's Jony Vila (6-1) and Gateshead's Tom Whitfield (4-1) by fourth-round stoppage and first-round knockout respectively.[5][6] The Vila fight took place at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham in May whilst the Whitfield fight took place at the Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle in June, with his fight being the main event.[7][8]
Kelly finished the year with a record of 5-0 after victories over Mexico's Jose Luis Zuniga (13-2-1) and France's Jean Michel Hamilcaro (25-8-3), winning by second-round stoppage and sixth-round stoppage respectively in October and December. Those fights took place at the SSE Arena, Belfast and the York Hall, London.
Professional boxing record
11 fights | 10 wins | 0 losses |
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By knockout | 6 | 0 |
By decision | 4 | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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12 | — | — | ![]() |
— | – (12) | 20 Feb 2021 | ![]() |
For European welterweight title |
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 20 Dec 2019 | ![]() |
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10 | Draw | 9–0–1 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | 1 Jun 2019 | ![]() |
Retained WBA International welterweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 20 Apr 2019 | ![]() |
Retained WBA International welterweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10), 2:55 | 10 Nov 2018 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | 16 Jun 2018 | ![]() |
Retained WBA International welterweight title; Won Commonwealth welterweight title |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 31 Mar 2018 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBA International welterweight title |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 2:06 | 13 Dec 2017 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:41 | 21 Oct 2017 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8), 1:19 | 23 Jun 2017 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 1:27 | 13 May 2017 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 15 Apr 2017 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Josh Kelly". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
- Boxing record for Josh Kelly from BoxRec (registration required)
- Joshua Kelly at AIBA.org (archived)
- Josh Kelly at Olympics.com
- Josh Kelly at Olympics.com
- Josh Kelly at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)