Bradley Skeete
Bradley Skeete (born 17 October 1987) is a British professional boxer. He held the British welterweight title from 2016 to 2017 and the Commonwealth welterweight title in 2016.
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Nickname(s) | Super |
Weight(s) | Welterweight |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
Nationality | British |
Born | Tooting, London, England | 17 October 1987
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 31 |
Wins | 28 |
Wins by KO | 13 |
Losses | 3 |
Website | www |
Career
Born in Tooting, Skeete made his professional boxing debut in October 2010 with a points win against Billy Smith, after retiring from his ballroom dance career due to a permanent loss of rhythm.
In December 2012, he stopped Chas Symonds in four rounds to take the BBBofC Southern Area welterweight title, successfully defending it in March 2013 against Peter McDonagh.[1]
In November 2013, he beat Colin Lynes by unanimous decision to take the English welterweight title.[1] In his next fight he beat Christopher Sebire to take the vacant WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title.[1] He successfully defended the inter-continental title in April 2014, stopping Tobia Giuseppe Loriga in the seventh round.[1]
In November 2014, he faced Frankie Gavin at the ExCel Arena for the latter's British title and the vacant Commonwealth title. The fight went the distance with Gavin getting a controversial unanimous decision, inflicting the first defeat of Skeete's career.[1]
0n 28 February 2015, Skeete beat Anzor Gamgebeli to take the vacant WBO European welterweight title, and successfully defended it four months later, stopping Mark Thompson in the third round.[1] He followed this with a second defence against Stevie Williams in November 2015.
In March 2016 he convincingly beat defending champion Sam Eggington to add the British and Commonwealth titles.[2]
On 28 April 2018, Skeete faced Spanish boxer Kerman Lejarraga for the vacant EBU European title last held by Mohamed Mimoune. He lost the bout by technical knockout in the second round.
Professional boxing record
31 fights | 28 wins | 3 losses |
By knockout | 13 | 2 |
By decision | 15 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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31 | Loss | 28–3 | TKO | 2 (10) | 15 Dec 2018 | For vacant WBO International welterweight title | ||
30 | Win | 28–2 | TKO | 3 (8) | 20 Oct 2018 | |||
29 | Loss | 27–2 | TKO | 2 (12), 1:45 | 28 Apr 2018 | For vacant EBU European welterweight title | ||
28 | Win | 27–1 | UD | 12 | 8 Jul 2017 | Retained British welterweight title | ||
27 | Win | 26–1 | TKO | 5 (12), 0:13 | 2 Jun 2017 | Retained British welterweight title | ||
26 | Win | 25–1 | UD | 12 | 25 Nov 2016 | Retained British welterweight title | ||
25 | Win | 24–1 | TKO | 7 (10), 1:44 | 16 July 2016 | Retained WBO European welterweight title | ||
24 | Win | 23–1 | UD | 12 | 5 March 2016 | Won British and Commonwealth welterweight titles | ||
23 | Win | 22–1 | UD | 10 | 23 Nov 2015 | Retained WBO European welterweight title | ||
22 | Win | 21–1 | TKO | 3 (10), 1:57 | 26 Sep 2015 | Retained WBO European welterweight title | ||
21 | Win | 20–1 | RTD | 6 (10), | 9 May 2015 | Retained WBO European welterweight title | ||
20 | Win | 19–1 | KO | 1 (10), 1:50 | 28 Feb 2015 | Won vacant WBO European welterweight title | ||
19 | Loss | 18–1 | UD | 12 | 29 Nov 2014 | For British and Commonwealth welterweight titles | ||
18 | Win | 18–0 | TKO | 2 (10), 0:40 | 20 Sep 2014 | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | TKO | 3 (8), 1:43 | 16 July 2014 | |||
16 | Win | 16–0 | TKO | 7 (12), 1:34 | 12 Apr 2014 | Retained WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title | ||
15 | Win | 15–0 | UD | 12 | 15 Feb 2014 | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title | ||
14 | Win | 14–0 | UD | 10 | 30 Nov 2013 | Won vacant English welterweight title | ||
13 | Win | 13–0 | PTS | 6 | 21 Sep 2013 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | PTS | 6 | 20 Jul 2013 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | PTS | 10 | 21 Mar 2013 | Retained British Southern Area welterweight title | ||
10 | Win | 10–0 | TKO | 4 (10), 2:44 | 15 Dec 2012 | Won British Southern Area welterweight title | ||
9 | Win | 9–0 | PTS | 10 | 14 Sep 2012 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | TKO | 1 (8), 1:57 | 28 Apr 2012 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | PTS | 8 | 10 Feb 2012 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | PTS | 8 | 13 Jan 2012 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | TKO | 5 (6), 0:19 | 5 Nov 2011 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | PTS | 4 | 21 Oct 2011 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | PTS | 4 | 2 Apr 2011 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | TKO | 4 (4), 0:43 | 19 Feb 2011 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | PTS | 4 | 23 Oct 2010 |
References
- "Bradley Skeete", boxnation.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016
- Dooley, Terence (2016) "Bradley Skeete Holds Off Sam Eggington to Win Decision", boxingscene.com, 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016