Danny Dignum

Danny Dignum (born 17 March 1992) is an English professional boxer who has held the WBO European middleweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Combat Games.

Danny Dignum
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
NationalityEnglish
Born (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992
Essex, England
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights13
Wins13
Wins by KO7
Losses0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
World Combat Games
2013 St. Petersburg Light-heavyweight

Early life

Danny Dignum was born on 17 March 1992 in Essex, England. He attended St. Margaret's primary school in his home town of Bowers Gifford before attending The Appleton School in South Benfleet. He worked alongside his dad and twin brother as a tarmacer and concreter before taking up boxing full time. After his parents became fed up of he and his twin brother fighting, both began boxing at the age of nine on their father's suggestion.[2]

Amateur career

During a career in which he had around 85 fights with approximately 70 wins, he won the 2012 ABA Championships,[3] a bronze medal at the 2013 World Combat Games[4] and competed at the 2014 European Union Championships as part of the GB Boxing team.[5]

Professional career

Dignum made his professional debut on 26 November 2016, scoring a second-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Jimmy White at the Wembley Arena in London.[6]

After compiling a record of 11–0 (5 KOs) he faced Conrad Cummings for the vacant WBO European middleweight title on 9 November 2019 at the York Hall in London. In a fight which saw Cummings receive a point deduction in the second round for repeated use of his elbow and suffer a cut in the fourth from an accidental head clash, Dignum captured the WBO European title via fifth-round TKO after referee Howard Foster stopped the contest to save Dignum from further punishment.[7] He successfully defended the title four months later on 7 March 2020, defeating Alfredo Meli via ninth-round TKO at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex. Dignum dropped Meli three times with punches to the body – once in the seventh, again in the eighth and for the final time in the ninth – prompting Meli's corner to throw in the towel as the referee called a halt to the contest.[8]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
13 fights 13 wins 0 losses
By knockout 7 0
By decision 6 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
13 Win 13–0 Alfredo Meli TKO 9 (10), 0:39 7 Mar 2020 Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England Retained WBO European middleweight title
12 Win 12–0 Conrad Cummings TKO 5 (10), 0:21 9 Nov 2019 York Hall, London, England Won vacant WBO European middleweight title
11 Win 11–0 Rafał Jackiewicz PTS 8 11 May 2019 Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
10 Win 10–0 Gianni Antoh PTS 4 9 Mar 2019 Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
9 Win 9–0 Alistair Warren KO 3 (6), 1:56 14 Dec 2018 York Hall, London, England
8 Win 8–0 Danny Shannon TKO 4 (6), 1:25 21 Sep 2018 Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
7 Win 7–0 Konstantin Alexandrov TKO 2 (4), 2:39 13 Jul 2018 York Hall, London, England
6 Win 6–0 Anthony Fox PTS 6 6 Jun 2018 York Hall, London, England
5 Win 5–0 Darryl Sharp PTS 4 3 Feb 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England
4 Win 4–0 Lewis van Poetsch PTS 4 1 Sep 2017 York Hall, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Yailton Neves PTS 4 1 Jul 2017 The O2 Arena, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Iain Jackson TKO 2 (4), 1:41 17 Mar 2017 York Hall, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Jimmy White TKO 2 (4), 0:56 26 Nov 2016 Wembley Arena, London, England

References
  1. "Boxing record for Danny Dignum". BoxRec.
  2. Lupton, James (22 March 2018). "Climbing the ladder: Danny Dignum interview". Boxing Monthly. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. Aldous, Ian (19 January 2020). "On the verge of big things - Danny Dignum Interview ⋆ Boxing News 24". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Marshall takes World Combat Games gold". www.teamgb.com. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "Danny Dignum crashes out of the European Union of Boxing Championships event in Sofia". Thurrock Gazette. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  6. "BoxRec: Danny Dignum vs. Jimmy White". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. Fullerton, Gareth (9 November 2019). "Conrad Cummings stopped by Danny Dignum at York Hall". belfastlive. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. "Danny Dignum Drops Alfredo Meli Three Times, TKO in Ninth". BoxingScene.com. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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