James Tennyson

James Martin Tennyson (born 6 August 1993) is a Northern Irish professional boxer who has held the British lightweight title since August. He previously held the Commonwealth and European super-featherweight titles in 2018 and challenged once for the IBF super-featherweight title that same year.

James Tennyson
Statistics
Nickname(s)The Assassin
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
NationalityBritish
Born (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins27
Wins by KO23
Losses3

Professional career

Two-Time Irish champion

Tennyson is a two-time super-featherweight Irish champion. In 2013, he became the youngest ever modern era Irish champion by defeating former champion Mickey Coveney by knockout (KO) in the second round in what was only his sixth professional contest at the now demolished old St. Kevins Hall.[1] In 2017, he won the title for the second time with a sixth-round technical knockout (TKO) over Dublin's former highly decorated amateur stand out Declan Geraghty at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, live on BoxNation.[2]

Celtic champion

He became Celtic featherweight champion in 2015 by way of disqualification after his opponent, Kris Hughes of Scotland, continued to hold after having already been deducted three points in the fight for persistent holding while heavily behind on points. This contest was also a final eliminator for the British featherweight title.[3]

British Featherweight title challenger

Tennyson challenged Ryan Walsh for the British featherweight title, losing by fifth-round TKO after having been dropped twice in the fight by body shots. This contest proved to be his last at featherweight having struggled to make the weight.[4]

Move to Lightweight (2019)

Following an unsuccessful world title challenge against IBF super-featherweight champion Tevin Farmer in 2018, Tennyson made the decision to move up in weight and fight at 135 where he wouldn't have to struggle to make weight. Since moving up and making his lightweight debut in 2019, Tennyson has won four straight fights (all by knockout), defeating then 10–0 Garry Neale, journeyman Brayan Mairena, and Atif Shafiq all by KO in the second round and then snapping Craig Evans' three-fight win streak by knocking him out in round eleven. Tennyson seems to be on the best run of his career so far at lightweight, with Promoter Eddie Hearn stating, "Tennyson could go on a real run at lightweight now. He punches really hard and I think a lot of the frailties that he had at 130lbs have gone now." [5]

British Lightweight Champion

James Tennyson extended his knockout streak to five with a sixth-round TKO win over Gavin Gwynne on the first card of Matchroom's fight camp. In doing so, he won the vacant British lightweight title.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
30 fights 27 wins 3 losses
By knockout 23 3
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
30 Win 27–3 Gavin Gwynne TKO 6 (12), 2:30 1 Aug 2020 Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England Won vacant British lightweight title
29 Win 26–3 Craig Evans TKO 11 (12), 2:00 23 Nov 2019 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England
28 Win 25–3 Atif Shafiq KO 2 (10), 2:51 31 Aug 2019 The O2 Arena, London, England Won vacant WBA International lightweight title
27 Win 24–3 Brayan Mairena TKO 2 (6), 2:01 18 May 2019 Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
26 Win 23–3 Garry Neale KO 2 (10), 3:05 9 Feb 2019 Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
25 Loss 22–3 Tevin Farmer TKO 5 (12), 1:44 20 Oct 2018 TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, US For IBF super-featherweight title
24 Win 22–2 Martin Joseph Ward TKO 5 (12), 2:24 5 May 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England Retained WBA International super-featherweight title;
Won Commonwealth, and European super-featherweight titles
22 Win 21–2 Arnoldo Solano KO 1 (8), 0:59 3 Feb 2018 Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
22 Win 20–2 Darren Traynor TKO 3 (10), 2:24 21 Oct 2017 The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retained WBA International super-featherweight title
21 Win 19–2 Ryan Doyle RTD 6 (10), 3:00 10 Jun 2017 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland Won vacant WBA International super-featherweight title
20 Win 18–2 Declan Geraghty TKO 6 (10), 2:53 10 Mar 2017 Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Won vacant BUI featherweight title
19 Win 17–2 Rafael Castillo PTS 4 5 Nov 2015 Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
18 Loss 16–2 Ryan Walsh TKO 5 (12), 2:34 30 Apr 2016 Copper Box Arena, London, England For British featherweight title
17 Win 16–1 Antonio Horvatic TKO 1 (6), 2:07 6 Feb 2016 Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
16 Win 15–1 Sergejs Logins TKO 1 (6), 1:50 14 Nov 2015 Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn, Estonia
15 Win 14–1 Giorgi Gachechiladze TKO 2 (8), 2:18 17 Oct 2015 Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
14 Win 13–1 Krzysztof Rogowski TKO 3 (6), 2:43 6 Jun 2015 Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland
13 Win 12–1 Kris Hughes DQ 7 (10), 2:31 28 Mar 2015 Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland Won Celtic featherweight title;
Hughes disqualified for persistent holding
12 Win 11–1 Simas Volosinas TKO 2 (6), 1:23 7 Feb 2015 Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland
11 Win 10–1 Ian Bailey PTS 8 10 May 2014 Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10 Win 9–1 Ignac Kassai TKO 3 (4) 18 Apr 2014 Barba Negra Music Pub, Budapest, Hungary
9 Loss 8–1 Pavels Senkovs TKO 2 (6), 0:41 19 Oct 2013 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
8 Win 8–0 Andrei Hramyka TKO 1 (6), 2:49 28 Jun 2013 Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland
7 Win 7–0 David Kanales KO 2 (6), 1:41 24 May 2013 Olympia, Liverpool, England
6 Win 6–0 Mickey Coveney TKO 2 (10), 1:41 27 Apr 2013 St Kevin's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Won vacant BUI super-featherweight title
5 Win 5–0 David Kis TKO 1 (8), 0:57 9 Mar 2013 Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Ireland
4 Win 4–0 Mickey Coveney PTS 6 7 Dec 2012 Rivals Gym, Wishaw, Scotland
3 Win 3–0 Ignac Kassai TKO 1 (4), 1:14 3 Nov 2012 National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland
2 Win 2–0 Tibor Meszaros TKO 1 (4), 0:52 13 Oct 2012 Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1 Win 1–0 Fikret Remziev TKO 4 (4), 1:57 8 Sep 2013 Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland

References
  1. Hello (2017-01-05). "BOXING: James Tennyson gets Irish title showdown - Belfast Newsletter". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. "James Tennyson stops Declan Geraghty to win Irish title after amazing see-saw battle". Irish-boxing.com. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  3. "Hughes disqualification hands crown to Tennyson". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  4. "Frank Warren: Jamie Conlan on His Way To WBO World Title Shot - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  5. https://www.irish-boxing.com/standout-dark-horse-of-the-lightweight-division-eddie-hearn-impressed-with-james-tennyson/

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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Anthony Cacace		 Irish super-featherweight champion
27 April 2013 – 2014		 Vacant
Title next held by
Himself
Preceded by
Kris Hughes		 BBBofC Celtic featherweight champion
28 March 2015 – 2016		 Vacant
Title next held by
Nathaniel Collins
Vacant
Title last held by
Himself		 BUI super-featherweight champion
10 March 2017 – May 2017		 Vacant
Vacant
Title last held by
Xu Can		 WBA International super-featherweight champion
10 June 2017 – September 2018
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
John Joe Nevin
Preceded by
Martin Joseph Ward		 Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
5 May 2018 – September 2018
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
Zelfa Barrett
European super-featherweight champion
5 May 2018 – September 2018
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
Samir Ziani
Vacant
Title last held by
Devin Haney		 WBA International lightweight champion
31 August 2019 – present		 Incumbent
Vacant
Title last held by
Joe Cordina		 British lightweight champion
1 August 2020 – present
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