Johnny Garton

Johnny Garton (born 26 March 1987) is an English professional boxer who held the British welterweight title from 2018 to 2019.

Johnny Garton
Statistics
Nickname(s)The Pexican
Weight(s)Welterweight
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1]
NationalityEnglish
Born (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987
Peckham, London, England
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[2]
Total fights27
Wins24
Wins by KO10
Losses2
Draws1

Early life

Garton grew up on the Clifton housing estate in Peckham, London, living with his mother and sister in one of the estate's tower blocks. He attended Peckham Park Primary School and then Hatcham Wood secondary school in Brockley. After leaving school he attended college to study car mechanics. Garton first started boxing at age 18 when he went along with a friend to Lynn AC boxing club in Camberwell, London.[3]

Professional career

Garton made his professional debut on 20 October 2011, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Danny Donchev at the York Hall in London.[4]

After remaining unbeaten in 11 fights, he took part in the 34th instalment of the Prizefighter series on 5 April 2014 at the York Hall. Garton faced off against Sam Eggington in the quarterfinal, losing via second-round technical knockout (TKO).[5]

On 13 December 2014, he fought Adam Battle at the York Hall for the vacant Southern Area welterweight title, winning by TKO in round eight.[6] He successfully defended the title twice, firstly against Nathan Weise with a fifth-round TKO on 14 March 2015[7] and against Martin Welsh on 16 May, retaining his title through a points draw.[8]

Following a sixth-round TKO win in a rematch with Welsh in September[9] and a PTS win over Casey Blair in December,[10] Garton faced Ryan Fields for the vacant English welterweight title on 7 May 2016 at the York Hall. Garton won the fight along with the English title with a fourth-round TKO.[11] He defended the title on 17 September 2016 against Tyler Goodjohn, scoring a ten round unanimous decision (UD) victory. Two judges scored the bout 99–91 while the third scored it 98–92.[12]

After a PTS victory against Geiboord Omier in November 2016[13] and a sixth-round TKO win over Ivica Gogosevic in April 2017,[14] he went on to defeat Mihail Orlov by tenth-round TKO on 9 December 2017 at the Copper Box Arena in London to capture the vacant IBF European welterweight title.[15]

After defeating Nelson Altamirano in his next outing by second-round knockout (KO) in a stay-busy fight on 23 June 2018,[16] Garton faced former world title challenger Gary Corcoran for the vacant British welterweight title on 20 October, at the Brentwood Centre in Essex. In a bloody fight, which saw Garton suffer a deep cut on the forehead resulting from a clash of heads in the round six,[17] Garton captured the vacant British title via eleventh-round TKO after referee Steve Gray deemed Corcoran unfit to continue following a barrage of unanswered punches.[18] The first defence of his British title came on 8 March 2019 against Chris Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Garton lost the title by unanimous decision with the judge's scorecards reading 119–109, 117–112 and 116–112.[19]


Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
27 fights 24 wins 2 losses
By knockout 10 1
By decision 14 1
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
28 N/A N/A Chris Jenkins N/A – (12) 11 Apr 2020 The O2 Arena, London, England For British welterweight title
27 Win 24–2–1 Jordan Grannum PTS 6 14 Dec 2019 York Hall, London, England
26 Loss 23–2–1 Chris Jenkins UD 12 8 Mar 2019 Royal Albert Hall, London, England Lost British welterweight title
25 Win 23–1–1 Gary Corcoran TKO 11 (12) 20 Oct 2018 Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England Won vacant British welterweight title
24 Win 22–1–1 Nelson Altamirano TKO 3 (8) 23 Jun 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England
23 Win 21–1–1 Mihail Orlov KO 10 (12) 8 Dec 2017 Copper Box Arena, London, England Won vacant IBF European welterweight title
22 Win 20–1–1 Ivica Gogosevic TKO 6 (6) 22 Apr 2017 York Hall, London, England
21 Win 19–1–1 Geiboord Omier PTS 6 18 Nov 2016 Wembley Arena, London, England
20 Win 18–1–1 Tyler Goodjohn UD 10 17 Sep 2016 York Hall, London, England Retained English welterweight title
19 Win 17–1–1 Ryan Fields TKO 5 (10) 7 May 2016 York Hall, London, England Won vacant English welterweight title
18 Win 16–1–1 Casey Blair PTS 6 5 Dec 2015 York Hall, London, England
17 Win 15–1–1 Martin Welsh TKO 6 (10) 19 Sep 2015 York Hall, London, England
16 Draw 14–1–1 Martin Welsh PTS 10 16 May 2015 York Hall, London, England Retained Southern Area welterweight title
15 Win 14–1 Nathan Weise TKO 5 (10) 14 Mar 2015 York Hall, London, England Retained Southern Area welterweight title
14 Win 13–1 Adam Battle TKO 8 (10) 13 Dec 2014 York Hall, London, England Won vacant Southern Area welterweight title
13 Win 12–1 Vasil Vasilev TKO 5 (6) 11 Oct 2014 York Hall, London, England
12 Loss 11–1 Sam Eggington TKO 2 (3) 5 Apr 2014 York Hall, London, England Prizefighter: The Welterweights IV - Quarterfinal
11 Win 11–0 Stanislav Nenkov PTS 6 7 Dec 2013 York Hall, London, England
10 Win 10–0 Laszlo Fazekas PTS 8 20 Sep 2013 Medway Park Leisure Centre, Gillingham, England
9 Win 9–0 Ivan Godor PTS 8 5 Jul 2013 Camden Centre, London, England
8 Win 8–0 Gareth Piper PTS 6 19 Apr 2013 Britannia International Hotel, London, England
7 Win 7–0 Kevin McCauley PTS 6 24 Feb 2013 York Hall, London, England
6 Win 6–0 Jay Morris PTS 6 23 Nov 2012 Coronet Theatre, London, England
5 Win 5–0 Matt Seawright PTS 4 6 Jul 2012 Coronet Theatre, London, England
4 Win 4–0 Bheki Moyo TKO 4 (4) 20 Apr 2012 Coronet Theatre, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Liam Griffiths PTS 4 2 Mar 2012 The Troxy, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Jason Nesbitt PTS 4 25 Nov 2011 Coronet Theatre, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Danny Donchev PTS 4 21 Oct 2011 York Hall, London, England
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References
  1. Liam Griffiths vs Johnny Garton (02/03/12), retrieved 2019-11-06
  2. "Boxing record for Johnny Garton". BoxRec.
  3. "LONG READ: The kid from the council estate: The Johnny Garton story". Boxing Monthly. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  4. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Danny Donchev". boxrec.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. Johnson, Ian (7 April 2014). "Boxing: Sam Eggington has to take it on the chin". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. Dyke, Chris (19 December 2014). "Rematch unlikely after boxer Battle left 'really gutted' by controversial defeat". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Nathan Weise". boxrec.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Martin Welsh". boxrec.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Martin Welsh II". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Casey Blair". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. Jay, Phil (9 May 2016). "Watch: Johnny Garton scores sensational one-punch KO vs Ryan Fields". World Boxing News. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  12. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Tyler Goodjohn". boxrec.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  13. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Geiboord Omier". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  14. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Ivica Gogosevic". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  15. Cawley, Richard (15 December 2017). "Johnny Garton: I'll have to improve to win British title". London News Online. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  16. "BoxRec: Johnny Garton vs. Nelson Altamirano". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  17. Rickson, Tim (20 October 2018). "Johnny Garton stops Gary Corcoran to win British welterweight title | British Boxing News". www.britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  18. Foster, Elliot (20 October 2018). "Johnny Garton Stops Gary Corcoran, Claims British Title". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  19. Rickson, Tim (8 March 2019). "Chris Jenkins defeats Johnny Garton to win British welterweight title | British Boxing News". www.britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Ahmet Patterson		 Southern Area welterweight champion
13 December 2014 – May 2015
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
Tamuka Mucha
Vacant
Title last held by
Adam Little		 English welterweight champion
7 May 2016 – March 2017
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
John O'Donnell
New title IBF European welterweight champion
9 December 2017 – June 2018
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
Larry Ekundayo
Vacant
Title last held by
Bradley Skeete		 British welterweight champion
20 October 2018 – 8 March 2019		 Succeeded by
Chris Jenkins


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