Thomas Essomba

Thomas Essomba (born December 2, 1987) is a Cameroonian professional boxer who held the Commonwealth flyweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.

Thomas Essomba
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality
  • British
  • Cameroonian
Born (1987-12-02) December 2, 1987[1]
Cameroon
Boxing record
Total fights15
Wins10
Wins by KO4
Losses5
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Cameroon
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo Light-flyweight
2007 Algiers Light-flyweight

Career

Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team,[2] reaching the last 16 of the light-flyweight division at the 2012 Olympics Games where he was defeated by Paddy Barnes.[3] Following the 2012 Olympic Games, he was given indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and trained at the Olympian Gym in Sunderland.[2] In his professional career, he won the Commonwealth flyweight title in October 2015 and the English bantamweight title in March 2018.[4][5]

Achievements
  • 2019 WBA Continental bantamweight title
  • 2018 English bantamweight title
  • 2015 Commonwealth flyweight title
  • 2015 International Masters Bronze super-flyweight title [6]
  • 2012 Second Olympic participation, London, England[3]
  • 2012 Cameroon champion, best sportsman, first Cameroon Award.
  • 2011 AIBA World Championship ranking: 20 [7]
  • 2011 African Confederation ranking: 1 [8]
  • 2009 AIBA World Championship participation in Milan.
  • 2008 First Olympic participation, Beijing, China.[1]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
15 fights 10 wins 5 losses
By knockout 4 1
By decision 6 4
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
16 N/A N/A Sunny Edwards N/A – (10) 29 Aug 2020 BT Sport Studio, London, England For IBF International super-flyweight title
15 Win 10–5 Islander Kharsan TKO 3 (8), 1:24 16 Dec 2019 Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
14 Win 9–5 Sean McGoldrick UD 10 2 Aug 2019 Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England Won vacant WBA Continental bantamweight title
13 Loss 8–5 Lee McGregor KO 12 (12), 1:38 13 Oct 2018 York Hall, London, England For vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title
12 Loss 8–4 Kyle Williams SD 10 9 Jun 2018 Willows Banqueting Suite, Willenhall, England Lost English bantamweight title
11 Win 8–3 Louis Norman KO 6 (10), 1:06 2 Mar 2018 King Power Stadium, Leicester, England Won vacant English bantamweight title
10 Loss 7–3 Jay Harris UD 12 24 Feb 2017 York Hall, London, England Lost Commonwealth flyweight title
9 Loss 7–2 Iain Butcher PTS 10 7 May 2016 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
8 Win 7–1 Sergey Tasimov PTS 6 5 Mar 2016 Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
7 Win 6–1 Waleed Din TKO 11 (12), 1:20 17 Oct 2015 Magna Centre, Rotherham, England Won vacant Commonwealth flyweight title
6 Win 5–1 Mikheil Soloninkini PTS 4 19 Sep 2015 Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, England
5 Win 4–1 Robert Kanalas TKO 2 (8), 2:25 5 Jul 2015 Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
4 Win 3–1 Isaac Quaye PTS 8 8 Mar 2015 Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
3 Win 2–1 Brett Fidoe PTS 4 30 Nov 2014 Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
2 Win 1–1 Anwar Alfadli PTS 4 13 Jul 2014 Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
1 Loss 0–1 Yoan Boyeaux PTS 4 7 Nov 2009 Gymnase, Husson en Forez, France

References
  1. "Athlete Biography ESSOMBA Thomas". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
  2. Douglas, Mark (5 February 2014). "Thomas Essomba: A fighter God sent to Sunderland". The Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. "Paddy Barnes beats Thomas Essomba in light-flyweight contest". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. Rayner, Stuart (16 February 2016). "Sunderland is my 'proper home' now, says Cameroon-born Thomas Essomba". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 16 July 2019. In October Essomba repaid promoter Jeffries [...] by beating Waleed Din in Rotherham to claim the Commonwealth belt.
  5. Kelly, Roy (3 March 2018). "Thomas Essomba stops Louis Norman in Leicester to become English champion". Punch-Lines. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. Prince, Daniel (7 March 2015). "Faith drives Essomba in title tilt at Rainton Meadows Arena". Sunderland Echo. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. "Home".
  8. http://maltaboxing.net/blog/tag/gold-medal/

See also


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