Bradley Skeete | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Super |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Welterweight |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 33 |
Wins | 29 |
Wins by KO | 14 |
Losses | 4 |
Website | www |
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.
Born in Tooting, Skeete made his professional boxing debut in October 2010 with a points win against Billy Smith.
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]
On 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 European welterweight title last held by Mohamed Mimoune. He lost the bout by technical knockout in the second round.
32 fights | 29 wins | 3 losses |
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By knockout | 14 | 2 |
By decision | 15 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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33 | Loss | 29–4 | Hamzah Sheeraz | TKO | 9 (10) | 4 Dec 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | For WBO European junior-middleweight title |
32 | Win | 29–3 | Dale Arrowsmith | TKO | 3 (6) | 4 Jun 2021 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
31 | Loss | 28–3 | Diego Ramirez | TKO | 2 (10) | 15 Dec 2018 | Brentwood Centre, Essex, England | For vacant WBO International welterweight title |
30 | Win | 28–2 | Fernando Valencia | TKO | 3 (8) | 20 Oct 2018 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex, England | |
29 | Loss | 27–2 | Kerman Lejarraga | TKO | 2 (12), 1:45 | 28 Apr 2018 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | For vacant European welterweight title |
28 | Win | 27–1 | Dale Evans | UD | 12 | 8 Jul 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained British welterweight title |
27 | Win | 26–1 | Shayne Singleton | TKO | 5 (12), 0:13 | 2 Jun 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Essex, England | Retained British welterweight title |
26 | Win | 25–1 | John Thain | UD | 12 | 25 Nov 2016 | Brentwood Centre, Essex, London | Retained British welterweight title |
25 | Win | 24–1 | Alexandre Lepelley | TKO | 7 (10), 1:44 | 16 July 2016 | Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales | Retained WBO European welterweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | Sam Eggington | UD | 12 | 5 March 2016 | Genting Arena, Birmingham, England | Won British and Commonwealth welterweight titles |
23 | Win | 22–1 | Stevie Williams | UD | 10 | 23 Nov 2015 | Hilton Hotel, London, England | Retained WBO European welterweight title |
22 | Win | 21–1 | Mark Thompson | TKO | 3 (10), 1:57 | 26 Sep 2015 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Retained WBO European welterweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | Brunet Zamora | RTD | 6 (10), | 9 May 2015 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Retained WBO European welterweight title |
20 | Win | 19–1 | Anzor Gamgebeli | KO | 1 (10), 1:50 | 28 Feb 2015 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Won vacant WBO European welterweight title |
19 | Loss | 18–1 | Frankie Gavin | UD | 12 | 29 Nov 2014 | Excel Arena, London, England | For British and Commonwealth welterweight titles |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Leandro Mendes Pinto | TKO | 2 (10), 0:40 | 20 Sep 2014 | York Hall, London, England | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Steven Pearce | TKO | 3 (8), 1:43 | 16 July 2014 | York Hall, London, England | |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Tobia Giuseppe Loriga | TKO | 7 (12), 1:34 | 12 Apr 2014 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Christopher Sebire | UD | 12 | 15 Feb 2014 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Colin Lynes | UD | 10 | 30 Nov 2013 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won vacant English welterweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Kieron Gray | PTS | 6 | 21 Sep 2013 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Dee Mitchell | PTS | 6 | 20 Jul 2013 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 10 | 21 Mar 2013 | York Hall, London, England | Retained British Southern Area welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Chas Symonds | TKO | 4 (10), 2:44 | 15 Dec 2012 | Excel Arena, London, England | Won British Southern Area welterweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 10 | 14 Sep 2012 | York Hall, London, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Ross Payne | TKO | 1 (8), 1:57 | 28 Apr 2012 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Laszlo Komjathi | PTS | 8 | 10 Feb 2012 | York Hall, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Michael Frontin | PTS | 8 | 13 Jan 2012 | York Hall, London, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Jay Morris | TKO | 5 (6), 0:19 | 5 Nov 2011 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Steve Spence | PTS | 4 | 21 Oct 2011 | York Hall, London, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Kevin Mcauley | PTS | 4 | 2 Apr 2011 | York Hall, London, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Johnny Greaves | TKO | 4 (4), 0:43 | 19 Feb 2011 | York Hall, London, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Billy Smith | PTS | 4 | 23 Oct 2010 | York Hall, London, England |
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