Danny Dignum

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Danny Dignum
Born (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 33)
Essex, England
Statistics
Weight(s) Middleweight
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm) [1]
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record [2]
Total fights19
Wins16
Wins by KO9
Losses2
Draws1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Combat Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 St. Petersburg Light-heavyweight

Danny Dignum (born 17 March 1992 [1] ) 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.

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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. [3]

Amateur career

During a career in which he had around 85 fights with approximately 70 wins, he won the 2012 ABA Championships, [4] a bronze medal at the 2013 World Combat Games [5] and competed at the 2014 European Union Championships as part of the GB Boxing team. [6]

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. [7]

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 Cummings from further punishment. [8] 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. [9]

Professional boxing record

19 fights16 wins2 losses
By knockout92
By decision70
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
19Loss16–2–1 Denzel Bentley TKO211 May 2024York Hall, London, EnglandFor vacant WBO international middleweight title
18Win16–1–1Lukasz MaciecPTS814 Apr 2023York Hall, London, England
17Win15–1–1Dustin AmmannTKO3 (6), 1:3217 Mar 2023Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
16Loss14–1–1 Janibek Alimkhanuly KO2 (12), 2:1121 May 2022Resorts World Event Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.For vacant WBO interim middleweight title
15Win14–0–1Grant DennisTKO6 (10), 2:3111 Feb 2022York Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBO European middleweight title
14Draw13–0–1 Andrey Sirotkin SD1017 Apr 2021 Whites Hotel, Bolton, EnglandRetained WBO European middleweight title
13Win13–0Alfredo MeliTKO9 (10), 0:397 Mar 2020Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, EnglandRetained WBO European middleweight title
12Win12–0 Conrad Cummings TKO5 (10), 0:219 Nov 2019York Hall, London, EnglandWon vacant WBO European middleweight title
11Win11–0 Rafał Jackiewicz PTS811 May 2019Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
10Win10–0Gianni AntohPTS49 Mar 2019Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
9Win9–0Alistair WarrenKO3 (6), 1:5614 Dec 2018York Hall, London, England
8Win8–0Danny ShannonTKO4 (6), 1:2521 Sep 2018Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
7Win7–0Konstantin AlexandrovTKO2 (4), 2:3913 Jul 2018York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0Anthony FoxPTS66 Jun 2018York Hall, London, England
5Win5–0Darryl SharpPTS43 Feb 2018The O2 Arena, London, England
4Win4–0Lewis van PoetschPTS41 Sep 2017York Hall, London, England
3Win3–0Yailton NevesPTS41 Jul 2017 The O2 Arena, London, England
2Win2–0Iain JacksonTKO2 (4), 1:4117 Mar 2017 York Hall, London, England
1Win1–0Jimmy WhiteTKO2 (4), 0:5626 Nov 2016 Wembley Arena, London, England

References

  1. 1 2 Astbury, Matt (21 May 2021). "Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Danny Dignum: Date, fight time, TV channel and live stream | DAZN News Mexico". DAZN . Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Boxing record for Danny Dignum". BoxRec .
  3. ↑ Lupton, James (22 March 2018). "Climbing the ladder: Danny Dignum interview". Boxing Monthly. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Aldous, Ian (19 January 2020). "On the verge of big things - Danny Dignum Interview ⋆ Boxing News 24". Boxing News 24. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Marshall takes World Combat Games gold". www.teamgb.com. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Danny Dignum crashes out of the European Union of Boxing Championships event in Sofia". Thurrock Gazette. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "BoxRec: Danny Dignum vs. Jimmy White". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Fullerton, Gareth (9 November 2019). "Conrad Cummings stopped by Danny Dignum at York Hall". belfastlive. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Danny Dignum Drops Alfredo Meli Three Times, TKO in Ninth". BoxingScene.com. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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