Dennis McCann | |
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Born | Greenwich Hospital, London England | 8 January 2001
Other names | The Menace |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 16 |
Wins | 15 |
Wins by KO | 8 |
Draws | 1 |
Dennis McCann (born 8 January 2001 [1] ) is an Irish professional boxer who has held the British super-bantamweight title since March 2024 and the Commonwealth title since 2022.
McCann was born to an Irish Traveller family. His father, cousin and brother were boxers, with the latter being an amateur national champion. [2]
McCann made his professional debut against Kamil Jaworek on 18 May 2019. In the opening round, McCann landed a body shot which put his opponent on the canvas. Jaworek beat the count, however the bout was ended after McCann scored his second knockdown of the round moments later. [3] [4] On 13 July 2019, McCann fought for the second time as a professional when he came up against Jerson Larios. McCann won via points decision after dominating the entirety of the bout. [5]
On 3 August 2019, McCann fought against Georgi Andonov. McCann won the bout via technical knockout within the opening minute of the first round. [6] McCann faced Georgi Georgiev on 27 September 2019. In the opening round, McCann knocked his opponent down after landing a straight left hand. Georgiev managed to recover from the knockdown, however, McCann soon landed a flurry punches which scored the second knockdown of the bout. In the second round, McCann landed another heavy left hand which knocked Georgiev down for a third time. Despite Georgiev beating the count for a third time, the referee deemed him unable to carry on and waved off the bout. [7]
McCann fought against Stefan Slavchev on 30 November 2019. During round two, he landed a clean right hand which forced Slavchev to retreat into a corner. McCann immediately started to pressure his opponent and landed a number of unanswered punches, after which the referee called an end to the bout in the second round. [8] On 22 February 2020, McCann faced Pablo Narvaez. McCann cruised to a points win after winning every round on the scorecard. [9] [10]
16 fights | 15 wins | 0 losses |
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By knockout | 8 | 0 |
By decision | 7 | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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16 | Win | 15-0-1 | Brad Strand | UD | 12 | 17 Mar 2024 | Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England | Retained Commonwealth super-bantamweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental and British super-bantamweight titles |
15 | Draw | 14-0-1 | Ionut Baluta | TD | 9 (12), 3:00 | 18 Aug 2023 | Kings Hall, London, England | For vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-bantamweight title; Accidental head clash ruled as a majority draw. |
14 | Win | 14-0 | Joe Ham | TKO | 8 (12), 2:28 | 26 Nov 2022 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Won vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | James Beech Jr. | TKO | 8 (10), 1:44 | 16 Jul 2022 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Charles Tondo | UD | 8 | 19 Mar 2022 | The SSE Arena, London, England | Won vacant WBO Youth super-bantamweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Juan Jose Jurado | PTS | 8 | 4 Dec 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | John Chuwa | TKO | 2 (8), 2:06 | 10 Jul 2021 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Luis Moreno | PTS | 8 | 26 Mar 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Pedro Matos | PTS | 8 | 5 Dec 2020 | Church House, London, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Brett Fidoe | KO | 2 (6), 2:06 | 15 Aug 2020 | York Hall, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Pablo Narvaez | PTS | 6 | 22 Feb 2020 | York Hall, London, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Stefan Slavchev | TKO | 2 (6), 1:47 | 30 Nov 2019 | Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Georgi Georgiev | TKO | 2 (6), 2:53 | 27 Sep 2019 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Georgi Andonov | TKO | 1 (4), 0:30 | 3 Aug 2019 | Falls Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jerson Larios | PTS | 4 | 13 Jul 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Kamil Jaworek | TKO | 1 (4), 1:44 | 18 May 2019 | Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England |
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