James Metcalf | |
---|---|
Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | Kid Shamrock |
Weight(s) | Light-middleweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Nationality | English |
Born | Liverpool, England | 27 July 1988
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record [1] | |
Total fights | 27 |
Wins | 25 |
Wins by KO | 15 |
Losses | 2 |
James "JJ" Metcalf (born 27 July 1988) is an English professional boxer who has held the IBO super-welterweight title since May 2023. He previously held the Commonwealth super-welterweight title in 2019 and challenged for the British super-welterweight title in March 2021. He is the son of former boxer Shea Neary. [2]
Metcalf made his professional debut on 3 December 2011, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Kevin McCauley at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England. [3]
After compiling a record of 17–0 (9 KOs) he was scheduled to face Jorge Fortea for the vacant WBC International super-welterweight title on 9 June 2018 at the Manchester Arena, as part of the undercard of Tyson Fury's comeback fight against Sefer Seferi. In the week leading up to the fight, Fortea withdrew from the contest with Aitor Nieto stepping in as a late replacement. [4] Metcalf defeated Nieto via twelfth-round technical knockout (TKO) to capture the WBC International title. [5]
He was scheduled to return to the Manchester Arena to defend his title against former British and Commonwealth super-welterweight champion, Liam Williams, on 22 December 2018 on the undercard of the Josh Warrington vs. Carl Frampton world title fight. The fight was put in jeopardy after Metcalf suffered an ankle injury. He told promoter Frank Warren that he would inform Warren six weeks prior to the fight whether or not he was fit to go ahead. However, after Warren had lined up a potential replacement for Williams in the event of Metcalf pulling out, Williams decided to instead fight the replacement, Mark Heffron, for the vacant British middleweight title. Metcalf had expressed his intention to go ahead with the bout. [6]
After the fight with Williams failed to materialise, Metcalf's next fight came against Santos Medrano in April 2019 in a non-title fight, with Metcalf scoring a KO victory in the eighth and final round. After suffering a hand injury in the fight with Medrano, it was expected that Metcalf would not fight again until the end of the year. However, he was scheduled to face former British middleweight champion and former world title challenger, Jason Welborn, for the vacant Commonwealth super-welterweight title on 15 June 2019 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, again on a Josh Warrington undercard, this time in a world title defence against Kid Galahad. [7] In a fight which saw Metcalf receive a point deduction for repeated low blows, he scored a KO in the eighth round with a left hook to the body to capture the Commonwealth title. [8]
After a TKO victory against Jan Balog in February 2020, [9] Metcalf challenged Ted Cheeseman for the vacant British super-welterweight title on 27 March, at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar. The bout was a part of the undercard of Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II, and was televised live on Sky Sports Box Office. [10] In a closely contested fight, Metcalf was hurt and left on unsteady legs in the fourth, but was able to see out the remainder of the round. Metcalf twice returned the favour, hurting Cheeseman in the sixth and eleventh rounds. After hurting Cheeseman in the eleventh, the latter came back with a combination of punches to knock Metcalf to the canvas. He made it back to his feet on unsteady legs, prompting referee Ian John Lewis to call a halt to the contest, handing Metcalf the first defeat of his career via TKO. [11]
27 fights | 25 wins | 2 losses |
---|---|---|
By knockout | 15 | 1 |
By decision | 10 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Win | 25–2 | Dennis Hogan | UD | 12 | 20 May 2023 | 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland | Won IBO light middleweight title |
26 | Win | 24–2 | Courtney Pennington | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 10 Dec 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | Retained WBA Continental super welterweight title |
25 | Win | 23–2 | Kerman Lejarraga | UD | 10 | 20 May 2022 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | Won vacant WBA Continental super welterweight title |
24 | Win | 22–2 | Evgenii Vazem | TKO | 5 (6), 1:05 | 16 Apr 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
23 | Loss | 21–2 | Kieron Conway | UD | 10 | 9 Oct 2021 | Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England | |
22 | Loss | 21–1 | Ted Cheeseman | TKO | 11 (12), 3:10 | 27 Mar 2021 | Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar | For vacant British super-welterweight title |
21 | Win | 21–0 | Jan Balog | TKO | 1 (6), 0:32 | 28 Feb 2020 | Grand Central Hall, Liverpool, England | |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Jason Welborn | KO | 8 (12), 2:25 | 15 Jun 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | Won vacant Commonwealth super-welterweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Santos Medrano | KO | 8 (8), 0:30 | 19 Apr 2019 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Aitor Nieto | TKO | 12 (12), 2:30 | 9 Jun 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant WBC International super-welterweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Damon Jones | TKO | 6 (10) | 21 Oct 2017 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Konstantin Alexandrov | TKO | 1 (6), 2:00 | 15 Jul 2017 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Jason Ball | RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | 8 Apr 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Serge Ambomo | PTS | 8 | 7 Oct 2016 | Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool, England | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Darryl Sharp | PTS | 4 | 9 Jul 2016 | Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Tom Knight | TKO | 1 (6), 2:48 | 29 May 2016 | Goodison Park, Liverpool, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Aleksei Tsatiasvili | TKO | 4 (6), 2:17 | 28 Aug 2015 | H10 Andalusia Plaza, Puerto Banús, Spain | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Chris Jenkinson | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 25 Jul 2015 | Sports Village, Ellesmere Port, England | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | William Warburton | PTS | 10 | 21 Mar 2015 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Danny Shannon | TKO | 6 (6), 2:41 | 6 Dec 2014 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Ryan Toms | KO | 2 (6), 2:21 | 27 Sep 2014 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Gary Boulden | PTS | 6 | 20 Jun 2014 | Southport Theatre, Southport, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Liam Griffiths | PTS | 4 | 29 Mar 2014 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Max Maxwell | PTS | 4 | 14 Dec 2013 | Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Dee Mitchell | PTS | 4 | 15 Nov 2013 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | James Smith | RTD | 1 (4), 3:00 | 21 Jan 2012 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 4 | 3 Dec 2011 | Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England | |
Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title from 2011 to 2013, the WBC interim heavyweight title from 2020 to 2021, and challenged twice for the unified heavyweight championship.
David Price is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019. At regional level, he held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles from 2012 to 2013, and challenged once for the European title in 2015. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2008 EU Championships, and three ABA titles; all in the super-heavyweight division.
Derek Chisora is a British professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the WBC heavyweight title in 2012 and 2022. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles from 2010 to 2011, and the European title from 2013 to 2014. As an amateur, he won the ABA super-heavyweight title in 2006.
Liam Mark Smith is a British professional boxer. He held the WBO light-middleweight title from 2015 to 2016. At regional level, he has held multiple light-middleweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles between 2012 and 2015. Smith is the younger brother of Paul Smith and Stephen Smith, and the older brother of Callum Smith; all of whom are professional boxers.
Joe Joyce is a British professional boxer. He held the WBO interim heavyweight title from 2022 to April 2023. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title twice between 2018 and 2021; the British title from 2020 to 2022; and the European title from 2020 to 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championships; gold at the 2014 Commonwealth and 2015 European Games; bronze at the 2015 World Championships; and silver at the 2016 Olympics.
Dillian Whyte is a British professional boxer who has formerly competed as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He has held the WBC interim heavyweight title twice between 2019 and 2022. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British title from 2016 to 2017. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's fifth-best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine, and the fourth-best active heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec. He has been ranked among BoxRec's top 10 heavyweights since 2016, reaching his career-high ranking of No. 2 at the end of August 2021. His knockout-to-win percentage stands at 68%.
Maurice Dewayne Hooker is an American professional boxer who held the WBO light welterweight title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged for the WBC light welterweight title in 2019. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Jason Welborn is an English professional boxer who challenged once for the unified WBA (Super), IBF and IBO light-middleweight titles in 2018. At regional level, he held the British middleweight title in 2018, and challenged for the British welterweight and light middleweight titles in 2013 and 2014 respectively, and the Commonwealth light-middleweight and middleweight titles in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Felix Cash is an English professional boxer. He has held the Commonwealth middleweight title since 2019 and the British middleweight title since 2021.
Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte, billed as Bad Intentions, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between undefeated Commonwealth and World Boxing Council (WBC) International champion Anthony Joshua, and undefeated WBC International Silver champion Dillian Whyte, with Joshua's Commonwealth and WBC International, and the vacant British titles on the line. The bout took place on 12 December 2015 at The O2 Arena in London, England. Joshua defeated Whyte, adding the British title to his Commonwealth and WBC International titles title via seventh-round technical knockout (TKO).
Ekow Essuman is a British professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles since 2021.
Sean "Masher" Dodd is a British professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2017 to 2018 and challenged twice for the British lightweight title in 2015 and 2016.
Mohammed Hamzah Sheeraz is a British professional boxer who has held the WBO European light-middleweight title since 2019.
Dalton Smith is an English professional boxer. He has held the Commonwealth super-lightweight title since July 2023 and the British super-lightweight title since 2022. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division, and won the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.
"John" Wayne Hibbert is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2017. He held the WBC International light-welterweight title twice between 2014 and 2016, and the Commonwealth light-welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.
Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II, billed as Rumble On The Rock, was a heavyweight professional boxing rematch contested between the former WBA (Regular) champion and defending WBC interim champion Alexander Povetkin, and former WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte. The event was originally set to take place on 21 November 2020, however was postponed when Povetkin tested positive for COVID-19. A venue had not initially been confirmed for the rematch, but the bout took place in Gibraltar on 27 March 2021. Their first fight ended with a fifth-round technical knockout victory for Povetkin. In this rematch, Whyte gained his revenge by knocking out Povetkin in the fourth round. The fight would ultimately be the last of Povetkin's career, as he announced his retirement soon afterwards aged 41 on 13 June 2021.
Deion Jumah is a former English professional boxer.
Mark Heffron is a British professional boxer. He held the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles between 2022 and September 2023. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2009 European Youth Championships.
Tyan Booth was a British YouTuber and former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2017. He challenged once for the European Union middleweight title against Grzegorz Proksa in 2010, and at national level competed for Midlands Area welterweight and super-welterweight titles in 2007 and 2009, and the English super-welterweight title in 2013, respectively.
Bowyn Morgan is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the men's welterweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he would reach the quarter-finals before losing to Scott Fitzgerald, who went on to claim the gold medal.