Joe Ham | |
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Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 20 June 1991
Nationality | Scottish |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Super-bantamweight |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 21 |
Wins | 17 |
Wins by KO | 6 |
Losses | 4 |
Joseph Ham (born 20 June 1991) is a Scottish professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2013 World Championships, as well as two European Championships and two Commonwealth Games.
Born and raised in the Gorbals, [1] Ham began boxing at the age of 12 as a way to get fit and lose weight, initially joining Dennistoun McNair ABC. [2] He followed the advice of his father, also named Joseph, who was a former boxer himself. [3] Just a year later he won the Scottish national championship, his first at the youth level. [2] After turning 18 he started training at Hayfield ABC in the Gorbals. [2]
Ham won a total of ten Scottish championships, and was a two-time British champion as well. [4] Following his round of 16 loss to Sakaria Lukas at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he collapsed in his training room and required medical assistance. [2] [5] The following year he won a gold medal at the 2011 GB Amateur Boxing Championships in London, defeating 2010 Commonwealth gold medallist Sean McGoldrick in the final. [6] In March 2014 he won his fifth consecutive Scottish national title at the senior level, securing his spot at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in his hometown. [7] At the Games, Ham defeated Nadir Nadir of Pakistan in the round of 16 before getting knocked out in the quarterfinals by longtime rival Qais Ashfaq.
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Ham made his professional debut on 14 December 2014, defeating journeyman Dato Kvaratskhelia by first-round knockout (KO) at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow. [41] He won the vacant Scottish Area super-bantamweight title on 15 April 2017, beating Scott McCormack on points on the Ricky Burns–Julius Indongo undercard for his first title. [42] His employer, Glasgow-based construction firm City Building, gave him seven weeks off to train in preparation for the fight. [3] He suffered his first defeat as a professional on 30 June 2018, losing to southpaw Tyrone McCullagh by unanimous decision (UD) in Belfast with the vacant Celtic super-bantamweight title on the line. [43] After two more victories back home, Ham travelled to Manchester to challenge for the vacant WBA Continental super-bantamweight title on 2 November 2019 against Qais Ashfaq, who had knocked him out of the 2014 Commonwealth Games quarterfinals. [44] In their rematch five years later, an accidental headclash in the sixth round caused the referee to halt the bout and go to the judges, who awarded Ashfaq the unanimous technical decision victory with scores of 70–63, 70–64 and 69–64. [45]
In September 2020 it was announced that Ham had signed with MTK Global. [46]
21 fights | 17 wins | 4 losses |
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By knockout | 6 | 1 |
By decision | 11 | 3 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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21 | Loss | 17–4 | Dennis McCann | TKO | 8 (12), 2:28 | 26 Nov 2022 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title |
20 | Win | 17–3 | Rickey Starkey | PTS | 4 | 13 May 2022 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | |
19 | Loss | 16–3 | Jack Bateson | PTS | 8 | 17 Apr 2021 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
18 | Loss | 16–2 | Qais Ashfaq | TD | 7 (10), 0:01 | 2 Nov 2019 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | For vacant WBA Continental super-bantamweight title; Unanimous TD after Ham cut from accidental head clash |
17 | Win | 16–1 | Jerson Larios | TKO | 1 (6), 2:19 | 31 May 2019 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | Scott McCormack | PTS | 6 | 1 Mar 2019 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
15 | Loss | 14–1 | Tyrone McCullagh | UD | 10 | 30 Jun 2018 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For vacant Celtic super-bantamweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Edwin Tellez | PTS | 6 | 3 Mar 2018 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Jefferson Vargas | PTS | 6 | 10 Dec 2017 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | José Aguilar | PTS | 6 | 7 Oct 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Scott McCormack | PTS | 10 | 15 Apr 2017 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | Won vacant Scottish Area super-bantamweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Joseafat Reyes | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2016 | The Glasgow City Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Elvis Guillén | PTS | 4 | 7 Oct 2016 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Paul Holt | PTS | 6 | 28 May 2016 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Dmitrijs Gutmans | TKO | 1 (6), 2:45 | 18 Mar 2016 | The Glasgow City Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Mirsad Ahmeti | TKO | 2 (6), 2:02 | 13 Dec 2015 | The Glasgow City Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Miklos Hevesi | TKO | 2 (4), 1:59 | 4 Sep 2015 | Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Jamie Quinn | PTS | 4 | 22 May 2015 | Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Aron Szilagyi | PTS | 4 | 2 May 2015 | Gorbals Leisure Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Aivaras Balsys | TKO | 2 (4), 1:10 | 6 Mar 2015 | Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Dato Kvaratskhelia | KO | 1 (4), 1:04 | 14 Dec 2014 | Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland |
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