Jordan Thompson | |
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Born | Manchester, England | 7 June 1993
Nationality | British |
Other names | Troublesome |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Cruiserweight |
Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 16 |
Wins | 15 |
Wins by KO | 12 |
Losses | 1 |
Jordan Thompson is a British professional boxer. He is a one time cruiserweight world title challenger.
Thompson was born in Manchester but has recently moved to London. He is the son of five time martial arts world champion Geoff Thompson and used to play tennis in his youth. [1]
Thompson began his pro career in 2015 without having any amateur experience. [2] After 13 fairly easy victories Thompson fought his first real test against former IBO Crruiserweight challenger Vasil Ducar. Despite getting knocked down in the last round Thompson did enough to win on points. [3] Thompson then faced British rival Luke Watkins for his next fight in his first defence of his IBF European cruiserweight title. Despite taking a lot of punishment Thompson dropped Watkins twice in the sixth rounds before the ref waved it off. [4] Thompson then challenged Australian Jai Opetaia for the IBF world title at the Wembley Arena. Opetaia showed the difference in class and easily stopped Thompson in the fourth dropping him twice in the process. [5]
16 fights | 15 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 12 | 1 |
By decision | 3 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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16 | Loss | 15–1 | Jai Opetaia | TKO | 4 (12), 0:20 | 30 Sep 2023 | Wembley Arena, London, England | For IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Luke Watkins | TKO | 6 (10) 2:07 | 22 Apr 2023 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Vasil Ducar | PTS | 10 | 6 Aug 2022 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Mariano Angel Gudino | TKO | 2 (8), 0:47 | 16 Apr 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Piotr Budziszewski | TKO, 0:53 | 1 (6) | 18 Dec 2021 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Piotr Podlucki | KO | 1 (4), 2:52 | 30 Oct 2021 | 02 Arena, London, England | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Istvan Orsos | KO | 3 (6), 1:24 | 18 Nov 2019 | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, England | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Dmitrij Kalinovskij | TKO | 2 (6), | 9 Jun 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Michael Pareo | TKO | 1 (10), 1:37 | 7 Oct 2017 | Bowlers Exhibition Center, Manchester, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Jan Hrazdira | PTS | 4 | 8 Jul 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | TKO | 2 (4), 0:14 | 8 Apr 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Florians Strupits | TKO | 2 (6), 0:40 | 18 Nov 2016 | Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Remigijus Ziausys | PTS | 4 | 18 Jun 2016 | Guild Hall, Preston, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Mateusz Gatek | TKO | 1 (4), 1:15 | 13 May 2016 | Bolton Whites Arena, Bolton, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Shane Dragonslayer | TKO | 1 (4), 0:48 | 20 Feb 2016 | Guild Hall, Preston, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Paul Morris | TKO | 1 (4), 1:53 | 16 Dec 2015 | Village Hotel, Ashton under Lyne, England |
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