Liam Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 March 1996 Donnington, Telford, Shropshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight Super bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 182 cm (72 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Liam Davies (born 31 March 1996) is a British professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-bantamweight title from March to October 2024.
As an amateur, Davies won silver medals at the 2016 and 2018 ABAE National Championships, he also won on the Semi-finals of the 2017 Haringey Box Cup. [1]
Liam Davies made his Professional debut against Georgian boxing veteran, Khvicha Gigolashvili, whom he defeated, in December 2018 at Holiday Inn, Birmingham. Davies also was signed to Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
Liam Davies won his first title as he prevails against Sean Cairns via corner retirement for the vacant British bantamweight strap. [2]
A year after, Davis won the WBC International Silver (An Interim title for the WBC International title) super bantamweight title against Dixon Flores. [3]
In June 2022, Davies defeated Marc Leach for the British super bantamweight title, which would make Davies hungry for more regional titles, and so he fought for the WBC International and the vacant European super bantamweight titles against Romanian boxer, Ionut Baluta and won decisively via unanimous decision. [4]
Later, Davies sought to defend 3 of his earned regional titles against worthy compatriot, Jason Cunningham, whilst Cunningham's WBO International title was also at stake, the match was set at Telford, Davies' hometown, on 29 July 2023 [5] at the match, Davies successfully made his hometown fans not only surprised, but also satisfied as he stunned Cunningham with an upsetting 1st round TKO. [6] [7]
As not only, the English super bantamweight champion, not only the British super bantamweight champion but also the European champion, Davies hoped to go far east to take on the fierce and powerful Naoya Inoue for the super bantamweight titles, to get higher on the ranks, Davies defended his European championship against Italian challenger, Vincenzo La Femina on November 18, 2023, [8] Davies and La Femina had an entertaining third round, both tasting the canvas, however, Davies with his newfound power, was able to secure the victory via stoppage in the 5th round. [9]
Davies, keen to be challenged by a world champion, decided to test himself against former IBO super bantamweight champion, Erik Robles Ayala or Erik Robles for the vacant title, Robles once had on 16 March 2024, although the IBO title is a minor world title, it set Davies on higher peaks. [10] Davies defeated Robles, whom he just steamrolled in two rounds, to prevail as the new IBO super bantamweight champion. [11]
Davies lost his title and unbeaten record to Shabaz Masoud on 2 November 2024 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. He was beaten via split decision with one judge favouring Davies 115-113 and the other two scoring it 115-113 and 116-112 for Shabaz. [12] [13] [14] [15]
| 17 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
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| By knockout | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Shabaz Masoud | SD | 12 | 2 Nov 2024 | Resorts World Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Lost IBO super bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Erik Robles | TKO | 2 (12), 1:17 | 16 Mar 2024 | Resorts World Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Won vacant IBO super bantamweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Vincenzo La Femina | TKO | 5 (12), 2:50 | 19 Nov 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained European super bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jason Cunningham | TKO | 1 (12), 2:46 | 29 Jul 2023 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Retained British, WBC International and European super-bantamweight titles; Won WBO International super-bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ionuț Baluta | UD | 12 | 19 Nov 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Won WBC International and vacant European super-bantamweight titles |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Marc Leach | UD | 12 | 11 Jun 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Won British super-bantamweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Dixon Flores | UD | 10 | 9 Oct 2021 | Ultilita Arena, Birmingham, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver super-bantamweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Raymond Commey | TKO | 2 (8), 2:52 | 28 Aug 2021 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Stefan Slavchev | TKO | 2 (6), 1:01 | 5 Jun 2021 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sean Cairns | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 21 Nov 2020 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, England | Won vacant English bantamweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 14 Feb 2020 | Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Stefan Nicolae | PTS | 6 | 7 Dec 2019 | Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Aguilar | KO | 4 (6), 2:32 | 28 Sep 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Edward Bjorklund | PTS | 4 | 21 Jun 2019 | King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Pablo Narvaez | TKO | 2 (4), 1:04 | 11 May 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Stefan Slavchev | PTS | 4 | 16 Feb 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Khvicha Gigolashvili | PTS | 4 | 9 Dec 2018 | Holiday Inn Birmingham, Birmingham, England |
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