Mark Chamberlain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 January 1999 [1] |
| Other names | Thunder [1] |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Lightweight |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record [2] | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 1 |
Mark Chamberlain (born 11 January 1999) is an English professional boxer who is a former IBF European, WBC Silver and WBA Intercontinental lightweight champion.
Having won the English National Amateur Elite Lightweight Championship in April 2018, [3] Chamberlain made his pro-debut on 15 December that year, stopping Aleksandrs Birkenbergs just 39 seconds into the first of their scheduled four-round contest at the Brentwood Centre in Essex. [4]
He won his first professional title by claiming the vacant IBF European lightweight crown with a unanimous decision success over Marc Vidal at Wembley Arena in London on 2 July 2022. [5] [6]
Chamberlain successfully defended his title three times at London's York Hall in 2023, recording stoppage wins against Vairo Lenti on 17 February, [7] Marvin Demollari on 9 June [8] and Artjoms Ramlavs on 24 November. [9] [10]
On 8 March 2024, he faced Gavin Gwynne for the vacant WBA Intercontinental lightweight title at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou fight. [11] Chamberlain won by fourth round stoppage. [12] [13]
At the same venue on 18 May 2024, as part of the supporting bill for the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight world championship bout, he captured the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title thanks to a first round stoppage of Joshua Wahab. [14] [15] [16]
Chamberlain suffered his first professional defeat on 21 September 2024, when he lost via unanimous decision to Josh Padley at Wembley Stadium on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois IBF heavyweight world title fight. [17] [18]
Chamberlain worked as a plasterer before becoming a full-time professional boxer. [13]