Michael McKinson | |
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Born | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 17 April 1994
Nationality | British |
Other names | The Problem |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Welterweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record [1] | |
Total fights | 27 |
Wins | 26 |
Wins by KO | 4 |
Losses | 1 |
Michael McKinson (born 17 April 1994) is a British professional boxer. At regional level, he held the WBO European welterweight title from 2019 to 2020. [2]
Mckinson is trained by his father Michael Ballingall, who also trains his younger brother Lucas Ballingall the English Superlightweight Champion.
27 fights | 26 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 4 | 1 |
By decision | 22 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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27 | Win | 26-1 | Musah Lawson | UD | 10 | Dec 10, 2023 | Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England | Won WBC International Welterweight Title |
26 | Win | 25–1 | TKO | 7 (8), 1:25 | 27 May 2023 | Dean Court, Bournemouth, England | ||
25 | Win | 24–1 | TKO | 5 (8), 3:00 | 18 Mar 2023 | Rome, Italy | ||
24 | Win | 23–1 | PTS | 6 | 17 Dec 2022 | Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England | ||
23 | Loss | 22–1 | TKO | 9 (12), 0:27 | 6 Aug 2022 | Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||
22 | Win | 22–0 | UD | 10 | 19 Mar 2022 | |||
21 | Win | 21–0 | Przemyslaw Runowski | UD | 10 | 14 Aug 2021 | Matchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, England | Retained WBO Global welterweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Chris Kongo | UD | 10 | 27 Mar 2021 | Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar | Won WBO Global welterweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Martin Harkin | UD | 10 | 18 Oct 2020 | York Hall, London, England | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Luis Alberto Veron | UD | 10 | 9 Nov 2019 | York Hall, London, England | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Evgeny Pavko | UD | 10 | 20 Jul 2019 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | Won vacant WBO European welterweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Ryan Kelly | UD | 10 | 9 Mar 2019 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | Retained WBC Silver International welterweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Sammy McNess | UD | 10 | 26 Oct 2018 | York Hall, London, England | Retained WBC Silver International welterweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 4 | 14 Jul 2018 | Civic Hall, Grays, England | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Colin Lynes | TKO | 6 (10), 2:51 | 25 Nov 2017 | Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, England | Won vacant WBC Silver International welterweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Mario Petrov | PTS | 6 | 22 Sep 2017 | Westcroft Leisure Centre, Carshalton, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Ryan Martin | UD | 10 | 8 Apr 2017 | Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, England | Won vacant WBC Youth welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Duane Green | PTS | 6 | 10 Dec 2016 | Liquid & Envy Nightclub, Portsmouth, England | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Ali Wyatt | PTS | 4 | 12 Nov 2016 | Metropole Hotel, Brighton, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Stanislav Nenkov | PTS | 6 | 13 Mar 2016 | Liquid & Envy Nightclub, Portsmouth, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Casey Blair | PTS | 4 | 21 Nov 2015 | York Hall, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jerome Samuels | RTD | 3 (4), 3:00 | 4 Jul 2015 | O2 Academy, Bournemouth, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Dan Carr | PTS | 4 | 28 Mar 2015 | Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Aleksas Vaseris | PTS | 4 | 7 Feb 2015 | Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Teodor Nikolov | PTS | 4 | 22 Nov 2014 | Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Pawel Seliga | PTS | 4 | 1 Nov 2014 | Downpatrick Cricket Club, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jan Salamacha | PTS | 4 | 4 Oct 2014 | Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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