Shakiel Thompson

Shakiel Thompson
Born	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 28) [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire, England [1]
Other names	Dr Steel [1]
Statistics
Weight	Middleweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm) [1]
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record [2]
Total fights	15
Wins	15
Wins by KO	11

Shakiel Thompson (born 19 April 1997) is an English professional boxer. He has held the IBF European and WBO Global middleweight titles since April 2024.

Career

Thompson made his professional boxing debut at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Sheffield on 12 October 2018, stopping Geiboord Omier just 42 seconds into the first of their scheduled four-round contest. ^[3]

Having amassed a perfect record of 11 wins from 11 pro-fights, he claimed the vacant IBF European and WBO Global middleweight titles with an eighth round stoppage win over Bulgarian boxer Vladimir Georgiev at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on 20 April 2024. ^{[4] [5]}

Thompson made the first defense of his titles against River Wilson-Bent at Park Community Arena in Sheffield on 27 September 2024. He knocked his opponent to the canvas four times before the referee halted the bout in the third round. ^{[6] [7]}

Returning to Park Community Arena for his next outing, he stopped David Benitez in the fourth round of a non-title eight-round contest on 7 February 2025. ^{[8] [9]}

Fighting at the same venue for the third outing in a row in another non-title bout, Thompson stopped Grant Dennis in the second of their scheduled eight round match-up on 27 September 2025. ^[10]

In October 2025, he signed with Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions. ^[11]

References

1. "Shakiel Thompson". tapology.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
2. "Boxing record for Shakiel Thompson". BoxRec .
3. "Boxing: Impressive debut tonight for Sheffield prospect Shakiel Thompson and a win for Waleed Din". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
4. "Sheffield's Shak Thompson proves his attack is good enough to see him on the world stage". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
5. "Vladimir Georgiev put up a decent fight but lost to Shakeil Thompson in Rotherham". Sport Bulgaria. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
6. "Shakiel Thompson knocks out River Wilson-Bent in three rounds". Boxing News Online. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
7. "Hughie Fury and Shakiel Thompson gather further momentum". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
8. "Shakiel Thompson Stops David Benitez In DAZN Main Event; Shakan Pitters Batters Opponent In Two". The Ring. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
9. "Shakiel Thompson stops David Benitez in four one-sided rounds". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
10. "Boxing: Handsworth hitter Shak Thompson makes it 15 straight wins". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
11. "Queensberry Promotions sign the 'most avoided middleweight'". bigfightweekend.com. Retrieved 18 October 2025.