Solomon Dacres | |
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Born | Warley, England | 25 October 1993
Other names | The Real Deal |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record [1] | |
Total fights | 10 |
Wins | 9 |
Wins by KO | 3 |
Losses | 1 |
Solomon Dacres is a British professional boxer who held the English heavyweight title from 18 March 2023 to 7 December 2024.
Dacres turned pro with an amateur record of 35–10 [2] and made his debut on 15 May 2021 at Manchester Arena, comfortably winning on points against Mladen Manev over six rounds. [3]
He won the vacant English heavyweight title with a second round stoppage win over Robert Ismay at Newcastle Arena on 18 March 2023. [4] Dacres retained his title thanks to a majority decision victory against Michael Webster at Manchester Arena on 18 November 2023 [5] before securing a seventh-round knockout success when the pair met for a rematch on 20 July 2024 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. [6]
Dacres lost his title to David Adeleye when he was stopped in the first round of their fight at Wembley Arena in London on 7 December 2024. [7] [8]
10 fights | 9 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 3 | 1 |
By decision | 6 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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10 | Loss | 9–1 | David Adeleye | TKO | 1 (10), 1:20 | 7 Dec 2024 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Lost English heavyweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Michael Webster | TKO | 7 (10), 1:10 | 20 Jul 2024 | Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England | Retained English heavyweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Michael Webster | MD | 10 | 18 Nov 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained English heavyweight title |
7 | Win | 7-0 | Chris Thompson | UD | 10 | 19 Aug 2023 | Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Robert Ismay | TKO | 2 (10), 2:04 | 18 Mar 2023 | Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England | Won vacant English heavyweight title |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Ariel Esteban Bracamonte | UD | 10 | 24 Sep 2022 | Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Kevin Nicolas Espindola | PTS | 8 | 9 Jul 2022 | The O2 Arena, Greenwich, London, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Kamil Sokolowski | PTS | 8 | 9 Oct 2021 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Alvaro Terrero | TKO | 4 (6), 1:36 | 12 Jun 2021 | Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Mladen Manev | PTS | 6 | 15 May 2021 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England |
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