Custio Clayton


Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987 is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Amateur career

Clayton began training at his great-uncle's gym, City of Lakes Boxing Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and fought his first amateur bout at the age of 11. He quit boxing for two years at the age of 17 to finish high school. The 24-year-old Nova Scotian Olympian Clayton, along with Simon Kean, were the only two Canadian male boxers to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
Clayton was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at welterweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at welterweight and Custio qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner Myke Carvalho. Qualification being dependent on how the winning opponents performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Clayton became the first Canadian to win a boxing bout in 8 years when he beat Óscar Molina in the opening round. Then he beat the Australian Cameron Hammond, before losing to Fred Evans in the quarterfinal.

Professional career

Clayton officially joined the Groupe Yvon Michel in November 2014. The Nova Scotia boxer has indeed accepted a contract with a maximum duration of three years, the latest of which is an option. His first professional fight will also take place on 19 December at division light middleweight in gala undercard featuring Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
18Win18–0 Diego RamirezKO8, 0:26Jan 28, 2020 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRetained WBA-NABA welterweight title
17Win17–0 Johan PérezUD10Jun 29, 2019 Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, CanadaWon vacant WBA-NABA and WBO International welterweight titles
16Win16–0 DeMarcus CorleyKO6, 0:36Mar 29, 2019 The Mattamy Events Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15Win15–0 Stephen DanyoUD12May 26, 2018 Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaRetained WBO International welterweight title;
Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
14Win14–0 Gabor KovacsKO1, 0:28Mar 31, 2018 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13Win13–0 Cristian Rafael CoriaUD10Dec 16, 2017 Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBO International welterweight title
12Win12–0 Johnny NavarreteUD10Jun 15, 2017 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBC Continental Americas and IBF International welterweight titles
11Win11–0 Alfredo ChávezKO1, 3:00Apr 15, 2017 Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
10Win10–0 Ramses AgatonKO8, 2:47Oct 20, 2016 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
9Win9–0 Silverio OrtizUD6Jul 29, 2016 Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
8Win8–0 José Emilio PereaKO10, 0:45May 24, 2016 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7Win7–0 Hector MunozTKO9, 2:54Mar 17, 2016 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6Win6–0 Stanislas SalmonTKO2, 0:49Jan 21, 2016 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5Win5–0 Ivan PereyraTKO2, 1:20Nov 28, 2015 Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
4Win4–0 Zaurs SadihovsTKO1, 2:46Jun 26, 2015 Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
3Win3–0 Ronald BertiTKO2, 1:48Apr 4, 2015 Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
2Win2–0 Eduards GerasimovsTKO1, 0:50Jan 31, 2015 Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
1Win1–0 Sophyan HaoudUD4Dec 19, 2014 Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada