Hosea Burton
Hosea Burton is a British professional boxer. He held the British light-heavyweight title in 2016. As an amateur, he won the 2009 ABAE National Championships in the middleweight division. Hosea is the relative of the late bare knuckle fighter King of the Gypsies Uriah Burton and also the cousin of Tyson Fury.
Career
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne and based in Manchester, Burton was successful as an amateur, winning the ABA senior middleweight title in 2009, beating Kirk Garvey in the final. Trained by Joe Gallagher, he had his first professional fight in March 2012 at super middleweight, a first round stoppage of Viktor Tzonev. After winning his first 14 fights, he faced the also undefeated Miles Shinkwin on 27 February 2016 at the Manchester Arena for the British light heavyweight title vacated by Bob Ajisafe. He had Shinkwin down in the second and fifth rounds and stopped him in the sixth to become British champion.Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 27 | – | 20 Mar 2020 |  York Hall, London, England.png" /> | The Golden Contract: Light-heavyweight – Semi-final | ||||
| 26 | Win | 25–1 |  Bob Ajisafe | UD | 10 | 14 Dec 2019 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England.png" /> | The Golden Contract: Light-heavyweight – Quarter-final |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 |  Edgars Sniedze | PTS | 6 | 5 Jul 2019 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England.png" /> | |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Arturs Kulikauskis | PTS | 6 | 9 Nov 2018 |  | |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 |  Saidou Sall | KO | 1 | 13 Oct 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England.png" /> | |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  Josip Perkovic | PTS | 8 | 25 Feb 2018 | | |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 |  Ratu Latianara | TKO | 1 | 7 Oct 2017 |  | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 |  Tamas Kozma | PTS | 8 | 25 Mar 2017 | | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Frank Buglioni | TKO | 12 | 10 Dec 2016 | | Lost British light-heavyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 |  Fernando Castaneda | TKO | 3 | 24 Sep 2016 | | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jozsef Kormany | TKO | 2 | 29 May 2016 | Goodison Park, Liverpool, England.png" /> | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Michal Ludwiczak | TKO | 4 | 7 May 2016 | | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Miles Shinkwin | TKO | 6 | 27 Feb 2016 | | Won vacant British light-heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Elvis Dube | PTS | 6 | 19 Sep 2015 | Olympia, Liverpool, England.png" /> | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Nathan King | PTS | 6 | 18 Jul 2015 | | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Joe Hillerby | TKO | 4 | 4 Apr 2015 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England.png" /> | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marko Martinjak | TKO | 5 | 29 Nov 2014 | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England.png" /> | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 |  Tsvetozar Iliev | TKO | 4 | 13 Sep 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England.png" /> | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Valentin Freulon | PTS | 8 | 19 Apr 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England.png" /> | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Moses Matovu | PTS | 4 | 22 Feb 2014 | Hull Arena, Hull, England.png" /> | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jahmaine Smyle | TKO | 1 | 1 Jun 2013 |  Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England.png" /> | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Carl Wild | PTS | 6 | 8 Mar 2013 |  | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | James Tucker | PTS | 4 | 12 Oct 2012 | | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Pawel Trebinski | PTS | 4 | 22 Jun 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England.png" /> | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Danny Brown | PTS | 4 | 8 Jun 2012 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England.png" /> | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Robert Studzinski | PTS | 4 | 27 Apr 2012 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England.png" /> | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Viktor Tzonev | KO | 1 | 11 Mar 2012 |  |