Josh Kelly (boxer)
Josh Kelly is a British professional boxer. As an amateur competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2015 European Games, in which he won a bronze medal, representing Great Britain. Kelly has held the WBA International welterweight title since March 2018 and the Commonwealth welterweight title since June 2018.
Professional career
Having competed in the Olympics, Kelly's first fight as a professional was a six rounds points victory against Jay Byrne of Dublin in April 2017 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo.Kelly won his next two fights in the next two months, defeating Spain's Jony Vila and Gateshead's Tom Whitfield by fourth-round stoppage and first-round knockout respectively. The Vila fight took place at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham in May whilst the Whitfield fight took place at the Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle in June, with his fight being the main event.
Kelly finished the year with a record of 5-0 after victories over Mexico's Jose Luis Zuniga and France's Jean Michel Hamilcaro, winning by second-round stoppage and sixth-round stoppage respectively in October and December. Those fights took place at the SSE Arena, Belfast and the York Hall, London.
Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Wiston Campos | UD | 10 | 20 Dec 2019 | Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
10 | Draw | 9–0–1 | Ray Robinson | 10 | 1 Jun 2019 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US | Retained WBA International welterweight title | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Przemyslaw Runowski | UD | 10 | 20 Apr 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Retained WBA International welterweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Walter Fabian Castillo | TKO | 1, 2:55 | 10 Nov 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Kris George | 7, 3:00 | 16 Jun 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | Retained WBA International welterweight title; Won Commonwealth welterweight title | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Carlos Molina | 10 | 31 Mar 2018 | Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | Won vacant WBA International welterweight title | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Jean Michel Hamilcaro | TKO | 6, 2:06 | 13 Dec 2017 | York Hall, London, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Jose Luis Zuniga | TKO | 2, 1:41 | 21 Oct 2017 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Tom Whitfield | 1, 1:19 | 23 Jun 2017 | Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle, England | ||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jony Vina | 4, 1:27 | 13 May 2017 | Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jay Byrne | 6 | 15 Apr 2017 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland |