Thomas Essomba
Thomas Essomba is a Cameroonian professional boxer who held the Commonwealth flyweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.
Career
Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team, reaching the last 16 of the light-flyweight division at the 2012 Olympics Games where he was defeated by Paddy Barnes. Following the 2012 Olympic Games, he was given indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and trained at the Olympian Gym in Sunderland. In his professional career, he won the Commonwealth flyweight title in October 2015 and the English bantamweight title in March 2018.Achievements
- 2019 WBA Continental bantamweight title
- 2018 English bantamweight title
- 2015 Commonwealth flyweight title
- 2015 International Masters Bronze super-flyweight title
- 2012 Second Olympic participation, London, England
- 2012 Cameroon champion, best sportsman, first Cameroon Award.
- 2011 AIBA World Championship ranking: 20
- 2011 African Confederation ranking: 1
- 2009 AIBA World Championship participation in Milan.
- 2008 First Olympic participation, Beijing, China.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 14 | Win | 9–5 |  Sean McGoldrick | UD | 10 | 2 Aug 2019 | Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England | Won vacant WBA Continental bantamweight title |
| 13 | Loss | 8–5 | Lee McGregor | KO | 12, 1:38 | 13 Oct 2018 | York Hall, London, England | For vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title |
| 12 | Loss | 8–4 | Kyle Williams | 10 | 9 Jun 2018 | Willows Banqueting Suite, Willenhall, England | Lost English bantamweight title | |
| 11 | Win | 8–3 | Louis Norman | 6, 1:06 | 2 Mar 2018 | King Power Stadium, Leicester, England | Won vacant English bantamweight title | |
| 10 | Loss | 7–3 | Jay Harris | 12 | 24 Feb 2017 | York Hall, London, England | Lost Commonwealth flyweight title | |
| 9 | Loss | 7–2 | Iain Butcher | PTS | 10 | 7 May 2016 | Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 |  Sergey Tasimov | PTS | 6 | 5 Mar 2016 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Waleed Din | TKO | 11, 1:20 | 17 Oct 2015 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England | Won vacant Commonwealth flyweight title |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 |  Mikheil Soloninkini | PTS | 4 | 19 Sep 2015 | Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, England | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 |  Robert Kanalas | 2, 2:25 | 5 Jul 2015 | Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England | ||
| 4 | Win | 3–1 |  Isaac Quaye | PTS | 8 | 8 Mar 2015 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 30 Nov 2014 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | |
| 2 | Win | 1–1 |  Anwar Alfadli | PTS | 4 | 13 Jul 2014 | Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England | |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 |  Yoan Boyeaux | 4 | 7 Nov 2009 | Gymnase, Husson en Forez, France |