Liam Davies (born 31 March 1996) is a British professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-bantamweight title since March 2024.
Amateur career
As an amateur, Davies won silver medals at the 2016 and 2018 ABAE National Championships, he also won on the Semi-finals of the 2017 Haringey Box Cup.[1]
Professional career
Early career
Liam Davies made his Professional debut against Georgian boxing veteran, Khvicha Gigolashvili, whom he defeated, in December 2018 at Holiday Inn, Birmingham. Davies also was signed to Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
Davies vs. Cairns
Liam Davies won his first title as he prevails against Sean Cairns via corner retirement for the vacant British bantamweight strap.[2]
Davies vs. Flores
A year after, Davis won the WBC International Silver (An Interim title for the WBC International title) super bantamweight title against Dixon Flores.[3]
Davies vs. Baluta
In June 2022, Davies defeated Marc Leach for the British super bantamweight title, which would make Davies hungry for more regional titles, and so he fought for the WBC International and the vacant European super bantamweight titles against Romanian boxer, Ionut Baluta and won decisively via unanimous decision.[4]
Davies vs. Cunningham
Later, Davies sought to defend 3 of his earned regional titles against worthy compatriot, Jason Cunningham, whilst Cunningham's WBO International title was also at stake, the match was set at Telford, Davies' hometown, on 29 July 2023[5] at the match, Davies successfully made his hometown fans not only surprised, but also satisfied as he stunned Cunningham with an upsetting 1st round TKO.[6][7]
Davies vs. La Femina
As not only, the English super bantamweight champion, not only the British super bantamweight champion but also the European champion, Davies hopes to go far east to take on the fierce and powerful Naoya Inoue for the super bantamweight titles, to get higher on the ranks, Davies defended his European championship against Italian challenger, Vincenzo La Femina on November 18, 2023,[8] Davies and La Femina had an entertaining third round, both tasting the canvas, however, Davies with his newfound power, was able to secure the victory via stoppage in the 5th round.[9]
Davies vs. Robles
Davies, whom is keen to be challenged by a world champion, decided to test himself against talent-laden, former IBO super bantamweight champion, Erik Robles Ayala or Erik Robles for the vacant title, Robles once had on 16 March 2024, although the IBO title is a minor world title, it sets Davies on higher peaks.[10] Davies, who once outboxed his opponents to win via decision, now is destroying elites with newfound power, and it showed, against Robles, whom he just steamrolled in two rounds, to prevail as the new IBO super bantamweight champion.[11]
Professional boxing record
| 16 fights | 16 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Erik Robles Ayala | TKO | 2 (12), 1:17 | 16 Mar 2024 | Resorts World Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Won vacant IBO super bantamweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Vincenzo La Femina | TKO | 5 (12), 2:50 | 19 Nov 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained European super bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jason Cunningham | TKO | 1 (12), 2:46 | 29 Jul 2023 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Retained British, European and WBC International titles; Won WBO International super bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ionut Baluta | UD | 12 | 19 Nov 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Won WBC International and vacant European super bantamweight titles |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Marc Leach | UD | 12 | 11 Jun 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | Won British super bantamweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Dixon Flores | UD | 10 | 9 Oct 2021 | Ultilita Arena, Birmingham, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver super-bantamweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Raymond Commey | TKO | 2 (8), 2:52 | 28 Aug 2021 | Ultilita Arena, Birmingham, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Stefan Slavchev | TKO | 2 (6), 1:01 | 5 Jun 2021 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sean Cairns | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 21 Nov 2020 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, England | Won vacant English bantamweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 14 Feb 2020 | Stadium Suite, Bank's Stadium, Walsall, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Stefan Nicolae | PTS | 6 | 7 Dec 2019 | Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Aguilar | KO | 4 (6), 2:32 | 28 Sep 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Edward Bjorklund | PTS | 4 | 21 Jun 2019 | King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Pablo Narvaez | TKO | 2 (4), 1:04 | 11 May 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Stefan Slavchev | PTS | 4 | 16 Feb 2019 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Khvicha Gigolashvili | PTS | 4 | 9 Dec 2018 | Holiday Inn Birmingham, Birmingham, England |
References
- ^ "BoxRec: Liam Davies' amateur boxing record". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Ron (21 November 2020). "Liam Davies claims English title". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Telford boxer Liam Davies toasts title win with burger". bbc.co.uk. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Mark Elliott, Mark (20 November 2022). "Liam Davies defeats Ionut Balus in Telford to win vacant European belt". bbc.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Worsell, Elliot (29 July 2023). "Davies puts his British and European titles on the line against Cunningham on Telford". boxingnewsonline.net. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Declan (29 July 2023). "Liam davies destroys Jason Cunningham in one round". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ The Editorial Team (30 July 2023). "Liam Davies blows away Jason Cunningham inside first round to defend European super bantamweight belt". eurosport.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Wheeler, Dan; Elliott, Mark (15 November 2023). "Liam Davies: European super bantamweight champion targeting world title in Japan". bbc.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (18 November 2023). "Liam Davies Climbs Off Deck, Twice Floors Vincenzo La Femina In 5th Round Stoppage". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Wainwright, Anson (12 March 2024). "Liam Davies Eager To Put Himself To The Test Against Erik Robles". ringtv.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Evans, John (16 March 2024). "Superb Liam Davies Steamrolls Erik Robles In Two Rounds". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
External links
- Boxing record for Liam Davies from BoxRec (registration required)