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1056:Edinburgh
1021:flyweight
1011:, England
1005:York Hall
960:, England
958:Leicester
913:, England
861:12 (12),
829:, England
827:Liverpool
739:, England
700:, England
659:, England
657:Sheffield
622:, Denmark
620:Holstebro
549:Lombardia
479:Location
467:Opponent
417:8 losses
313:bracket.
299:flyweight
89:Flyweight
81:Weight(s)
1350:See also
1340:, France
943:6 (10),
686:8 (10),
558:European
414:13 wins
289:European
217:Cameroon
120:Southpaw
1559:. AIBA.
1516:16 July
1487:16 July
1442:16 July
1413:16 July
1193:2 (8),
1166:Dunston
967:English
773:3 (8),
673:10–6–1
636:10–7–1
602:11–7–1
572:11–8–1
551:, Italy
528:12–8–1
493:13–8–1
464:Record
461:Result
303:amateur
62:British
47:Yaounde
1600:BoxRec
1557:"Home"
1009:London
788:Almaty
737:London
482:Notes
444:Draws
317:Career
214:
197:Men's
161:Losses
116:Stance
108:Height
1598:from
1315:Loss
1032:Loss
1023:title
1016:Lost
981:Loss
972:title
888:Loss
847:Loss
764:10–5
752:title
717:10–6
714:Loss
670:Draw
633:Loss
569:Loss
545:Monza
476:Date
470:Type
169:Draws
1645:stub
1608:Data
1518:2019
1489:2019
1444:2019
1415:2019
1318:0–1
1287:PTS
1281:1–1
1278:Win
1253:PTS
1247:2–1
1244:Win
1223:PTS
1217:3–1
1214:Win
1195:2:25
1182:4–1
1179:Win
1154:PTS
1148:5–1
1145:Win
1113:1:20
1108:TKO
1102:6–1
1099:Win
1078:PTS
1072:7–1
1069:Win
1041:PTS
1035:7–2
984:7–3
945:1:06
930:8–3
927:Win
891:8–4
863:1:38
850:8–5
804:9–5
801:Win
775:1:24
770:TKO
761:Win
744:For
688:3:00
599:Win
556:Won
525:Win
490:Win
397:2008
391:2009
385:2011
379:2011
373:2012
367:2012
361:2015
355:2015
349:2018
343:2019
145:Wins
29:Born
1325:PTS
1189:TKO
1044:10
997:12
978:10
924:11
902:10
885:12
858:KO
844:13
836:WBA
815:10
812:UD
798:14
758:15
746:IBF
728:12
725:UD
711:16
667:17
645:12
642:UD
630:18
608:UD
596:19
581:12
578:SD
566:20
537:12
534:UD
522:21
504:12
501:SD
487:22
457:No.
1690::
1574:.
1535:.
1509:.
1491:.
1480:.
1461:.
1434:.
1423:^
1406:.
1394:^
1380:.
1369:^
1329:4
1312:1
1300:,
1290:4
1275:2
1256:4
1241:3
1226:8
1211:4
1176:5
1157:4
1142:6
1124:,
1096:7
1081:6
1066:8
1054:,
1029:9
1007:,
993:UD
956:,
939:KO
898:SD
825:,
786:,
682:TD
611:8
547:,
447:1
439:7
436:9
428:1
425:4
148:13
140:22
37:)
1676:e
1669:t
1662:v
1651:.
1520:.
1465:.
1446:.
1417:.
172:1
164:8
156:4
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