Lerrone Richards
Lerrone Richards | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Lerrone Richards 25 August 1992 New Malden, Greater London, England | |||||||||||
| Other names | Sniper The Boss | |||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||
| Reach | 71 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | ||||||||||||
| Total fights | 18 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 18 | |||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 4 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lerrone Richards (born 25 August 1992) is a British
Amateur career
As an amateur Richards compiled a record of 91–9. He represented Ghana at the 2012 African Olympic Qualifier,[2] losing in the quarter-final to Abdelmalek Rahou by 9:16.[3]
Professional career
Richards made his professional debut on 29 September 2013, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Robert Studzinski at the York Hall in London.[4]
With four wins out of four fights under his belt, Richards had a two-year absence from competitive bouts while waiting for his contract to expire with his current management team due to a dispute;
He fought and won five times in 2017, ending the year with a fight against Rhys Pagan for the vacant
Following a six-round PTS victory over Chris Dutton in March 2018 – Richards' only fight of 2018 due to injury[10] – he fought Tommy Langford on 27 April 2019 at the Wembley Arena, London, with the vacant WBO International, and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles on the line. Richards won by UD with the three judges scoring the bout 118–111, 118–110 and 116–113.[11]
The first defence of his Commonwealth title came against Lennox Clarke on 30 November 2019 at Arena Birmingham, with the vacant British title also up for grabs. Richards retained his title via split decision (SD), adding the British title to his collection. Two judges scored in favour of Richards with 117–112 and 116–113 while the third scored it 115–113 to Clarke.[12]
Professional boxing record
| 18 fights | 18 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 4 | 0 |
| By decision | 14 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Mickey Ellison | PTS | 8 | 10 Nov 2023 | Brighton Centre, Brighton, England | Fought at light heavyweight |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Harry Matthews | KO | 4 (6), 1:32 | 12 May 2023 | Maher Centre, Leicester, England | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Carlos Góngora | SD | 12 | 18 Dec 2021 | AO Arena, Manchester, England | Won IBO super-middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Giovanni De Carolis | UD | 12 | 15 May 2021 | AO Arena, Manchester , England
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Won vacant European super-middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Timo Laine | PTS | 8 | 5 Dec 2020 | The SSE Arena, London, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Lennox Clarke | SD | 12 | 30 Nov 2019 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Retained Commonwealth super-middleweight title; Won vacant British super-middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Tommy Langford | UD | 12 | 27 Apr 2019 | The SSE Arena , London, England
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Won vacant Commonwealth and WBO International super-middleweight titles |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Chris Dutton | PTS | 6 | 31 Mar 2018 | BT Convention Centre, Liverpool , England
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Rhys Pagan | UD | 10 | 27 Nov 2017 | Grange St. Paul's Hotel, London, England | Won vacant super-middleweight title
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ferenc Albert | PTS | 6 | 16 Sep 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Lewis van Poetsch | TKO | 3 (4), 2:06 | 22 Jul 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Anthony Fox | PTS | 6 | 20 May 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Attila Tibor Nagy | PTS | 6 | 24 Feb 2017 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Gordan Glisic | TKO | 1 (4), 2:47 | 24 Oct 2016 | Hilton Hotel, London, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Darren McKenna | PTS | 4 | 27 Apr 2014 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Mark Till | PTS | 4 | 22 Feb 2014 | Hull , England
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jay Morris | RTD | 1 (4), 3:00 | 24 Nov 2013 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Robert Studzinski | PTS | 4 | 29 Sep 2013 | York Hall, London, England |
References
- ^ "Boxing record for Lerrone Richards". BoxRec.
- ^ "Lerrone Richards signs with Queensberry Promotions". Frank Warren. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Lerrone Richards - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lerrone Richards vs. Robert Studzinski". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Hubbard, Richard (30 August 2016). "THE BIG INTERVIEW - LERRONE RICHARDS". Frank Warren. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lerrone Richards vs. Darren McKenna". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Lerrone Richards signs with Queensberry Promotions". Frank Warren. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lerrone Richards vs. Gordan Glisic". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lerrone Richards vs. Rhys Pagan". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Billy Joe Saunders Gives High Praise To Lerrone Richards". BoxingScene.com. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lerrone Richards vs. Tommy Langford". boxrec.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Lockley, Mike (2 December 2019). "Lennox Clarke just loses out in chess match". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 February 2020.