Sam Maxwell (boxer)
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| Born | 17 October 1988 (age 35) Light-welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Maxwell (born 17 October 1988) is an English
light-welterweight title from 2021 to 2023 and the British light-welterweight title from 2021 to 2022. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
.
Amateur career
Maxwell started boxing aged 11 at the local Higher Side gym, and went on to join the Solly amateur gym in
Vasyl Lomachenko twice during the WSB. His wins included Morocco, Algeria, Germany, Kazakhstan and China. He won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
and finished his amateur career in 2016.
Professional career
Maxwell made his professional debut on 7 October 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Ibrar Riyaz at the Greenbanks Sports Academy in Liverpool.[2]
After compiling a record of 10–0 (8 KOs) he faced Sabri Sediri for the vacant
technical knockout (TKO) and the WBO European title.[3] After a second-round knockout (KO) win over Oscar Amador in a six-round non-title fight in July,[4] Maxwell retained his title against Connor Parker with a seventh-round TKO in November.[5]
Personal life
Maxwell was born in Hackney, London. Maxwell moved to Prescot, Knowsley in 1997 following the unexpected death of his father.
Professional boxing record
| 20 fights | 17 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 11 | 2 |
| By decision | 6 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Alejandro Meneses | TKO | 9 (12) 2:39 | 22 April 2022 | Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England | For vacant IBO super-lightweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Akeem Ennis-Brown | UD | 12 | 28 Aug 2021 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Won Commonwealth and British light-welterweight titles |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ben Fields | PTS | 8 | 26 Mar 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Joe Hughes | UD | 10 | 29 Aug 2020 | BT Sport Studio, London, England | Retained WBO European light-welterweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Connor Parker | TKO | 7 (10), 2:45 | 30 Nov 2019 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Retained WBO European light-welterweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Oscar Amador | KO | 2 (6), 1:23 | 12 Jul 2019 | Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Sabri Sediri | TKO | 10 (10), 2:46 | 21 Mar 2019 | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | Won vacant light-welterweight title
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Jamie Quinn | KO | 1 (6) | 22 Dec 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Chris Truman | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 18 Aug 2018 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Kane Baker | PTS | 6 | 9 Jun 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Michael Carrero | KO | 1 (6), 0:56 | 21 Apr 2018 | SSE Arena , Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Elvin Perez | TKO | 1 (6), 0:42 | 16 Mar 2018 | Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Oszkar Fiko | KO | 3 (6), 1:50 | 25 Nov 2017 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen , Germany
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Gyula Tallosi | KO | 1 (6), 2:55 | 21 Oct 2017 | First Direct Arena, Leeds , England
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Angel Emilov | TKO | 3 (4) | 17 Jun 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Georgie Wright | TKO | 5 (6), 0:50 | 22 Apr 2017 | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ibrar Riyaz | PTS | 4 | 7 Oct 2016 | Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool, England |
References
- ^ "British Lionhearts confirm deep squad for World Series Boxing return".
- ^ "BoxRec: Sam Maxwell vs. Ibrar Riyaz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Boren, Cindy (25 March 2019). "A boxer learns a sad lesson about taunting when he's knocked out in final moments of title bout". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Foster, Elliot (15 July 2019). "Maxwell stops Amador at Olympia". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Brown, Shaun (30 November 2019). "Sam Maxwell Stops Connor Parker To Retain WBO Strap". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
External links
- Boxing record for Sam Maxwell from BoxRec (registration required)
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