Josh Kelly (born 7 March 1994) is a British professional boxer.[2] As an amateur competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2015 European Games, in which he won a bronze medal, representing Great Britain.[3] Kelly has held the WBA International welterweight title in 2018[4] and the Commonwealth welterweight title in 2018.

Josh Kelly
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Pretty Boy[1]
Weight(s)	Welterweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach	72 in (183 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 28) Sunderland, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	12
Wins by KO	7
Losses	1
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing Great Britain European Games 2015 Baku Welterweight

He is a supporter of Sunderland A.F.C.[5][6]

Professional career

Having competed in the Olympics, Kelly's first fight as a professional was a six rounds points victory (59-55) against Jay Byrne (4-1) of Dublin in April 2017 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo.[7]

Kelly won his next two fights in the next two months, defeating Spain's Jony Vila (6-1) and Gateshead's Tom Whitfield (4-1) by fourth-round stoppage and first-round knockout respectively.[8][9] The Vila fight took place at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham in May whilst the Whitfield fight took place at the Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle in June, with his fight being the main event.[10][11]

Kelly finished the year with a record of 5-0 after victories over Mexico's Jose Luis Zuniga (13-2-1) and France's Jean Michel Hamilcaro (25-8-3), winning by second-round stoppage and sixth-round stoppage respectively in October and December. Those fights took place at the SSE Arena, Belfast and the York Hall, London.

Kelly vs. Robinson

On June 1, 2019, Kelly fought Ray Robinson, who was ranked #13 by the WBC and #15 by the WBO at welterweight. Kelly was ranked #9 by the WBA at welterweight. The contest was even and ended up in a majority draw, with one scorecard going in favour of Kelly, 96-94, while the other two read 95-95 twice.[12]

Kelly vs. Campos

In his next fight, Kelly fought Wiston Campos. Kelly was struggling to handle Campos at times, but nonetheless managed to win the bout via unanimous decision, scoring 99-90, 99-90 and 98-91 on the scorecards.[13]

Kelly vs. Avanesyan

In his next fight, Kelly fought highly ranked welterweight David Avanesyan, who was ranked #6 by the IBF, #7 by the WBC, #9 by the WBA and #10 by the WBO at the time. Avanesyan showed to be the better man on the night and finished Kelly within six rounds.[14][15]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
14	Win	12–1–1	Lucas Bastida	UD	10	30 Jul 2022	Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, England	Won vacant WBO International super welterweight title
13	Win	11–1–1	Peter Kramer	TKO	4 (10), 2:31	17 Jun 2022	Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England
12	Loss	10–1–1	David Avanesyan	TKO	6 (12), 2:15	20 Feb 2021	The SSE Arena, London, England	For European welterweight title
11	Win	10–0–1	Wiston Campos	UD	10	20 Dec 2019	Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
10	Draw	9–0–1	Ray Robinson	MD	10	1 Jun 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US	Retained WBA International welterweight title
9	Win	9–0	Przemyslaw Runowski	UD	10	20 Apr 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England	Retained WBA International welterweight title
8	Win	8–0	Walter Fabian Castillo	TKO	1 (10), 2:55	10 Nov 2018	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
7	Win	7–0	Kris George	RTD	7 (12), 3:00	16 Jun 2018	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	Retained WBA International welterweight title; Won Commonwealth welterweight title
6	Win	6–0	Carlos Molina	UD	10	31 Mar 2018	Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Won vacant WBA International welterweight title
5	Win	5–0	Jean Michel Hamilcaro	TKO	6 (10), 2:06	13 Dec 2017	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Jose Luis Zuniga	TKO	2 (6), 1:41	21 Oct 2017	SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
3	Win	3–0	Tom Whitfield	KO	1 (8), 1:19	23 Jun 2017	Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle, England
2	Win	2–0	Jony Vina	TKO	4 (6), 1:27	13 May 2017	Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England
1	Win	1–0	Jay Byrne	PTS	6	15 Apr 2017	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland

References

External links

• Boxing record for Josh Kelly from BoxRec (registration required)
• Joshua Kelly at AIBA.org (archived)
• Josh Kelly at the International Olympic Committee
• Josh Kelly at Olympics.com
• Josh Kelly at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Josh Kelly - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live

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