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Thomas Essomba (born 2 December 1987) is a Cameroonian-British professional boxer who held the Commonwealth flyweight title from 2015 to 2017. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.

Thomas Essomba
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight Super-flyweight Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	British Cameroonian
Born	(1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 34)[1] Cameroon
Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	11
Wins by KO	4
Losses	7
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Cameroon All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Light-flyweight 2007 Algiers Light-flyweight

Career

Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team;[2] at the 2012 Olympics in London, he was captain of the team and reached the last 16 of the light-flyweight division, being defeated by Paddy Barnes.[3] He defected in London, was given political asylum and indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and became a British citizen soon after.[4] He resettled in Sunderland, where he has trained at the Olympian Gym.[2] In his professional career, he won the Commonwealth flyweight title in October 2015 and the English bantamweight title in March 2018.[5][6]

Achievements

• 2019 WBA Continental bantamweight title
• 2018 English bantamweight title
• 2015 Commonwealth flyweight title
• 2015 International Masters Bronze super-flyweight title [7]
• 2012 Second Olympic participation, London, England[3]
• 2012 Cameroon champion, best sportsman, first Cameroon Award.
• 2011 AIBA World Championship ranking: 20[8]
• 2011 African Confederation ranking: 1[9]
• 2009 AIBA World Championship participation in Milan.
• 2008 First Olympic participation, Beijing, China.[1]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

18 fights	10 wins	7 losses
By knockout	4	1
By decision	6	6
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
18	Loss	10–7–1	Marc Leach	UD	12	5 Jun 2021	Arena Car Park, Sheffield, England
17	Draw	10–6–1	Thomas Patrick Ward	TD	8 (10), 3:00	17 Oct 2020	East of England Arena, Peterborough, England	Split TD after Ward cut from accidental head clash
16	Loss	10–6	Sunny Edwards	UD	12	29 Aug 2020	BT Sport Studio, London, England	For IBF International super-flyweight title
15	Win	10–5	Islander Kharsan	TKO	3 (8), 1:24	16 Dec 2019	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
14	Win	9–5	Sean McGoldrick	UD	10	2 Aug 2019	Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England	Won vacant WBA Continental bantamweight title
13	Loss	8–5	Lee McGregor	KO	12 (12), 1:38	13 Oct 2018	York Hall, London, England	For vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title
12	Loss	8–4	Kyle Williams	SD	10	9 Jun 2018	Willows Banqueting Suite, Willenhall, England	Lost English bantamweight title
11	Win	8–3	Louis Norman	KO	6 (10), 1:06	2 Mar 2018	King Power Stadium, Leicester, England	Won vacant English bantamweight title
10	Loss	7–3	Jay Harris	UD	12	24 Feb 2017	York Hall, London, England	Lost Commonwealth flyweight title
9	Loss	7–2	Iain Butcher	PTS	10	7 May 2016	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
8	Win	7–1	Sergey Tasimov	PTS	6	5 Mar 2016	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
7	Win	6–1	Waleed Din	TKO	11 (12), 1:20	17 Oct 2015	Magna Centre, Rotherham, England	Won vacant Commonwealth flyweight title
6	Win	5–1	Mikheil Soloninkini	PTS	4	19 Sep 2015	Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, England
5	Win	4–1	Robert Kanalas	TKO	2 (8), 2:25	5 Jul 2015	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
4	Win	3–1	Isaac Quaye	PTS	8	8 Mar 2015	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
3	Win	2–1	Brett Fidoe	PTS	4	30 Nov 2014	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
2	Win	1–1	Anwar Alfadli	PTS	4	13 Jul 2014	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
1	Loss	0–1	Yoan Boyeaux	PTS	4	7 Nov 2009	Gymnase, Husson en Forez, France

See also

• Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Boxing

References

External links

• Boxing record for Thomas Essomba from BoxRec (registration required)
• Data
• All Africa 2007
• First qualifier results
• 2nd Qualifier

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