Josh Kelly

Name: Josh Kelly
Alias: 'Pretty Boy'
Hometown: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Reach: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Adam Booth (2017-)
• Promoter: Eddie Hearn (2017-)

Amateur Highlights

• 2012 AIBA Youth World Championships Bronze medalist in Yerevan, Armenia (64kg):
  • Defeated Shamurat Cherkezov (Turkmenistan) 12:9
  • Defeated Kazimierz Legowski (Poland) DQ
  • Defeated Carlos Sanchez (Mexico) 13:8
  • Lost to Kevin Hayler Brown (Cuba) 16:10

• 2014 Heidelberg Round Robin Tournament Gold medalist in Heidelberg, Germany (69kg):
  • Defeated Vjaceslav Spomer (Germany) W/O

• 2014 Golden Belt Tournament Bronze medalist in Chiajna, Romania (69kg):
  • Defeated Jozsef Takacs (Hungary) 3:0
  • Lost to Yaroslav Samofalov (Ukraine) 3:0

• 2015 Bocskai Memorial Tournament Bronze medalist in Debrecen, Hungary (69kg):
  • Defeated Zoltan Csiki (Hungary) 3:0
  • Defeated Pavel Kastramin (Belarus) 2:1
  • Defeated Serhii Bohachuk (Ukraine) 2:1

• 2015 European Games Bronze medalist in Baku, Azerbaijan (69kg):
  • Defeated Mahamed Nurudzinau (Belarus) 2:1
  • Defeated Adam Nolan (Ireland) 2:1
  • Lost to Parviz Baghirov (Azerbaijan) 3:0

• 2015 AIBA World Championships quarter-finalist in Doha, Qatar (69kg):
  • Defeated Nathan Webber (Australia) 3:0
  • Defeated Josh Nyika (New Zealand) 3:0
  • Lost to Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) 0:3

• 2016 Olympic Games participant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (69kg):
  • Defeated Walid Sedik Mohamed (Egypt) 3:0
  • Lost to Daniyar Eleusinov (Kazakhstan) 0:3

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBA International welterweight title (March 2018; 3 defences)
• Commonwealth Boxing Council welterweight title (June 2018; 0 defences)
• WBO International super welterweight title (July 2022; 1 defence)
• BBBoC British super welterweight title (Dec 2022; 0 defences)

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 1-0-0 (0 KO's) in world championship bouts.
• 2-0-0 (0 KO's) against former or current world champions (secondary/regular belts excluded):
  • Won against Carlos Molina & Bakhram Murtazaliev

Variant Record

• Defeated 5 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Przemyslaw Runowski, Troy Williamson, Gabriel Alberto Corzo, Ishmael Davis & Bakhram Murtazaliev.

Awards & Recognitions

• Boxing Writers' Club's Young Boxer of the Year (2018)

Preceded by: Bakhram Murtazaliev

IBF Light Middleweight Champion 2026 Jan 31 – present

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