Ekow Essuman ('The Engine') boxer

Ekow Essuman boxer
bouts
16
won
16
lost
0
draw
0
Status
active
Division
welter
Debut
2016-12-01
Height
5′ 10″/178cm
Reach
-
Age
30
Born
1989-03-30
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Ekow Essuman (born 30 March 1989) is a British professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles since July 2021.Essuman made his professional debut on 1 December 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Andrej Cepur at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England.After compiling a record of 8–0 (2 KOs), he faced Andy Keates for the vacant English welterweight title on 20 October 2018 at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Nottingham, England. Essuman knocked Keates down twice in the fourth round en route to a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO). He returned to the Harvey Hadden Sports Village for his next fight, successfully defending his English title against former British super-lightweight champion, Tyrone Nurse, via majority decision (MD) on 16 March 2019. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Essuman with 98–93 and 96–94 while the third scored it a draw at 95–95. After a stoppage win over William Warburton in July and a PTS victory over Zygimantas Butkevicius in October, Essuman finished 2019 with a second defence of his title on 30 November, defeating Curtis Felix Jr via eighth-round TKO at the York Hall in London.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2021-10-09 Danny Ball WWWDWW Utilita Arena, Birmingham WIN
KO
2021-07-24 Chris Jenkins LDWWWD Wembley Arena, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2020-09-12 Cedrick Peynaud LWLWWL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Unanimous decision
2019-11-30 Curtis Felix Jnr WWWWWW York Hall, Bethnal Green
2019-10-19 Zygimantas Butkevicius WLLLLL Britannia Hotel, Nottingham WIN
Points
2019-07-06 William Warburton LLLLLL Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham WIN
Corner retirement
2019-03-16 Tyrone Nurse WDWLLL Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham WIN
Majority decision
2018-10-20 Andy Keates WLLLWD Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham WIN
Technical knockout
2018-09-15 Edvinas Puplauskas LLLLLL Britannia Hotel, Nottingham WIN
Points
2018-03-31 Nelson Altamirano LLLLLL Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham WIN
Technical knockout
2017-12-16 Jordan Grannum LLLLLL Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham WIN
Points
2017-10-21 Serge Ambomo WWLLLW Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham WIN
Points
2017-06-24 Arvydas Trizno LLLLLW Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham WIN
Points
2017-04-22 Casey Blair LLLLLL Leicester Arena, Leicester WIN
Technical knockout
2017-02-04 Kevin McCauley LDLLLL Bingham Leisure Centre, Bingham WIN
Points
2016-12-01 Andrej Cepur WLLLLL Holiday Inn, Birmingham WIN
Points

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