Graham Earl boxer

Graham Earl boxer
bouts
32
won
26
lost
6
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
welterweight
Debut
1997-09-02
Height
5′ 5½″/166cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1978-08-26
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

Graham Earl (born 26 August 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2014. He held the British lightweight title twice between 2003 and 2006, and the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2005 to 2006. Earl also challenged once for the WBO interim title in 2007.Earl began boxing at the age of eight. As an amateur, he fought for England Schools and won his first eighteen fights.Earl made his professional debut on 2 September 1997, scoring a second-round stoppage over Mark O'Callaghan. He would spend the next eight years undefeated, winning 21 consecutive fights. During this time Earl won the British lightweight title twice, on 17 July 2003 and 5 June 2004, both times against Bobby Vanzie. On 25 February 2005, Earl lost for the first time to Ricky Burns, who won an eight-round points decision. In Earl's next fight, on 19 June 2005, he bounced back to retain his British lightweight title and win the Commonwealth lightweight title against Kevin Bennett.On 17 February 2007, a bout for the newly created and vacant WBO interim lightweight title was made between Earl and Michael Katsidis. In an action-packed and fast-paced fight, Earl and Katsidis went toe-to-toe and traded many heavy blows, during which Earl was knocked down twice in the opening round and again in the second. However, soon after getting back to his feet following the third knockdown and having the towel being thrown in seconds later (only for it to be thrown back out again by referee Mickey Vann), Earl managed to floor Katsidis momentarily with a heavy right hand at close quarters, rendering the latter visibly stunned and unsteady on his feet. Earl's comeback would ultimately be short-lived, as Katsidis recovered swiftly and finished the round strongly. At the very end of round three, a low blow cost Katsidis a point, but in the following rounds he went on to deliver a barrage of largely unanswered punches to Earl until the decision was made Earl's cornermen to stop the fight after the fifth round.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2014-08-22 Steve Martin WWWWWW Hilton Hotel, Portomaso LOST
Technical knockout
2014-07-04 Michael Katsidis LLWLLW Rumours International, Toowoomba LOST
Unanimous decision
2009-06-28 Karl Taylor LLLLLL Liquid Envy nightclub, Luton WIN
Points
2008-10-17 Henry Castle WLWWWW York Hall, Bethnal Green LOST
Technical knockout
2007-12-08 Amir Khan WWWWWW Bolton Arena, Bolton LOST
Technical knockout
2007-02-17 Michael Katsidis WWWWWW Wembley Arena, Wembley LOST
Corner retirement
2006-10-28 Angel Hugo Ramirez WWWWWW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Unanimous decision
2006-01-27 Yuri Ramanau WWWWWW Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham WIN
Points
2005-06-19 Kevin Bennett WWWLWW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
2005-02-25 Ricky Burns WWWWWW Conference Centre, Wembley LOST
Points
2004-07-30 Steve Murray WWLLWW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
2004-06-05 Bobby Vanzie WWLLWW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
2003-10-11 Jon Honney LWWLLW Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth WIN
Points
2003-07-17 Bobby Vanzie LWWWWL Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham WIN
Points
2003-05-24 Nikolay Eremeev LWLWLW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
2003-02-15 Steve Murray WWWWWL Conference Centre, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2002-10-12 Chill John WWWLWL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
2001-12-15 Mark Winters LDLWWW Conference Centre, Wembley WIN
Points
2001-09-22 Liam Maltby WWWWWW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
KO
2001-03-10 Brian Gentry WWWWWL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
2000-10-21 Leeroy Williamson LWLLLL Conference Centre, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2000-04-29 Marco Fattore LLLLLW Wembley Arena, Wembley WIN
Points
2000-03-04 Ivo Golakov WWLWWW Werrington Sports Centre, Peterborough WIN
Technical knockout
1999-07-15 Simon Chambers LDWLWL Werrington Sports Centre, Peterborough WIN
KO
1999-05-08 Benny Jones LWLWWL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
1999-01-16 Leeroy Williamson LW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
1998-12-10 Marc Smith LWLLLL Broadway Theatre, Barking WIN
Technical knockout
1998-09-12 Brian Coleman WLLLLL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
1998-05-23 David Kirk DLLLLL York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Points
1998-04-11 Danny Lutaaya WLWWLD Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark WIN
Technical knockout
1997-12-06 Mark McGowan LWWLWW Wembley Arena, Wembley WIN
Points
1997-09-02 Mark O'Callaghan LLLLLL Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark WIN
Technical knockout