Denton Vassell

Denton Vassell (Born 13 September 1984) is a British welterweight boxer, based in Ancoats, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Boxing career

Amateur career

The pinnacle of Vassell's amateur career was winning the Amateur Boxing Association championships at welterweight^[1] He is also the half brother of footballer Darius Vassell of Leicester City

Professional career

2006

Vassell made his professional debut on 2 September 2006, scoring a TKO victory against Ernie Smith in the 3rd round. In the same year on 9 December Vassell scored a points victory in his second bout against Duncan Cottier. 2007

Vassell returned to the ring in March against Steve Cooper, victory coming when Vassell forced to Cooper retired in the first round. The following August Vassell chalked another points win over Gatis Skuja. The following month Vassell stopped Sherman Alleyne in the first round to record his fifth win. In Vassell's final fight of the year he defeated Yassine El Maachi on points.

2008

On 5 April Vassell managed to stop Manoocha Salari in the 3rd round, score a points win over Jimmy Beech and KO Alex Spitko in the 3rd round improving his professional record to nine wins.

2009

In January, Vassell returned to the ring against Matt Scriven winning via TKO. Two months later Vassell stopped his next opponent Eddie Corcoran. Vassell fought in two more fights in 2009, against Vasile Surcica and Jamal Morrison, beating both by points in six round bouts.

2010

Denton pushed his record to 14 wins in march after Kevin mcCauley retired in the second round, Denton was then offered a shot at the Commonwealth Welterweight title on 16 April against lee Purdy, this would be the first round Denton would go past six rounds with Lee Purdy already doing so, many asked if Denton was fit enough but he proved himself again in a unanimous decision.

Professional Boxing Record

20 Wins (10 knockouts), 1 Loss, 0 Draws[2]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd.	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	20-1	Frankie Gavin	TKO	7 (12)	2013-06-28	Olympia, Merseyside, Liverpool	Lost Commonwealth welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20–0	Ronnie Heffron	TKO	6 (12)	2012-11-30	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester	Retained Commonwealth welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19–0	Samuel Colomban	UD	12	2011-11-12	Oldham Sports Centre, Oldham, Greater Manchester	Retained Commonwealth welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18–0	Ronny McField	PTS	6	2011-07-16	Oldham Sports Centre, Oldham, Greater Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17–0	Bethuel Ushona	UD	12	2011-03-26	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester	Retained Commonwealth welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16–0	Jack Welson	TKO	3 (8)	2010-12-04	Palace Hotel, Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15–0	Lee Purdy	UD	12	2010-04-16	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester	Won Commonwealth welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14–0	Kevin McCauley	RTD	2 (6	2010-03-26	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13–0	Jamal Morrison	PTS	6	2009-11-27	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12–0	Vasile Surcica	PTS	6	2009-09-25	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11–0	Eddie Corcoran	TKO	6 (8)	2009-03-14	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10–0	Matt Scriven	TKO	3 (6)	2009-01-30	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9–0	Alex Spitko	KO	3 (6)	2008-10-10	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8–0	Jimmy Beech	PTS	6	2008-09-06	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7–0	Manoocha Salari	TKO	3 (4)	2008-04-05	Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6–0	Yassine El Maachi	PTS	4	2007-12-08	Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5–0	Sherman Alleyne	TKO	1 (4)	2007-09-07	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4–0	Gatis Skuja	PTS	4	2007-08-11	Olympia, Merseyside, Liverpool
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3–0	Steve Cooper	RTD	1 (4)	2007-03-10	Olympia, Merseyside, Liverpool
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2–0	Duncan Cottier	PTS	4	2006-12-09	ExCel Arena, Dockland, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1–0	Ernie Smith	TKO	3 (4)	2006-09-02	Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester	Denton's professional debut.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Denton Vassell from BoxRec