Lee Swaby

Lee Swaby
Statistics
Real name	Lee Swaby
Rated at	Heavyweight
Nationality	English
Born	(1976-05-14) 14 May 1976 Lincoln, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	54
Wins	25
Wins by KO	11
Losses	27
Draws	2
No contests	0

Lee Swaby (born 14 May 1976) is a professional heavyweight boxer from Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Professional career

Swaby began his sporting career as a kickboxer aged 14. He trained at the 'Still Kickboxing Gym' in Lincoln city. Swaby's trainer invited him to attend a trial to join the fighters class. This trial involved a meeting with Jack Boas. He was trained by Jez Hall and went on to win titles including National, British, International and World Championships. He competed all over, including a fight in New Zealand with Ray Sefo, who was four time world champion.

Swaby retired from kickboxing at the age of 20, following the winning of his second work title in his home town of Lincoln. He began a professional boxing career under the management of Nat Basso as a cruiserweight, winning his first professional fight against Naveed Anwar on 29 April 1997 in Manchester. Swaby went on to win his next three fights in his first year as a professional boxer.

In 2000, Swaby came up against Enzo Maccarinelli in his opponents home town of Swansea. Broadcast on the BBC, he knocked Maccarinelli out in the third round.^[1]

Swaby went on to fight boxer Tony Dowling also from his home town of Lincoln in Newark's Grove Leisure Centre on 9 September 2000, with Swaby defeating Dowling with a TKO in the ninth round.^[1]

In 2001 Swaby's manager, Nat Basso died, leaving him self-managed before Dennis Hobson of Fight Academy managed him after seeing him in sparring sessions with Clinton Woods.

Following several opponents Swaby went up against Mark Hobson in 2002 at Huddersfield Leisure Centre in Yorkshire, in the BBBofC British cruiserweight title eliminator where he lost on points after a 10 round fight. Despite the loss, Swaby went on to win his next six fights only to return to Huddersfield to face Hobson for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title and the BBBofC British Cruiserweight title. He lost through a technical knockout in round six of a twelve round fight.

Swaby went on to have six more fights before deciding to become a heavyweight boxer in 2007. After a year out of the boxing ring gaining the weight he fought his first heavyweight battle on 7 December 2007 in Germany against unbeaten Sebastian Koeber and went the full six rounds.

In 2008, Swaby competed in the Matchroom sports' Prizefighter heavyweights tournament, which was aired live on Sky Sports on 12 September 2008, at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swaby beat Darren Morgan to take him into the semi-final before being defeated by Chris Burton.

Swaby took on two more short notice fights including Tyson Fury aired on ITV4's 'Fight night' on 14 March 2009, where Fury was seen punching himself in the face following a failed uppercut. Fury beat Swaby after he retired in his corner in the fourth round.

On 9 May 2009, Swaby fought Paul Butlin for the Midlands Area heavyweight title and won.^[1]

Prizefighter

On 12 September 2008, Swaby participated in the Prizefighter competition at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom. Swaby beat Darren Morgan by unanimous decision before losing by unanimous decision to Chris Burton in the semi finals.

Professional record

25 Wins (11 knockouts, 14 decisions), 27 Losses, 2 Draws[1]
Result.	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Matt Skelton	TKO	5	2010-07-09	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Damian Campbell	PTS	4	2010-07-02	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Tom Dallas	KO	1	2010-05-14	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Andrzej Wawrzyk	UD	8	2010-03-20	Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	David Ingleby	PTS	10	2010-02-13	Showground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	vacant BBBofC British Masters heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Paul Butlin	PTS	10	2009-05-09	Showground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	vacant BBBofC Midlands Area heavyweight title
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Tyson Fury	RTD	4	2009-03-14	Aston Events Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Dereck Chisora	TKO	3	2008-09-26	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Chris Burton	UD	3	2008-09-12	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom	Prizefighter heavyweight tournament semi-final
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Darren Morgan	UD	3	2008-09-12	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom	Prizefighter heavyweight tournament quarter-final
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Chris Burton	PTS	8	2008-05-09	Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	David Dolan	PTS	6	2008-02-08	Leisure Centre, Peterlee, County Durham, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Sebastian Koeber	UD	6	2007-12-07	Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Alexander Alexeev	TKO	5	2006-12-02	Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	John Keeton	TKO	7	2006-10-20	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	vacant BBofC British cruiserweight title
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Marco Huck	RTD	6	2006-03-04	EWE-Arena, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Vitaly Shkraba	TKO	3	2005-11-26	Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Hastings Rasani	PTS	4	2005-09-09	Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Denzil Browne	TKO	7	2004-10-24	Octagon Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	BBofC British cruiserweight title eliminator
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Mark Hobson	TKO	6	2004-05-27	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	Commonwealth cruiserweight title BBofC British cruiserweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Lee Mountford	TKO	1	2004-04-20	Octagon Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Brodie Pearmaine	TKO	4	2003-09-05	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Paul Bonson	PTS	4	2003-06-10	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Tommy Eastwood	PTS	6	2003-01-24	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Eamon Glennon	PTS	4	2002-12-05	Moat House, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Greg Scott-Briggs	TKO	3	2002-08-03	Derby Storm Arena, Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Mark Hobson	PTS	10	2002-04-27	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	BBofC British cruiserweight title eliminator
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Chris Woollas	TKO	4	2001-12-15	Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Kevin Barrett	PTS	4	2001-09-13	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Stephane Allouane	PTS	4	2001-07-31	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Draw	Denzil Browne	PTS	8	2001-06-02	Light Waves Leisure Centre, Wakefield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Eamon Glennon	PTS	6	2001-04-30	St.Andrew's Sporting Club, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Crawford Ashley	UD	8	2001-03-24	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Robert Norton	PTS	8	2001-02-05	City Hall, Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Tony Dowling	TKO	9	2000-09-09	Grove Leisure Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Steffen Nielsen	PTS	4	2000-05-26	Holbaek stadionhal, Holbaek, Denmark
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Enzo Maccarinelli	KO	3	2000-05-12	Leisure Centre, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Mark Levy	PTS	4	2000-04-15	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Kelly Oliver	PTS	10	2000-03-05	Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Owen Beck	PTS	4	1999-12-11	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Draw	Brian Gascoigne	PTS	6	1999-10-03	Queens Park Leisure Centre, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Garry Delaney	PTS	8	1999-09-04	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Lee Archer	PTS	6	1999-06-23	Gala Baths, West Bromwich, West Midlands, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Mark Levy	TD	5	1998-12-20	The Willows (Salford RLFC), Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Cathal O'Grady	TKO	1	1998-09-19	National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Chris P Bacon	PTS	6	1998-07-17	Golf and Country Club, Mere, Cheshire, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Chris P Bacon	TKO	3	1998-05-08	Bowlers Arena, Trafford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Phil Day	PTS	4	1998-03-07	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	John Wilson	KO	3	1998-02-27	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Tim Redman	PTS	6	1998-02-02	Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Lee Williams	PTS	6	1997-11-17	Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Phil Ball	TKO	3	1997-10-30	Grove Leisure Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Liam Richardson	TKO	4	1997-06-19	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Naveed Anwar	PTS	6	1997-04-29	Manchester, United Kingdom	First pro fight.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Lee Swaby from BoxRec