Jamie McDonnell

Jamie McDonnell (born 30 March 1986) is a professional boxer from Hatfield, Doncaster, England who currently holds the WBA World Bantamweight Title.

He is the former IBF World Bantamweight champion, European, Commonwealth and BBBofC bantamweight champion.

Professional career

McDonnell had his first professional contest in September 2005 when he scored a points win over Neal Reid at the Doncaster Dome. He won his next three fights before meeting Welshman Dai Davies again at the Dome and scoring a draw over 4 rounds. On 13 October 2006 McDonnell beat Wayne Bloy over 4 rounds and in December of the same year he defeated future British super flyweight champion Andy Bell over six rounds.^[1]

McDonnell's first title came in his next fight, meeting former victim Bloy on 23 February 2007 and scoring a third round stoppage to lift the English bantamweight title. The newly crowned English champion now had a record of 8–0–1 and had never fought outside of Doncaster professionally.^[2]

Title challenges vs. Edwards and Haskins

McDonnell's first fight outside his home town saw him travel to the York Hall in Bethnal Green to defeat Nikita Lukin on 21 September 2007 in an 8 round fight. His next fight was to be for the British super-flyweight title at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan on 8 December 2007. The fight with Chris Edwards would be the first time the British super-flyweight had been contested making this the inaugural contest for the belt. The experienced Edwards eventually won the title via a split decision after 12 hotly contested rounds handing a first defeat for the Doncaster man.^[3]

On 28 March 2008 McDonnell suffered his second defeat in a row having travelled to Barnsley to meet Bristol's Lee Haskins. The fight with Haskins resulted in another close loss over 8 rounds with Haskins himself coming off a British title loss to Ian Napa in the bantamweight division. The fight in Barnsley doubled as an eliminator for the winner to challenge for the Super Flyweight title which Haskins would go on to win.^[4]

British bantamweight champion

Following two straight defeats to British level fighters, McDonnell regrouped by returning to Doncaster and beating journeyman Anthony Hanna via a fifth round stoppage. Two fights on the island of Jersey then followed with McDonnell scoring stoppage wins over imports Krastan Krastanov and Alain Bonnel before travelling back to Doncaster to defeat Scotland's James Ancliff again before the final bell had been heard. On 22 January 2010 McDonnell got his chance to fight for the British title once more, this time for the bantamweight version held by the experienced Ian Napa. The fight, at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, saw a tough battle result in an upset split decision win for McDonnell with the added bonus of the vacant Commonwealth belt also being on the line.^[5]

European bantamweight champion

McDonnell's victory over Napa allowed him to step straight away into a challenge for the European title against the Frenchman Jerome Arnould. The fight, in Cannes on 20 March 2010, resulted in a surprise victory for the man from Doncaster with a 10th round stoppage over Arnould to lift his third title in a row.^[6] McDonnell made his first defence at the Doncaster Dome on 2 July 2010 against the newly crowned Italian champion Rodrigo Bracco and managed to retain the belt with a third round stoppage win.^[7] He returned to the Dome for his second defence on 22 January 2011 beating Belgian boxer Stephane Jamoye in a close contest with scores of 115–113 114–113 114–114 despite having a point deducted in the 11th round.^[8] McDonnell chose to defend the Commonwealth belt he won against Ian Napa in his next fight in Sheffield on 28 May 2011. Had he lost the contest then McDonnell would have been stripped of his European title but there were no such concerns as he scored a unanimous points decision over Kenyan Nick Otieno. Following the fight, promoter Frank Maloney said that a potential unification match with British champion Stuart Hall could be on the cards and that it was a fight that both the fans and the boxers themselves wanted to happen. Jamie Mcdonnell fought Stuart Hall on 3 September 2011 and won via unanimous decision to reclaim the British title.^[9]

WBA Bantamweight Champion

On 31 May 2014, McDonnell fought Tamadang Da Rachawat on the undercard of Froch vs Groves II at Wembley Stadium in front of 80,000 people. McDonnell won by TKO when he caught Rachawat with a left hook in the 10th round, despite getting to his feet, the referee decided that Rachawat was in no state to continue as he visibly stumbled after getting up.

Professional boxing record

27 Wins (12 knockouts, 15 decisions), 2 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	27–2–1	Tomoki Kameda	UD	12	2015-09-06	American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas	Retained WBA (Regular) Bantamweight title.
Win	26–2–1	Tomoki Kameda	UD	12	2015-05-09	State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas	Retained WBA (Regular) Bantamweight title.
Win	25–2–1	Javier Chacon	TKO	10 (12), 0:39	2014-11-22	Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside	Retained WBA (Regular) Bantamweight title.
Win	24–2–1	Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat	KO	10 (12), 2:00	2014-05-31	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Won vacant WBA (Regular) Bantamweight title.
Win	23–2–1	Abigail Medina	PTS	8	2013-12-14	ExCel Arena, Docklands, London
Win	22–2–1	Bernard Imon	TKO	7 (8), 1:47	2013-11-23	Phones4u Arena, Manchester
Win	21–2–1	Julio Ceja	MD	12	2013-05-11	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Won vacant IBF Bantamweight title.
Win	20–2–1	Darwin Zamora	RTD	8 (12), 3:00	2012-10-20	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire	IBF Bantamweight title eliminator.
Win	19–2–1	Iván Pozo	KO	2 (12), 2:11	2012-03-03	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Retained EBU Bantamweight title.
Win	18–2–1	Stuart Hall	UD	12	2011-09-03	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Retained Commonwealth and EBU Bantamweight titles. Won BBBofC British Bantamweight title.
Win	17–2–1	Nick Otieno	UD	12	2011-05-28	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Retained Commonwealth Bantamweight title.
Win	16–2–1	Stephane Jamoye	MD	12	2011-01-22	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Retained EBU Bantamweight title.
Win	15–2–1	Rodrigo Bracco	TKO	3 (12), 2:53	2010-07-02	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Retained EBU Bantamweight title.
Win	14–2–1	Jerome Arnould	TKO	10 (12)	2010-03-20	La Palestre, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes	Won vacant EBU Bantamweight title.
Win	13–2–1	Ian Napa	SD	12	2010-01-22	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex	Won BBBofC British and vacant Commonwealth Bantamweight titles.
Win	12–2–1	James Ancliff	TKO	1 (6), 2:27	2009-12-04	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	11–2–1	Krastan Krastanov	TKO	3 (8), 1:27	2009-02-14	Hotel de France, St Helier
Win	10–2–1	Alain Bonnel	PTS	6	2008-10-25	Hotel de France, St Helier
Win	9–2–1	Anthony Hanna	TKO	5 (6), 0:45	2008-09-19	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Loss	8–2–1	Lee Haskins	PTS	8	2008-03-28	Metrodome, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Loss	8–1–1	Chris Edwards	SD	12	2007-12-08	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester	For BBBofC British Bantamweight title.
Win	8–0–1	Nikita Lukin	PTS	8	2007-09-21	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	7–0–1	Wayne Bloy	TKO	3 (10), 2:34	2007-02-23	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Won BBBofC English Bantamweight title.
Win	6–0–1	Andy Bell	TKO	3 (6), 2:22	2006-12-01	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	5–0–1	Wayne Bloy	PTS	4	2006-10-13	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Draw	4–0–1	Dai Davies	PTS	4	2006-06-09	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	4–0	Neil Marston	PTS	4	2006-04-21	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	3–0	Gary Sheil	PTS	6	2006-03-03	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	2–0	Delroy Spencer	PTS	6	2005-12-02	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Win	1–0	Neil Read	PTS	6	2005-09-16	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire	Professional debut.

References

1. ↑ "Jamie McDonnell professional record". Boxrec. 1986-03-30. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
2. ↑ "Jamie McDonnell professional record". Boxrec. 1986-03-30. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
3. ↑ "Chris Edwards vs Jamie McDonnell". Fightwriter. 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
4. ↑ "BBC Sport | Haskins gets British title chance". BBC News. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
5. ↑ "BBC Sport | Jamie McDonnell stuns Ian Napa to win British title". BBC News. 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
6. ↑ Joshua gets Skelton next after quick Wembley win 31/05/2014 (2010-03-21). "Boxrec news | McDonnell a Eurostar". News.boxrec.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
7. ↑ Italian stopped inside three rounds. "McDonnell retains his crown". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
8. ↑ "BBC Sport | Jamie McDonnell retains European bantamweight title". BBC News. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 
9. ↑ "McDonnell retains titles". Sky sports. Retrieved 2014-05-31. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Jamie McDonnell from BoxRec