Craig Richards (boxer)

Richards made his professional debut on 28 May 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over a scheduled four rounds against James Child at the York Hall in London.[2] He ended 2015 with a points decision (PTS) win against Scott Douglas in October.[3]

He tallied up another five wins in 2016; Kieron Gray on PTS in January;[4] a TKO over Richard Horton in June;[5] Dalton Miller[6] and Adam Jones[7] by PTS in September; and a TKO over Bronislav Kubin in November.[8]

On 17 March 2017, Richards fought for his first professional title, winning via ten-round unanimous decision (UD) against Alan Higgins at the York Hall to capture the Southern Area super-middleweight.[9] He secured a PTS win against Rui Pavanito in July[10] and a TKO win over Norbert Szekeres in October.[11] Two days after his win over Szekeres, Callum Johnson pulled out of his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight unification fight with Frank Buglioni. Richards was brought in as a last minute opponent at five days notice.[12] The fight took place on 28 October at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and was aired live on Sky Sports Box Office as part of the undercard for Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam.[13] Richards suffered the first defeat of his professional career, losing by UD over twelve rounds. Two judges scored the bout 117–111 while the third scored it 116–113.[14]

Richards came back with three stoppage wins in 2018; Ivan Stupalo in March; Bosko Misic in June;[15] and Michal Ludwiczak in October.[16] He began 2019 with a third-round TKO win against Alan Ball to capture the vacant WBA Intercontinental light-heavyweight title. The bout took place on 2 February at The O2 Arena in London.[17] He had two more fights that year; a twelve-round UD victory against Andre Sterling in June[18] and an eight-round draw against Chad Sugden in December.[19]

• Boxing record for Craig Richards from BoxRec