Terry Flanagan (boxer)

Terry Flanagan (born 11 June 1989) is a British professional boxer. He has held the WBO lightweight title since July 2015, becoming the first Englishman to win a world title as a lightweight. He also held the WBO European title in 2015 and the British lightweight title in 2014. He took part and won in the Prizefighter series: The Lightweights II in 2012.

Career

Early career

From Ancoats in Manchester, Terry Flanagan had his first professional fight in 2009, beating Danny McDermid on points.

Super Featherweight

After winning his first 12 fights between 2009 and 2012, he beat Dougie Curran in May 2012 to take the vacant English super featherweight title. This was the second time the two had fought, previously meeting in 2010. Curran entered with a record of 0-6-1 in his previous seven bouts. Flanagan had one point deducted for holding in the 5th round. The judges, after 10 rounds scored the bout (99-90, 99-91 twice).^[1] He successfully defended the title four months later against Troy James on points (99-92, 99-93, 98-94).^[2]

Lightweight

Prizefighter Tournament

Flanagan took part in the Prizefighter Series: The Lightweights II at the Olympia in Liverpool on October 6, 2012. In the quarter finals, Flanagan defeated Patrick Walsh (10-1, 3 KOs) via unanimous decision 29-28 on all three judges cards. In the semi finals, Flanagan knocked down Derry Mathews (30-7-1, 16 KOs) in round 2, winning the fight via decision 29-27 on all scorecards. Flanagan went on to win the prizefighter tournament in the final defeating Gary Sykes (20-2, 5 KOs) via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).^[3]

Miscellaneous Fights

In April 2013, on the undercard of Khan-Diaz at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, Flanagan fought and defeated former unified World Lightweight champion Nate Campbell (36-10-1, 26 KOs). Campbell retired on his stool at the end of round 4 with an injured right hand.^[4]

On July 26, 2014, Flanagan claimed the vacant BBBofC British lightweight title by defeating British boxer Martin Gethin (24-5-1, 11 KOs). Gethin did not come out for round 8 after his right ear was badly swollen.^[5]

WBO European champion

Flanagan vs. Ormond

Flanagan challenged WBO European Lightweight champion Stephen Ormond (17-1, 8 KOs) on February 14, 2015 at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. In round 9, Ormond was deducted a point for use of the head, and ultimately disqualified in round 10 for persistent use of the head, thus losing his belt in the process. At the time of disqualification, Flanagan was heading towards a unanimous decision win (88-82, 88-82, 88-82).^[6]

WBO Lightweight Champion

Flanagan vs. Zepeda

After claiming the WBO European title, Flanagan stepped up to challenge unbeaten American Jose Zepeda (23-0, 20 KOs) for the vacant WBO Lightweight title. The title was left vacant by Terrence Crawford, after he moved up weight class. The fight took place at the Velodrome in Manchester on July 11, 2015. Flanagan registered an early win on a technical decision. Zepeda sustained what looked like a bad dislocation to his shoulder due to clash of arms and was unable to continue, retiring on his stool after round 2.^[7]

Flanagan vs. Magdaleno

Flanagan successfully retained his world title on October 10 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester against number 1 ranked WBO 28 year old American Diego Magdaleno (28-1, 12 KOs). The fight was halted after Flanagan unloaded a flurry of shots against Magdaleno when he was trapped against the ropes. The official time of the stoppage was 2:38 of round 2. Flanagan dropped Magdaleno down three times in total. Referee Terry O’Connor decided to halt it rather than let Magdaleno continue to fight.^[8]

Flanagan vs. Matthews

Flanagan met fellow Liverpudlian Derry Mathews (38-9-2, 20 KOs) for the 2nd time in his career, the first being the Prizefighter semi final, which Flanagan won, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 12, 2016. Although Flanagan was penalized one point in round eight for throwing and landing an illegal forearm to the chin of Mathews, Flanagan won the fight convincingly via unanimous decision (115-112, 117-110, 117-110). Flanagan overcame a slow start before taking control of the fight in the second half. Both boxers were knocked down once in round 2.^[9]

Flanagan vs. Fana

Flanagan was set to make a third defence of his WBO lightweight title against former IBF super-featherweight champion Mzonke Fana (38-9, 16 KOs) on the undercard of Tyson Fury's July 9 rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.^[10] Due to that fight being postponed, the fight was moved to take place at the Ice Arena in Cardiff on July 16.^[11] Flanagan successfully defended his title with a battling win that went the full 12 rounds. Fana rallied after a fourth-round knockdown from a huge left hook but Flanagan's class ensured a third successive title defence. Flanagan troubled Fana with another powerful left in the eighth before dropping him again in the final round. All three judges agreed a 120-106 points success to ensure Flanagan earned a 31st successive win.^[12][13]

Flanagan vs. Cruz

It was announced on October 27 that Flanagan would defend his WBO title against 35 year old former world title challenger Orlando Cruz (25-4-1, 13 KOs) at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on November 26. A card promoted by Frank Warren which would also feature Billy Joe Saunders first title defence against Artur Akavov. Cruz failed to become boxing's first openly-gay world champion after suffering a knockout loss to Orlando Salido for the vacant WBO featherweight title in 2013. This would be Flanagan's fourth title defence. With a successful defence, Flanagan would be on course for a future unification fight against the winner of the rematch between Anthony Crolla and Jorge Linares. Flanagan spoke of the fight claiming Cruz is a dangerous fighter but he would be looking to retain his title via stoppage.^[14]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
32	Win	32–0	Orlando Cruz	TKO	8 (12), 0:43	Nov 26, 2016	Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales	Retained WBO lightweight title
31	Win	31–0	Mzonke Fana	UD	12	Jul 16, 2016	Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales	Retained WBO lightweight title
30	Win	30–0	Derry Mathews	UD	12	Mar 12, 2016	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	Retained WBO lightweight title
29	Win	29–0	Diego Magdaleno	TKO	2 (12), 2:38	Oct 10, 2015	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England	Retained WBO lightweight title
28	Win	28–0	Jose Zepeda	RTD	2 (12), 3:00	Jul 11, 2015	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England	Won vacant WBO lightweight title
27	Win	27–0	Stephen Ormond	DQ	10 (12), 1:50	Feb 14, 2015	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England	Won WBO European lightweight title; Ormond disqualified for persistent use of the head
26	Win	26–0	Danny Little	TKO	5 (6), 1:11	Dec 13, 2014	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England
25	Win	25–0	Martin Gethin	RTD	7 (12), 3:00	Jul 26, 2014	Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England	Won vacant British lightweight title
24	Win	24–0	Yordan Vasilev	TKO	2 (8), 0:17	May 10, 2014	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
23	Win	23–0	Gyorgy Mizsel, Jr.	PTS	8	Mar 8, 2014	Aintree Equestrian Centre, Liverpool, England
22	Win	22–0	Michal Dufek	PTS	6	Nov 15, 2013	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
21	Win	21–0	Michael Grant	TKO	2 (6), 1:57	Oct 5, 2013	Sports Centre, Oldham, England
20	Win	20–0	Nate Campbell	RTD	4 (10), 3:00	Apr 27, 2013	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, England
19	Win	19–0	Mickey Coveney	RTD	3 (6), 3:00	Dec 14, 2012	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
18	Win	18–0	Gary Sykes	SD	3	Oct 6, 2012	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Prizefighter 26: lightweight final
17	Win	17–0	Derry Mathews	UD	3	Oct 6, 2012	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Prizefighter 26: lightweight semi-final
16	Win	16–0	Patrick Walsh	UD	3	Oct 6, 2012	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Prizefighter 26: lightweight quarter-final
15	Win	15–0	Troy James	UD	10	Sep 22, 2012	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England	Retained English super-featherweight title
14	Win	14–0	Dougie Curran	UD	10	May 18, 2012	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England	Retained English super-featherweight title
13	Win	13–0	Kristian Laight	PTS	4	Mar 31, 2012	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
12	Win	12–0	Scott Moises	PTS	6	Feb 3, 2012	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
11	Win	11–0	Pavels Senkovs	PTS	4	Dec 18, 2011	De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
10	Win	10–0	Lewis Browning	PTS	6	Feb 5, 2011	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
9	Win	9–0	Stoyan Serbezov	TKO	2 (6), 0:16	Jan 22, 2011	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
8	Win	8–0	Dougie Curran	PTS	6	Nov 21, 2010	George Carnall Leisure Centre, Manchester, England	Won English super-featherweight title
7	Win	7–0	Ignac Kassai	TKO	2 (4), 0:29	Sep 17, 2010	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England
6	Win	6–0	Csaba Toth	KO	1 (4), 0:43	May 30, 2010	Copley Sports Centre, Stalybridge, England
5	Win	5–0	Delroy Spencer	TKO	3 (4), 2:50	Dec 20, 2009	De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
4	Win	4–0	Pavels Senkovs	PTS	4	Oct 31, 2009	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England
3	Win	3–0	Michael O'Gara	PTS	4	Aug 1, 2009	Municipal Hall, Colne, England
2	Win	2–0	Delroy Spencer	PTS	6	Mar 29, 2009	De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
1	Win	1–0	Danny McDermid	PTS	6	Jan 24, 2009	Tower Circus, Blackpool, England	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

References

External links

• Career record at boxrec.com