Craig McEwan (born 13 April 1982) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2016.
Amateur career McEwan had his first competitive bout at age eleven. During his teenage years, McEwan developed into one of Scotland's top amateur boxers. In his thirteen years as an amateur boxer, he fought three hundred and seventy-six matches, won ten gold medals in international tournaments, and regularly captained the Scottish International Team. On several occasions, he was crowned Scottish champion at both junior and senior level, as well as being European Junior Champion and Senior British & Irish Four Nations Champion. He has twice represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in 2002. In 2005, McEwan broke Scotland's amateur boxing record by winning three gold medals at the international level.
Professional career McEwan was a prospect and his talent and skills were enough to be signed by promoter Oscar De La Hoya as Golden Boy Promotions' first Scottish fighter. McEwan previously fought out of The Wild Card gym in Hollywood, where he was trained by trainer Freddie Roach.
In a fight on 12 March 2011 against Irish boxer Andy Lee, billed "The Celtic War", McEwan, after an almost perfect boxing performance, was convincingly knocked out in the 10th round by a left hook. Two of the fight's judges had the match scored even while one had McEwan with a slight edge.
On 5 November 2011, McEwan was knocked out by Peter Quillin in the sixth round of their fight in Cancún, Mexico. McEwan protested the decision, claiming referee Manolo Alcocer stopped the fight too early.
In early 2012, his contract was not renewed by Golden Boy and he returned to the UK.
On 3 November 2012, McEwan suffered the third loss of his professional career when he lost a split decision in the quarter-final of a prizefighter tournament to a decorated Nigerian amateur boxing champion who went by the name of Larry Ekundayo (5–0). Ekundayo went on to win the tournament.
In April 2013, he signed a four-fight deal with New York-based promoter, Lou DiBella.
In December 2013, he lost a Unanimous Decision to American Dashon Johnson in New York. McEwan cited lack of support from his promoter & proper preparation following an extended absence from the ring, even struggling to organise sparring partners prior to the fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Draw23–4–2Sam OmidiPTS44 Mar 201628Win23–4–1Vaclav SkromachTKO1 (6), 15 Aug 20152722–4–1Dashon JohnsonUD64 Dec 201326Draw22–3–1Alistair Warren1 (6), 13 Apr 201325Win22–3Mariusz BiskupskiKO2 (8), 8 Dec 201224Loss21–3Larry EkundayoSD33 Nov 201223Win21–2Jay MorrisPTS61 Sep 201222Win20–2Paul Morby814 Apr 201221Loss19–2Peter QuillinTKO6 (10), 5 Nov 201120Loss19–1Andy LeeTKO10 (10), 12 Mar 201119Win19–0Danny Perez1023 Jul 201018Win18–0Kris AndrewsTKO8 (8), 3 Apr 201017Win17–0James ParisonUD828 Nov 200916Win16–0 Darnell Boone827 Jun 200915Win15–0Brian VeraUD108 May 200914Win14–0Alexis Division1 (8), 11 Apr 200913Win13–0Ivan StovallTKO7 (8), 19 Feb 200912Win12–0Hilario LopezUD827 Sep 200811Win11–0Juan SanchezTKO3 (8), 4 Jul 200810Win10–0Erik Rafael EsquivelUD822 Feb 20089Win9–0Alfredo ContrerasUD87 Dec 20078Win8–0Anthony CannonUD62 Nov 20077Win7–0Nick CollinsTKO5 (6), 7 Sep 20076Win6–0Valentino JalomoTKO4 (6), 27 Jul 20075Win5–0Julio PerezTKO3 (4), 6 Jul 20074Win4–0Isidro ArreolaTKO4 (4), 10 Feb 20073Win3–0Valentino Jalomo48 Dec 20062Win2–0Tomas PadronTKO4 (4), 6 Oct 20061Win1–0George Nicholas Montalvo1 (4), 16 Sep 2006
References
External links Craigs Page on MySpace