Ted Bami Minsende (born 2 March 1978 in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)) is a British-French former professional boxer. Nicknamed "Dangerous", Bami is a former European light welterweight champion and British light welterweight title challenger. He was until recently the trainer of his nephew, British boxer Isaac Chamberlain. Bami and Chamberlain parted ways following Chamberlain's accusations of theft; however, in May 2018, the Boxing Board of Control cleared Bami of all accusations and he remained Chamberlain's Manager until 2020.

Biography Bami was born in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) to Congolese-French parents but has lived in France and Britain since the age of 12, having left Zaire to avoid the civil war in the country at that time. Bami holds both Congolese and French nationalities from his parents. He was raised by his uncle who first introduced him to boxing at 15. Bami is self-managed and is trained by James Cook.

Professional career Bami made his professional boxing debut in September 1998, with a first round stoppage of Des Sowden. In his second professional fight, Bami knocked out Gary Reid in the 2nd round of a scheduled 4 round contest. Reid would go on to challenge for the commonwealth light welterweight title. Bami's first setback came when he was knocked out by Jacek Bielski in his fourth fight.

Rise to prominence On 17 August 2002, Bami knocked out the previously undefeated Bradley Pryce in the 6th round. Pryce has since gone on to challenge for the British welterweight title and win the Commonwealth title in the light middleweight division.

In April, 2003, Bami won the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) light welterweight title with a 9th round knockout of Vasile 'Laszlo' Herteg. On 26 July 2003, in his first defence of the title, Bami was knocked out by South African Samuel Malinga, who had previously defeated Colin Lynes.

Following the defeat to Malinga, Bami spent the next couple of years fighting mid-level European opposition. During this period his biggest wins were over Hungarian Jozsef Matolcsi, Russian Viktor Baranov and Poland's Rafał Jackiewicz.

European title On 14 September 2006, following an injury to Jason Cook, Bami received a late call to fight for the vacant European light welterweight title against Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who had previously lost against Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter. On 22 September 2006, despite having a point deducted for headbutting, Bami defeated Lauri via a unanimous points decision with scores of 117-112 twice and 118-111.

On 30 March 2007, Bami scored another unanimous points decision over Lauri in a rematch for the title. Bami vacated the title following an injury.

British title On 14 March 2008, Bami challenged David Barnes for the vacant British light welterweight title. Bami was defeated via a unanimous points decision, in a fight which Barnes controlled with his jab. In July, 2008, Bami returned to winning ways with a 7th round knockout of Stuart Elwell via a body shot.

Prizefighter 3: The Welterweights On 24 October 2008, Bami was defeated in the final of the 3rd Prizefighter tournament by Michael Lomax. Bami, favourite going into the tournament, defeated Andrew Ferrans via knockout and Mark Lloyd on points on his way to the final.

Bami vs. Hatton On 28 March 2009, Bami was defeated by Matthew Hatton in a 6th round stoppage in an eliminator for the IBO welterweight Title. After the fight, Bami announced that he would continue with his boxing career stating "People now think Ted Bami is over but I’m not over."

Championships held European Light Welterweight title WBF Light Welterweight title

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss26–7Bradley PryceTKO2 (8), 9 Jul 201032Loss26–6Gavin ReesUD34 Dec 200931Loss26–5Matthew HattonTKO6 (12), 28 Mar 200930Loss26–4Michael LomaxSD324 Oct 200829Win26–3Mark LloydUD324 Oct 200828Win25–3Andrew FerransTKO1 (3), 24 Oct 200827Win24–3Stuart ElwellTKO7 (8), 4 Jul 200826Loss23–3David BarnesUD1214 Mar 200825Win23–2Nicolas GuissetPTS825 Jan 200824Win22–2Giuseppe LauriUD1230 Mar 200723Win21–2Giuseppe LauriUD1222 Sep 200622Win20–2Maurycy GojkoKO4 (6), 24 Feb 200621Win19–2Silence SaheedPTS621 Oct 200520Win18–2Ricardo Daniel SilvaKO2 (10), 13 Feb 200519Win17–2Rafał JackiewiczPTS88 Oct 200418Win16–2Viktor BaranovTKO2 (8), 8 May 200417Win15–2József MatolcsiPTS631 Jan 200416Win14–2Zoltán SurmanTKO3 (6), 9 Oct 200315Loss13–2Samuel MalingaTKO3 (12), 26 Jul 200314Win13–1Vasile HertegTKO9 (12), 12 Apr 200313Win12–1Andrey DevyataykinTKO1 (8), 8 Mar 200312Win11–1Sergey StarkovPTS47 Dec 200211Win10–1Adam ZadwornyPTS416 Oct 200210Win9–1Bradley PryceTKO6 (6), 17 Aug 20029Win8–1Keith JonesTKO4 (4), 23 Jun 20028Win7–1Michael SmythKO4 (6)19 Mar 20027Win6–1Lance CrosbyPTS631 Jul 20016Win5–1Francie BarrettPTS65 May 20015Win4–1Keith JonesPTS429 Mar 20014Loss3–1Jacek BielskiKO4 (6)8 Sep 20003Win3–0David KehoePTS410 Mar 20002Win2–0Gary ReidTKO2 (4), 11 Feb 19991Win1–0Des SowdenTKO1 (4), 26 Sep 1998

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