Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at 2 commonwealth games and the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals. He began boxing at the age of 9 with his uncle Gary Johnson.
Amateur career Clayton began training at his great-uncle's gym, City of Lakes Boxing Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and fought his first amateur bout at the age of 11. He took a break from boxing for two years at the age of 17 to finish high school. The 24-year-old Nova Scotian Olympian Clayton, along with Simon Kean, were the only two Canadian male boxers to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
Clayton was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at welterweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at welterweight and Custio qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner Myke Carvalho. Qualification being dependent on how the winning opponents performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) Clayton became the first Canadian to win a boxing bout in 8 years when he beat Óscar Molina in the opening round. Then he beat the Australian Cameron Hammond, before losing to Fred Evans in the quarterfinal.
Professional career
Clayton officially joined the Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) in November 2014. The Nova Scotia boxer has indeed accepted a contract with a maximum duration of three years, the latest of which is an option. His first professional fight took place on December 19, 2014, at division light middleweight in gala undercard featuring Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.
On 28 January 2020, Clayton scored an eighth-round knockout of Diego (El Chacarero) Ramirez and retain his WBA title.
On October 24, 2020, Clayton fought former world champion Sergey Lipinets for the interim IBF world title, where the fight ended in a draw.
May 14, 2022, Clayton recorded his first loss against Jaron (boots) Ennis in an eliminator fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22WinCourtney Pennington SD10Feb 2, 2024 21Loss19–1–1Jaron EnnisKO2 (12), May 14, 2022 20Win19–0–1Cameron KraelUD10Dec 11, 202119Draw18–0–1Sergey LipinetsMD12Oct 24, 202018Win18–0Diego RamirezKO8 (10), Jan 28, 202017Win17–0Johan PérezUD10Jun 29, 201916Win16–0DeMarcus CorleyKO6 (8), Mar 29, 201915Win15–0Stephen DanyoUD12May 26, 201814Win14–0Gabor KovacsKO1 (10), Mar 31, 201813Win13–0Cristian Rafael CoriaUD10Dec 16, 201712Win12–0Johnny NavarreteUD10Jun 15, 201711Win11–0Alfredo ChávezKO1 (8), Apr 15, 201710Win10–0Ramses AgatonKO8 (10), Oct 20, 20169Win9–0Silverio OrtizUD6Jul 29, 20168Win8–0José Emilio PereaKO10 (10), May 24, 20167Win7–0Hector MunozTKO9 (10), Mar 17, 20166Win6–0Stanislas SalmonTKO2 (8), Jan 21, 20165Win5–0Ivan PereyraTKO2 (8), Nov 28, 20154Win4–0Zaurs SadihovsTKO1 (6), Jun 26, 20153Win3–0Ronald BertiTKO2 (6), Apr 4, 20152Win2–0Eduards GerasimovsTKO1 (6), Jan 31, 20151Win1–0Sophyan HaoudUD4Dec 19, 2014
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