Gavin McDonnell (born 30 March 1986) is a British professional boxer who has challenged twice for a world super-bantamweight title: the WBC title in 2017, and the WBA title in 2018. He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Jamie McDonnell.
Professional career
McDonnell fought Leigh Wood for the vacant British Super-Bantamweight title in Hull on 22 February 2014. McDonnell won the vacant title by TKO in the 6th round. McDonnell's first defense of the British Super-Bantamweight title would come against Josh Wale on 21 May 2014. The contest went the distance of 12 rounds and ended in a split draw, with the judges scoring the contest 115–114 Wale, 115–114 McDonnell and the final judge scoring the bout at 114–114, meaning McDonnell would hold on to the belt.
His next fight came in the form of Vusi Malinga on 25 October 2014 in a contest for the vacant WBO International Super-Bantamweight title. McDonnell dominated the fight from start to finish and also sent Malinga down in the 8th round with a beautiful right hand. The contest went the distance with McDonnell winning by Unanimous Decision. After the win McDonnell was projected to 4th in the British Rankings for the Super-Bantamweight division.
On 16 June 2018, McDonnell outpointed Stuart Hall, 117–111, 117-111 and 115–113 to a unanimous decision victory and successfully defended his WBC regional title.
On 6 October 2018, McDonnell fought Daniel Roman for the WBA super-bantamweight world title. Roman was winning the fight, ultimately dropping McDonnell in the tenth. McDonnell managed to beat the count, but the referee decided to stop the fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Draw Andoni Gago5 (12), 26 Mar 2021 26Win22–2–2 Nathan KirkTKO7 (8), 4 Oct 2019 25Win21–2–2 Jamie SpeightPTS619 Jul 2019 24Loss20–2–2 Daniel RomanTKO10 (12), 6 Oct 2018 23Win20–1–2 Stuart HallUD1216 Jun 2018 22Win19–1–2 Gamal YafaiUD123 Mar 2018 21Win18–1–2 Jozsef AjtaiTKO1 (6), 7 Oct 2017 20Win17–1–2 Simas VolosinasPTS61 Jul 2017 19Loss16–1–2 Rey Vargas1225 Feb 2017 18Win16–0–2 Robin ZamoraPTS810 Sep 2016 17Win15–0–2 Jorge SanchezUD1227 Feb 2016 16Win14–0–2 Jeromy ParodiUD1224 Oct 2015 15Win13–0–2 Alexander EgorovUD1228 Mar 2015 14Win12–0–2 Vusi MalingaUD1225 Oct 2014 13Draw11–0–2 Josh Wale1221 May 2014 12Win11–0–1 Leigh WoodTKO6 (12), 22 Feb 2014 11Win10–0–1 Josh WaleUD1228 Sep 2013 10Win9–0–1 Ross BurkinshawTKO2 (10), 6 Jul 2013 9Win8–0–1 Paul Economides1019 Apr 2013 8Win7–0–1 Dean Anderson8 (10), 1 Dec 2012 7Win6–0–1 Scott Gladwin6 (10), 1 Sep 2012 6Win5–0–1 Elemir RafaelPTS48 Jun 2012 5Draw4–0–1 Ashley LanePTS42 Mar 2012 4Win4–0 Ryan McNicolPTS44 Nov 2011 3Win3–0 Adam HutchinsonPTS48 Apr 2011 2Win2–0 Pavels SenkovsPTS64 Mar 2011 1Win1–0 Plamen Kostadinov43 Dec 2010
References
External links
Gavin McDonnell - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live