Gary Cornish (born 10 April 1987) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2018. At regional level, he challenged once for the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2015 and once for the British heavyweight title in 2017.
Amateur career As a youngster, he played football for Brora Rangers.Gary Cornish: Scotland's Great White Hope? . Scotzine (26 February 2013). Retrieved on 17 July 2015. He decided to go to the local boxing gym only to improve his fitness for football. He fell in love with boxing, quickly discovering his talent for the sport. Trainers and seasoned fighters were not used to 6 ft 7in boxers who possessed such speed and athleticism, and as such it proved difficult to find suitable opponents. After a pursuit of football, he eventually returned to boxing, the sport where he had shown most ability, at age of 19. His amateur career was short, due to the difficulty in finding suitable opponents, and he turned professional with an amateur record of 9–0.
Professional career His break out fight came in 2015, when he challenged Hungarian Zoltan Csala for the vacant IBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. Cornish dominated Csala and won the fight via a technical knockout in the fourth round.
Cornish vs. Joshua
On 12 September 2015, Cornish fought Anthony Joshua for the Vacant Commonwealth Belt. Cornish was stopped by the referee just 90 seconds into the fight. He was the first Scottish heavyweight to fight for the commonwealth heavyweight title.
Cornish remained largely absent from the public eye following the Joshua fight, but since regrouped in 2016 with two points victories in bouts fought in Scotland.
In 2017, he became the first Scottish boxer to fight for the British heavyweight title against Sam Sexton. His bid for the title proved unsuccessful, as he lost by unanimous decision to Sexton.
In March 2019, Cornish announced that he would be retiring from boxing on medical grounds after a brain scan. He described his decision to retire as "devastating".
Personal life Cornish is proud of his Scottish heritage. He has a tattoo on his chest, saying "Alba gu bràth,"Gary Cornish says he's set to be Scotland’s first British heavyweight champion after winning the IBO Intercontinental title. Daily Record (23 May 2015). Retrieved on 18 July 2015. which is a Scottish Gaelic phrase used to express allegiance to Scotland as it means 'Scotland forever'. He’s married to Briony, who’s also from Scotland, Inverness, where they currently reside.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Win25–2David HoweTKO1 (6), 26 Jan 201826Loss24–2Sam SextonUD126 Oct 201725Win24–1Kamil SokolowskiPTS618 Feb 201724Win23–1Tomas MrazekPTS624 Jun 201623Win22–1Kamil SokolowskiPTS825 Mar 201622Loss21–1Anthony JoshuaTKO1 (12), 12 Sep 201521Win21–0Zoltan CsalaTKO4 (12), 23 May 201520Win20–0Marino GolesTKO1 (10), 28 Feb 201519Win19–0Larry OlubamiwoPTS89 Jun 201418Win18–0Hrvoje KisicekTKO2 (6)28 Apr 201417Win17–0Ivica PerkovicTKO3 (6), 30 Nov 2013 16Win16–0Tomas MrazekTKO7 (8), 20 Sep 201315Win15–0Paul ButlinKO5 (10), 7 Jun 201314Win14–0Humberto EvoraRTD4 (8), 15 Mar 201313Win13–0Jakov GospicTKO4 (8), 15 Feb 201312Win12–0Tamas BajzathPTS621 Jan 201311Win11–0Yavor MarinchevTKO5 (6), 7 Dec 201210Win10–0Moses MatovuPTS622 Oct 20129Win9–0Peter ErdosPTS628 Sep 20128Win8–0Tayar MehmedPTS42 Jun 20127Win7–0Laszlo PeczeliTKO2 (6), 11 May 20126Win6–0Igoris BoruchaPTS425 Feb 20125Win5–0Remigijus ZiausysPTS421 Jan 20124Win4–0Hastings RasaniPTS82 Dec 20113Win3–0Rolandas CesnaPTS423 Sep 20112Win2–0Hastings RasaniRTD4 (6), 11 Jun 20111Win1–0Howard DaleyTKO2 (6), 4 Aug 2011
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