Bradley Skeete (born 17 October 1987) is a British professional boxer. He held the British welterweight title from 2016 to 2017 and the Commonwealth welterweight title in 2016.
Professional career Born in Tooting, Skeete made his professional boxing debut in October 2010 with a points win against Billy Smith.
In December 2012, he stopped Chas Symonds in four rounds to take the BBBofC Southern Area welterweight title, successfully defending it in March 2013 against Peter McDonagh."Bradley Skeete", boxnation.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016
In November 2013, he beat Colin Lynes by unanimous decision to take the English welterweight title. In his next fight he beat Christopher Sebire to take the vacant WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title. He successfully defended the inter-continental title in April 2014, stopping Tobia Giuseppe Loriga in the seventh round.
In November 2014, he faced Frankie Gavin at the ExCel Arena for the latter's British title and the vacant Commonwealth title. The fight went the distance with Gavin getting a controversial unanimous decision, inflicting the first defeat of Skeete's career.
On 28 February 2015, Skeete beat Anzor Gamgebeli to take the vacant WBO European welterweight title, and successfully defended it four months later, stopping Mark Thompson in the third round. He followed this with a second defence against Stevie Williams in November 2015.
In March 2016 he convincingly beat defending champion Sam Eggington to add the British and Commonwealth titles.Dooley, Terence (2016) "Bradley Skeete Holds Off Sam Eggington to Win Decision", boxingscene.com, 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016
On 28 April 2018, Skeete faced Spanish boxer Kerman Lejarraga for the vacant European welterweight title. He lost the bout by technical knockout in the second round.
Skeete challenged Hamzah Sheeraz for the WBO European light-middleweight title at the Copper Box Arena in London on 4 December 2021 losing the fight by stoppage in the ninth-round of a controversial contest which saw the champion docked a point in round eight for punching Skeete while he was on the canvas after being knocked down.
Skeete officially announced his retirement from boxing in March 2022.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss29–4Hamzah SheerazTKO9 (10)4 Dec 202132Win29–3Dale Arrowsmith TKO3 (6)4 Jun 202131Loss28–3Diego Ramirez TKO2 (10)15 Dec 201830Win28–2Fernando ValenciaTKO3 (8)20 Oct 201829Loss27–2Kerman LejarragaTKO2 (12), 28 Apr 201828Win27–1Dale EvansUD128 Jul 201727Win26–1Shayne SingletonTKO5 (12), 2 Jun 201726Win25–1John ThainUD1225 Nov 201625Win24–1Alexandre LepelleyTKO7 (10), 16 July 201624Win23–1Sam EggingtonUD125 March 201623Win22–1Stevie WilliamsUD1023 Nov 201522Win21–1Mark ThompsonTKO3 (10), 26 Sep 201521Win20–1Brunet ZamoraRTD6 (10),9 May 201520Win19–1Anzor GamgebeliKO1 (10), 28 Feb 201519Loss18–1Frankie GavinUD1229 Nov 201418Win18–0Leandro Mendes PintoTKO2 (10), 20 Sep 201417Win17–0Steven PearceTKO3 (8), 16 July 201416Win16–0Tobia Giuseppe LorigaTKO7 (12), 12 Apr 201415Win15–0Christopher SebireUD1215 Feb 201414Win14–0Colin LynesUD1030 Nov 201313Win13–0Kieron GrayPTS621 Sep 201312Win12–0Dee MitchellPTS620 Jul 201311Win11–0Peter McDonaghPTS1021 Mar 201310Win10–0Chas SymondsTKO4 (10), 15 Dec 20129Win9–0Peter McDonaghPTS1014 Sep 20128Win8–0Ross Payne TKO1 (8), 28 Apr 20127Win7–0Laszlo KomjathiPTS810 Feb 20126Win6–0Michael FrontinPTS813 Jan 20125Win5–0Jay MorrisTKO5 (6), 5 Nov 20114Win4–0Steve SpencePTS421 Oct 20113Win3–0Kevin McCauleyPTS42 Apr 20112Win2–0Johnny Greaves4 (4), 19 Feb 20111Win1–0Billy Smith423 Oct 2010
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