Jonathan Beresford (born 12 April 1992), better known as Jono Carroll, is an Irish professional boxer who has held the IBO super-featherweight title since March 2026. He also challenged for the IBF junior-lightweight title in 2019 and the interim WBA super-featherweight title in 2024.

Professional career Carroll began his pro career while in Australia in 2012. After building a 2–0 record he returned home to Dublin where he began fighting under Paschal "Packie" Collins, out of Celtic Warrior Gym, Blanchardstown.

Irish debut Carroll made his Irish professional debut in November 2014, when he faced Declan Geraghty at the 3Arena. On the undercard of Matthew Macklin vs. Jorge Sebastian Heiland, promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that the winner would earn a slot at the following month's Prizefighter tournament in London. Carroll and Geraghty went on to produce 'Fight of the Night', in a bout which ended in the fourth round when Geraghty was disqualified for persistent use of the head, that same fight would go on to win Irish fight of the year.

Prizefighter champion Carroll really stepped into the limelight when he accepted the invitation and became Prizefighter champion in December. The Dubliner was a relative unknown to British audiences when he defied the odds to defeat Stephen Foster, Gary Buckland, and Michael Devine to take the lightweight title. Carroll subsequently signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport.

Following Prizefighter Despite being booked to appear on the undercard of teammate Spike O'Sullivan vs. Chris Eubank Jr, Carroll accepted a different fight at just a week's notice. On the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury card in Düsseldorf, Carroll agreed to the longest bout of his career so far, a ten rounder with Miguel Gonzalez. Despite the timing, Carroll outclassed the Honduran from start to finish, winning every round on the way to a unanimous decision victory. "I just went out there and enjoyed myself," he told Sky Sports afterwards. "Because I never fought 10 rounds, I wanted to see what it was all about. I wanted to get through without any injuries. I'm pretty proud of that."

Carroll vs. Quigg On 7 March 2020, Carroll fought former world champion Scott Quigg. Carroll dominated Quigg over the whole fight and managed to stop him in the eleventh round to earn the TKO victory.

Carroll vs. Hughes Carroll fought Maxi Hughes at LS-Live in Wakefield, England, on 12 August 2020, losing via unanimous decision.

Carroll vs. Vences On 11 September 2021 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida, USA, Carroll fought Andy Vences, then ranked as #7 at super-featherweight by the WBA. He won the fight via majority decision, with the scorecards reading 97–93, 97–93 and 95–95 in his favour.

Carroll vs. Batyrgaziev Carroll faced Albert Batyrgaziev for the vacant interim WBA super-featherweight title at the IBA Colosseum in Serpukhov, Russia, on 12 July 2024. He lost by technical knockout in the ninth round.

Carroll vs. Murphy On 14 March 2026, Carroll fought Colm Murphy for the vacant IBO super-featherweight title at the 3Arena in Dublin. He won via split decision. Two judges scored the bout 117–111 and 116–112 in his favour overruling the third who had it 116–112 for his opponent.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes30Win26–3–1Colm MurphySD1214 Mar 202629Win25–3–1Alexander PradoUD815 Mar 202528LossAlbert BatyrgazievTKO9 (12), 12 Jul 202427Win24–2–1Miguel MarriagaUD1018 Mar 202326Win23–2–1James CherejiUD82 Dec 202225Win22–2–1Patrick Ayi AryeeTKO4 (10), 18 Mar 202224Win21–2–1Aelio MesquitaKO2 (8), 11 Dec 202123Win20–2–1Andy Vences1011 Sep 202122Win19–2–1Romic Airapetean4 (8), 27 Mar 202121Loss18–2–1Maxi HughesUD1012 Aug 202020Win18–1–1Scott QuiggTKO11 (12), 7 Mar 202019Win17–1–1Eleazar ValenzuelaUD1024 Aug 2019 18Loss16–1–1Tevin FarmerUD12 15 Mar 2019 17Draw16–0–1Guillaume Frenois12 8 Dec 201816Win16–0Declan GeraghtyTKO9 (12), 30 Jun 201815Win15–0Humberto de SantiagoTKO3 (12), 18 Nov 201714Win14–0John QuigleySD12 17 Jun 201713Win13–0Juan Luis GonzalezPTS8 3 Dec 201612Win12–0Damian LawniczakPTS6 29 Oct 201611Win11–0Simas VolosinasPTS4 24 Sep 201610Win10–0Jordan EllisonPTS6 7 May 20169Win9–0Miguel GonzalezUD10 28 Nov 20158Win8–0Barrington Brown5 (6), 18 Jul 20157Win7–0Carlos Perez6 11 Apr 20156Win6–0Michael DevineUD3 6 Dec 20145Win5–0Gary BucklandUD36 Dec 20144Win4–0Stephen Foster3 6 Dec 20143Win3–0Declan Geraghty4 (4), 15 Nov 20142Win2–0Pornchai Sithpajuk2 (4), 7 Dec 20131Win1–0Matthew Seden4 16 Dec 2012

References

External links

Jono Carroll - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live