Reece Bellotti is an English professional boxer. He is a former British and Commonwealth super-featherweight champion and Commonwealth featherweight title holder. As an amateur, Bellotti won two ABA national championships, one at bantamweight in 2012 and the 2013 featherweight title.
Early life Reece Bellotti was born on 7 December 1990 in Watford, Hertfordshire. His father, like himself, is an electrician working in lighting in the film industry, while his mother is a manager at a pre-school. Bellotti started boxing at age 15 as a means to keep fit at the South Oxhey Boxing Club in Watford. He had his first amateur fight at the age of 17, and under the tutelage of amateur trainer Mick Courtney, Bellotti went on to win the ABA bantamweight championships in 2012, and again at featherweight in 2013.
Professional career Bellotti made his professional debut on 28 May 2015, at the York Hall in London, beating Joe Beeden by knockout (KO) in the first round. After winning his first nine fights, eight by stoppage, Bellotti's first title shot came against Jamie Speight on 1 July 2017, at the O2 Arena, London, on the undercard of the Frank Buglioni vs. Ricky Summers British light-heavyweight title fight. Bellotti defeated Speight by technical knockout (TKO) in the eighth round to capture the WBC International Silver featherweight title.
On 13 October 2017, he challenged Jason Cunningham for the Commonwealth featherweight title at the York Hall, London. The fight was the main event on a card televised on Sky Sports. In a back and forth contest, Bellotti dropped Cunningham in the fifth round with a right hook to the head. Cunningham made it to his feet and saw out the remainder of the round, only to be stopped by a barrage of punches in the sixth, giving Bellotti the TKO win and Commonwealth featherweight title. He would defend his Commonwealth title against Ben Jones on 2 February 2018, at the O2 Arena, London, again winning by sixth-round TKO, only to lose the title in his second defence against Ryan Doyle on 6 June 2018, suffering his first professional defeat via TKO in the fifth-round.
On 22 December 2018, Bellotti challenged British featherweight champion Ryan Walsh at The O2 Arena. Bellotti went the distance for the third time in his career, losing by split decision (SD), with one judge scoring the bout 116–113 in Bellotti's favour, while the other two scored it 116–112 to Walsh.
Bellotti once again fought for the vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title on 11 October 2019, against Italian Francesco Grandelli at the PalaTrento in Trento, Italy. Bellotti lost the fight via SD over ten rounds. One judge had Bellotti winning with 96–95, while the other two scored the bout 96–95 and 96–94 for Grandelli.
Bellotti became a two-time Commonwealth champion when he won the vacant title via eighth-round stoppage against Aqib Fiaz at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 21 October 2023.
On 10 February 2024 at Indigo at The O2 in London, Bellotti was scheduled to face Liam Dillon for the British super featherweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
He retained his titles on 15 February 2025 at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, when challenger Michael Gomez Jr retired at the start of round 10.
Bellotti faced European super-featherweight champion Ryan Garner at the Bournemouth International Centre on 26 July 2025, losing by 12th-round stoppage.
He faced Josh Padley at Sheffield Arena on 11 October 2025. Bellotti lost by unanimous decision.
Bellotti challenged WBO European super-featherweight champion Royston Barney-Smith at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on 1 August 2026 with the vacant IBO Intercontinental super-featherweight title also on the line. He lost via unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Loss20–8Royston Barney-SmithUD101 Aug 202627Loss20–7Josh PadleyUD1011 Oct 202526Loss20–6Ryan GarnerTKO12 (12), 26 July 202525Win20–5Michael Gomez JrRTD10 (12), 15 Feb 202524Win19–5Levi GilesUD126 Jul 202423Win18–5Liam DillonUD1210 Feb 202422Win17–5Aqib FiazRTD8 (12), 21 Oct 202321Win16–5Youssef KhoumariUD1010 Jun 202320Win15–5Dean DodgeTKO7 (10), 22 Apr 202219Loss14–5Raymond FordTKO3 (10), 14 Aug 202118Loss14–4Jordan Gill101 Aug 202017Loss14–3Francesco GrandelliSD1011 Oct 201916Win14–2Josue BendanaKO4 (6), 21 Jun 201915Loss13–2Ryan Walsh1222 Dec 201814Win13–1Brayan MairenaPTS627 Oct 201813Loss12–1Ryan DoyleTKO5 (12), 6 Jun 201812Win12–0Ben JonesTKO6 (12), 3 Feb 201811Win11–0Jason CunninghamTKO6 (12), 13 Oct 201710Win10–0Jamie SpeightTKO8 (10), 1 July 20179Win9–0Dai DavisKO3 (10), 17 Mar 20178Win8–0Ian BaileyRTD7 (10), 26 Nov 20167Win7–0Rafael CastilloTKO3 (8), 29 Sep 20166Win6–0Julio Buitrago6 (8), 2 Apr 20165Win5–0Elvis Guillen TKO7 (8), 30 Jan 20164Win4–0Feycal Messaoudene TKO3 (6), 10 Oct 20153Win3–0Adel Hadjouis612 Sep 20152Win2–0Aron Szilagyi2 (4), 4 Jul 20151Win1–0Joe Beeden1 (4), 28 May 2015
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