Johnny Garton (born 26 March 1987) is an English former professional boxer from 2011 to 2019. who held the British welterweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Early life Garton grew up on the Clifton housing estate in Peckham, London, living with his mother and sister in one of the estate's tower blocks. He attended Peckham Park Primary School and then Hatcham Wood secondary school in Brockley. After leaving school he attended college to study car mechanics. Garton first started boxing at age 18 when he went along with a friend to Lynn AC boxing club in Camberwell, London.
Professional career
Garton made his professional debut on 20 October 2011, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Danny Donchev at the York Hall in London.
After remaining unbeaten in 11 fights, he took part in the 34th instalment of the Prizefighter series on 5 April 2014 at the York Hall. Garton faced off against Sam Eggington in the quarterfinal, losing via second-round technical knockout (TKO).
On 13 December 2014, he fought Adam Battle at the York Hall for the vacant Southern Area welterweight title, winning by TKO in round eight. He successfully defended the title twice, firstly against Nathan Weise with a fifth-round TKO on 14 March 2015 and against Martin Welsh on 16 May, retaining his title through a points draw.
Following a sixth-round TKO win in a rematch with Welsh in September and a PTS win over Casey Blair in December, Garton faced Ryan Fields for the vacant English welterweight title on 7 May 2016 at the York Hall. Garton won the fight along with the English title with a fourth-round TKO. He defended the title on 17 September 2016 against Tyler Goodjohn, scoring a ten-round unanimous decision (UD) victory. Two judges scored the bout 99–91 while the third scored it 98–92.
After a PTS victory against Geiboord Omier in November 2016 and a sixth-round TKO win over Ivica Gogosevic in April 2017, he went on to defeat Mihail Orlov by tenth-round TKO on 9 December 2017 at the Copper Box Arena in London to capture the vacant IBF European welterweight title.
After defeating Nelson Altamirano in his next outing by second-round knockout (KO) in a stay-busy fight on 23 June 2018, Garton faced former world title challenger Gary Corcoran for the vacant British welterweight title on 20 October, at the Brentwood Centre in Essex. In a bloody fight, which saw Garton suffer a deep cut on the forehead resulting from a clash of heads in the round six, Garton captured the vacant British title via eleventh-round TKO after referee Steve Gray deemed Corcoran unfit to continue following a barrage of unanswered punches. The first defence of his British title came on 8 March 2019 against Chris Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Garton lost the title by unanimous decision with the judge's scorecards reading 119–109, 117–112 and 116–112.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Win24–2–1Jordan GrannumPTS614 Dec 201926Loss23–2–1Chris JenkinsUD128 Mar 201925Win23–1–1Gary CorcoranTKO11 (12)20 Oct 201824Win22–1–1Nelson Altamirano TKO3 (8)23 Jun 201823Win21–1–1Mihail Orlov 10 (12)8 Dec 201722Win20–1–1Ivica Gogosevic TKO6 (6)22 Apr 201721Win19–1–1Geiboord Omier PTS618 Nov 201620Win18–1–1Tyler Goodjohn 1017 Sep 201619Win17–1–1Ryan FieldsTKO5 (10)7 May 201618Win16–1–1Casey BlairPTS65 Dec 201517Win15–1–1Martin WelshTKO6 (10)19 Sep 201516Draw14–1–1Martin WelshPTS1016 May 201515Win14–1Nathan Weise TKO5 (10)14 Mar 201514Win13–1Adam BattleTKO8 (10)13 Dec 201413Win12–1Vasil Vasilev TKO5 (6)11 Oct 201412Loss11–1Sam EggingtonTKO2 (3)5 Apr 201411Win11–0Stanislav Nenkov PTS67 Dec 201310Win10–0Laszlo Fazekas PTS820 Sep 20139Win9–0Ivan Godor PTS85 Jul 20138Win8–0Gareth Piper PTS619 Apr 20137Win7–0Kevin McCauley PTS624 Feb 20136Win6–0Jay Morris PTS623 Nov 20125Win5–0Matt Seawright PTS46 Jul 20124Win4–0Bheki Moyo 4 (4)20 Apr 20123Win3–0Liam Griffiths PTS42 Mar 20122Win2–0Jason Nesbitt PTS425 Nov 20111Win1–0Danny Donchev 421 Oct 2011
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