Dwight Thomas Ritchie (29 February 1992 – 9 November 2019) was an Australian professional boxer. He held the Australian middleweight title from 2014 to 2015 and the IBF Youth junior middleweight title in 2017.
Boxing career Ritchie, nicknamed "The Fighting Cowboy", boxed professionally as a junior middleweight and middleweight for ten years between 2009 and 2019, compiling a professional record of 19–2 (two knockouts) and 4 no contests. Titles held by Ritchie during his career include the Victoria State middleweight title, the Australian middleweight title, the OPBF middleweight title, the WBF Asia Pacific middleweight title, the IBF Youth junior middleweight title and the IBF Australasian junior middleweight titles. In his last ring appearance on 14 August 2019, Ritchie lost his IBF Australasian title via ten-round unanimous decision to 14–0 Tim Tszyu at the ICC Exhibition Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss19–2 Tim TszyuUD1014 Aug 201924Win19–1 Jung Hoon YangUD827 Apr 201923Win18–1 Joel Camilleri UD103 Aug 201822Win17–1 Emmanuel CarlosUD813 Apr 201821Win16–1 Shay BrockUD108 Dec 201820Win15–1 Peter Orlik TKO2 (8)22 Apr 201719Loss14–1 Koki TysonUD1223 Nov 201618Win14–0 Hikaru Nishida UD127 Jun 201617Win13–0 Ryan WatersUD1021 Nov 201516Win12–0 Mark DalbyUD614 Aug 201515Win11–0 Joe Rea UD68 May 201514Win10–0 Dean Mikelj UD1017 Oct 201413Win9–0 Dean Mikelj MD821 May 201412Win8–0 Mohamed LabariUD830 Aug 201311Win7–0 Athit PraditphonMD103 May 201310Win6–0 Suwicha Ratidet UD81 Mar 20139Win5–0 Jody Allen TKO4 (6)30 Nov 20128Win4–0 Michael Hermann UD618 May 20127Win3–0 Leroy BrownUD822 Jul 20116Win2–0 Ben Costello UD818 Mar 20115Win1–0 Jakkirt Suwunnalirt UD817 Apr 20104NC0–0 Andy Colgrave NC613 Nov 20093NC0–0 Tomas Vysokai NC630 Oct 20092NC0–0 Geoff Frazer NC425 Sep 20091NC0–0 Wayne MartinNC416 Jul 2009
Death On 9 November 2019, during a sparring session with Michael Zerafa in preparation for Zerafa's rematch against Jeff Horn the following month in Australia, Ritchie took a body shot, retreated to his own corner and collapsed. Despite attempts to save him, he could not be revived and died. He was 27 years old and left behind a wife and three children.
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