Ekow 'The Engine' Essuman (born 30 March 1989) is a Botswana-British professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple welterweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles from 2021 to 2023. He holds a notable win over former undisputed light-welterweight champion Josh Taylor.
Professional career Essuman made his professional debut on 1 December 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Andrej Cepur at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England.
After compiling a record of 8–0 (2 KOs), he faced Andy Keates for the vacant English welterweight title on 20 October 2018 at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Nottingham, England. Essuman knocked Keates down twice in the fourth round en route to a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO). He returned to the Harvey Hadden Sports Village for his next fight, successfully defending his English title against former British super-lightweight champion, Tyrone Nurse, via majority decision (MD) on 16 March 2019. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Essuman with 98–93 and 96–94 while the third scored it a draw at 95–95. After a stoppage win over William Warburton in July and a PTS victory over Zygimantas Butkevicius in October, Essuman finished 2019 with a second defence of his title on 30 November, defeating Curtis Felix Jr via eighth-round TKO at the York Hall in London.
Essuman defended his British, Commonwealth and IBF European welterweight belts, against Darren Tetley on 23 April 2022, on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte.
He lost his titles and unbeaten record to Harry Scarff at Manchester Arena on 18 November 2023 via unanimous decision.
Essuman stopped Owen Cooper in the final round to win the WBO European welterweight title at Manchester Arena on 20 July 2024.
He made a successful first defense of his title with a majority decision victory over Ben Vaughan at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 2 November 2024.
Essuman defeated Josh Taylor by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO Global title at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025.
He lost the title in his first defense against Jack Catterall by 11th round technical knockout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 15 November 2025.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss22–3Jack RaffertyRTD6 (12), 9 May 202624Loss22–2Jack CatterallTKO11 (12), 15 Nov 2025 23Win22–1Josh TaylorUD1224 May 202522Win21–1Ben VaughanMD102 Nov, 202421Win20–1Owen CooperTKO10 (10) 20 Jul, 202420Loss19–1Harry ScarffUD1218 Nov 202319Win19–0Chris KongoMD1221 Jan 202318Win18–0Samuel AntwiUD1224 Sep 202217Win17–0Darren TetleyUD1223 Apr 202216Win16–0Danny BallKO6 (12), 9 Oct 202115Win15–0Chris JenkinsTKO8 (12), 24 Jul 202114Win14–0Cedrick PeynaudUD1012 Sep 202013Win13–0Curtis Felix JrTKO8 (10), 30 Nov 201912Win12–0Zygimantas ButkeviciusPTS619 Oct 201911Win11–0William WarburtonRTD6 (8), 6 Jul 201910Win10–0Tyrone Nurse1016 Mar 20199Win9–0Andy KeatesTKO5 (10), 20 Oct 20188Win8–0Edvinas PuplauskasPTS615 Sep 20187Win7–0Nelson Altamirano TKO1 (8), 31 Mar 20186Win6–0Jordan GrannumPTS616 Dec 20175Win5–0Serge AmbomoPTS821 Oct 20174Win4–0Arvydas TriznoPTS424 Jun 20173Win3–0Casey Blair3 (4), 22 Apr 20172Win2–0Kevin McCauleyPTS44 Feb 20171Win1–0Andrej Cepur41 Dec 2016
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