Archie Sharp (born 14 April 1995) is an English professional boxer. He is a former WBO European junior-lightweight title holder.
Professional career Sharp made his professional debut on 17 July 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Laszlo Fekete at the York Hall in London.
After compiling a record of 13–0 (7 KOs) he faced Lyon Woodstock on 6 October 2018 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, with Woodstock's WBO European junior-lightweight title on the line. Sharp knocked Woodstock to the canvas in the opening round en route to a unanimous decision (UD) victory over ten rounds. All three judges scored the bout 96–93, awarding Sharp the WBO European title. Following a second-round TKO win against Sergio Gonzalez in April 2019, Sharp successfully defended his title on three occasions that year; a UD over Jordan McCorry in July; a fourth-round TKO against Declan Geragthy in September; and a UD over Artjom Ramlavs in December.
Sharp's sole fight of 2020 was against his countryman Jeff Ofori on 15 August 2020. He won the closely contested bout by a narrow unanimous decision, with referee and judge Marcus McDonnell scoring the fight 96-95 for Sharp.
Sharp was booked to fight Diego Andrade for the vacant WBO Global junior-lightweight title on 10 July 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the bout 97-93 in his favor, while the third judge scored it 99-93 for Sharp. Sharp made his first WBO Global title defense against Alexis Boureima Kabore on 29 October 2021. He won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 100-90 for him.
Sharp challenged WBC super-featherweight International champion Ryan Garner at The O2 Arena in London on 27 July 2024, losing by unanimous decision to suffer the first defeat of his professional career.
On 23 May 2025, he lost to Maxi Hughes by unanimous decision at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster in a fight for the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Win26-2Stefan VincentPTS630 Nov 202527Loss25-2Maxi HughesUD1023 May 202526Loss25-1Ryan GarnerUD1227 Jul 202425Win25-0Reuquen Cona Facundo ArcePTS811 May 202424Win24-0Victor JulioPTS88 Dec 202323Win23-0Mauro Alex Hasan PeroueneUD1014 Apr 202322Win22-0Alex RatUD1018 Jun 202221Win21-0Alexis Boureima KaboreUD1029 Oct 202120Win20-0Diego AndradeUD1010 Jul 202119Win19-0Jeff OforiPTS1015 Aug 202018Win18–0 Artjoms RamlavsUD1021 Dec 201917Win17–0Declan GeraghtyTKO4 (10), 27 Sep 201916Win16–0Jordan McCorryUD1013 Jul 201915Win15–0Sergio GonzalezTKO2 (8), 28 Apr 201914Win14–0Lyon Woodstock106 Oct 201813Win13–0Lester CantillanoPTS823 Jun 201812Win12–0Ivan Ruiz MoroteTKO7 (8), 24 Feb 201811Win11–0Rafael CastilloPTS89 Dec 201710Win10–0Imre NagyTKO2 (8), 16 Sep 20179Win9–0Norbert KaluczaTKO1 (4), 8 Jul 20178Win8–0Tamas LaskaTKO3 (6), 20 May 20177Win7–0Alex PhillipsTKO2 (4), 24 Feb 20176Win6–0Damian LawniczakPTS68 Oct 20165Win5–0Reynaldo CajinaPTS49 Jun 20164Win4–0Joe BeedenTKO3 (4), 25 Mar 20163Win3–0Qasim HussainPTS422 Jan 20162Win2–0Dan Carr430 Oct 20151Win1–0Laszlo Fekete1 (4), 17 Jul 2015
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