Troy Williamson (born 22 August 1991) is an English professional boxer. He is a former British, Commonwealth and European super-middleweight champion. He has also held the British light-middleweight title. As an amateur, Williamson won the 2015 ABA Championships in the middleweight division.
Early life and amateur career Troy Williamson was born on 22 August 1991 in Darlington, England. The fourth youngest of 11 children, he first began boxing at the age of 10. As the age for participating in competitive fights is 11, he quickly became bored of the training regime and walked away from the sport. He regained interest at the age of 17, going on to compile a record of 68–15. During his amateur career he reached the finals of two ABA Championships; losing against Anthony Fowler at the 2014 edition and winning the competition the following year. He also represented England at the 2015 European Championships, losing in the quarter-finals, and competed at the 2015 and 2016 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts.
Professional career Williamson made his professional debut on 29 October 2016, scoring a third-round knockout victory over Borislav Zankov at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. After compiling a record of 12–0–1 (9 KOs) he faced Dario Socci for the vacant IBF European junior-middleweight title on 21 December 2019 at the Copper Box Arena in London. Williamson captured his first professional title by defeating Socci via technical knockout (TKO) in the tenth and final round.
He won the British light-middleweight title by knocking out defending champion Ted Cheeseman in the 10th round at Liverpool Arena on 9 October 2021.
Despite being knocked to the canvas in the second round, Williamson successfully defended the title with a unanimous decision win over Mason Cartwright at Newcastle Arena on 25 March 2022.
Back at the same venue, he lost the championship in his second defense against Josh Kelly on 2 December 2022, going down to a unanimous decision defeat.
Williamson was due to face English super-middleweight champion Mark Dickinson at Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring on 6 September 2025, but his opponent failed to make the required weight and was stripped of the title. The fight went ahead with only Williamson now able to claim the vacant championship, and he did just that by stopping Dickinson in the ninth round.
He challenged European, British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Callum Simpson at First Direct Arena in Leeds on 20 December 2025. Williamson sent Simpson to the canvas four times in the 10th round and won via technical knockout when the referee waived the fight off following the fourth knock down.
Without making any defenses,Williamson vacated the European super-middleweight title on 26 January 2026 after Simpson invoked a rematch clause in their original fight contract. This was due to European Boxing Union rules which forbid direct rematches, forcing him to give up the championship. The rematch took place back at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on 8 August 2026. Williamson lost by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Loss22–5–1Callum SimpsonUD128 Aug 202627Win22–4–1Callum SimpsonTKO10 (12), 20 Dec 202526Win21–4–1Mark DickinsonTKO9 (10), 6 Sep 202525LossJahi TuckerUD105 Apr 202524LossIshmael DavisUD1223 Mar 202423Loss20–2–1Caoimhín AgyarkoSD102 Dec 202322Win20–1–1Ramiro BlancoPTS615 Jul 202321Loss19–1–1Josh KellyUD122 Dec 202220Win19–0–1David BenitezTKO6 (8), 17 Sep 202219Win18–0–1Mason CartwrightUD1225 Mar 202218Win17–0–1Ted CheesemanKO10 (12), 9 Oct 202117Win16–0–1Kieran SmithTKO6 (12), 30 Apr 202116Win15–0–1Harry Scarff1015 Aug 202015Win14–0–1Daniel UrbanskiTKO2 (6), 29 Feb 202014Win13–0–1Dario SocciTKO10 (10), 21 Dec 201913Win12–0–1Ben DouglasTKO7 (8), 12 Oct 201912Win11–0–1Edwin PalaciosTKO6 (8), 15 Jun 201911Win10–0–1Ionut Trandafir2 (8), 3 May 201910Win9–0–1Kevin McCauleyKO2 (8), 23 Mar 20199Win8–0–1Rafał JackiewiczPTS422 Dec 20188Draw7–0–1Jack FlatleyPTS89 Jun 20187Win7–0Michael MoraTKO2 (6), 26 May 20186Win6–0Christian Hoskin-GomezTKO4 (6), 21 Apr 20185Win5–0Miguel AguilarPTS611 Nov 20174Win4–0Alistair WarrenTKO3 (6), 16 Jul 20173Win3–0Casey Blair3 (4), 10 Mar 20172Win2–0Yailton Neeves426 Nov 20161Win1–0Borislav Zankov3 (4), 29 Oct 2016
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