Marc Leach (born 17 March 1994) is an English former professional boxer. He held the British super-bantamweight title in 2022. Leach was also English bantamweight champion in 2019.
Career Leach made his professional boxing debut at De Vere Whites Hotel in Bolton on 20 September 2014, losing on points over four rounds to Bobby Jenkinson.
He then went on a 14 fight undefeated run culminating in claiming his first title with a unanimous decision win over Brett Fidoe for the vacant English bantamweight championship at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on 4 May 2019.
After this, Leach won three successive bouts which were all billed as eliminators for a shot at the British super-bantamweight title, registering unanimous decision successes over Scott Allan in Glasgow on 19 September 2019, Qais Ashfaq in Peterborough on 17 October 2020 and Thomas Essomba in Sheffield on 5 June 2021.
He finally got his chance at the vacant title against unbeaten Chris Bourke at York Hall in London on 11 March 2022, winning via unanimous decision.
His reign as champion would prove to be a short one as he lost the title in his first defense against Liam Davies at the International Centre in Telford on 11 June 2022. Leach was knocked to the canvas in the first round and, although he recovered to continue the fight and complete the full 12 rounds, he suffered a unanimous decision defeat.
After almost 16 months out of the competitive boxing ring, Leach returned at a new weight division to face Masood Abdulah for the vacant Commonwealth Silver featherweight title at York Hall on 6 October 2023. Having sustained heavy punishment throughout the contest, he retired on his stool at the end of the seventh round.
Back at super-bantamweight, in what would prove to be his final fight, Leach took on Peter McGrail for the vacant WBA International title at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool on 27 April 2024, losing by unanimous decision.
He announced his retirement from professional boxing in January 2025.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22Loss18–4–1Peter McGrailUD1027 Apr 202421Loss18–3–1Masood AbdulahRTD7 (10), 6 Oct 202320Loss18–2–1Liam DaviesUD1211 Jun 202219Win18–1–1Chris BourkeUD1211 Mar 202219Win17–1–1Stefan Nicolae1 (6), 4 Dec 202118Win16–1–1Thomas EssombaUD125 Jun 202117Win15–1–1Qais AshfaqUD1017 Oct 202016Win14–1–1Scott AllanUD1019 Sep 201915Win13–1–1Brett Fidoe104 May 201914Win12–1–1Khvicha GigolashviliPTS616 Mar 201913Win11–1–1Louis NormanTKO2 (10), 15 Sep 201812Draw10–1–1Tapiwa Tembo813 Jul 201811Win10–1Dmitrijs GutmansPTS624 Feb 201810Win9–1Simas VolosinasPTS610 Nov 20179Win8–1Brett FidoePTS618 Feb 20178Win7–1Krzysztof Rogowski4 (8), 20 Feb 20167Win6–1Ian HalsallPTS47 Nov 20156Win5–1Mihaly TelekfiPTS412 Sep 20155Win4–1Brett FidoePTS410 Jul 20154Win3–1Valentin Marinov2 (4), 13 Jun 20153Win2–1Anwar AlfadliPTS428 Mar 20152Win1–1Francis CroesPTS614 Dec 20141Loss0–1Bobby Jenkinson420 Sep 2014
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