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Josh Kelly (boxer)
Joshua "Josh" Kelly (born 7 March 1994) is an English professional boxer who has held the IBF light-middleweight title since January 2026. He is a former British light-middleweight and Commonwealth welterweight title holder. As an amateur he competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2015 European Games, in which he won a bronze medal.
Representing Great Britain, Kelly won a bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2015 European Games in Azerbaijan, losing in the semi-finals to the host nation's eventual champion Parviz Baghirov.
The following year he was selected for the Rio Olympics, where he lost in the round-of-16 to Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov who went on to win the gold medal.
Kelly's first fight as a professional was a six rounds points victory (59–55) against Jay Byrne (4–1) of Dublin in April 2017 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo.
Kelly won his next two fights in the next two months, defeating Spain's Jony Vila (6–1) and Gateshead's Tom Whitfield (4–1) by fourth-round stoppage and first-round knockout respectively. The Vila fight took place at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham in May whilst the Whitfield fight took place at the Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle in June, with his fight being the main event.
Kelly finished the year with a record of 5–0 after victories over Mexico's Jose Luis Zuniga (13–2–1) and France's Jean Michel Hamilcaro (25–8–3), winning by second-round stoppage and sixth-round stoppage respectively in October and December. Those fights took place at the SSE Arena, Belfast and the York Hall, London.[citation needed]
On June 1, 2019, Kelly fought Ray Robinson, who was ranked #13 by the WBC and #15 by the WBO at welterweight. Kelly was ranked #9 by the WBA at welterweight. The contest was even and ended up in a majority draw, with one scorecard going in favour of Kelly, 96–94, while the other two read 95–95 twice.
In his next fight, Kelly fought Wiston Campos. Kelly won the bout via unanimous decision. The scorecards read 99–90, 99–90 and 98–91.
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Josh Kelly (boxer)
Joshua "Josh" Kelly (born 7 March 1994) is an English professional boxer who has held the IBF light-middleweight title since January 2026. He is a former British light-middleweight and Commonwealth welterweight title holder. As an amateur he competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2015 European Games, in which he won a bronze medal.
Representing Great Britain, Kelly won a bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2015 European Games in Azerbaijan, losing in the semi-finals to the host nation's eventual champion Parviz Baghirov.
The following year he was selected for the Rio Olympics, where he lost in the round-of-16 to Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov who went on to win the gold medal.
Kelly's first fight as a professional was a six rounds points victory (59–55) against Jay Byrne (4–1) of Dublin in April 2017 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo.
Kelly won his next two fights in the next two months, defeating Spain's Jony Vila (6–1) and Gateshead's Tom Whitfield (4–1) by fourth-round stoppage and first-round knockout respectively. The Vila fight took place at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham in May whilst the Whitfield fight took place at the Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle in June, with his fight being the main event.
Kelly finished the year with a record of 5–0 after victories over Mexico's Jose Luis Zuniga (13–2–1) and France's Jean Michel Hamilcaro (25–8–3), winning by second-round stoppage and sixth-round stoppage respectively in October and December. Those fights took place at the SSE Arena, Belfast and the York Hall, London.[citation needed]
On June 1, 2019, Kelly fought Ray Robinson, who was ranked #13 by the WBC and #15 by the WBO at welterweight. Kelly was ranked #9 by the WBA at welterweight. The contest was even and ended up in a majority draw, with one scorecard going in favour of Kelly, 96–94, while the other two read 95–95 twice.
In his next fight, Kelly fought Wiston Campos. Kelly won the bout via unanimous decision. The scorecards read 99–90, 99–90 and 98–91.