Kevin Mitchell (boxer)

Kevin Martin Mitchell (born 29 October 1984) is a British professional boxer. He is a former Commonwealth and British super-featherweight champion, and has challenged twice for a lightweight world title, as well as twice for an interim title.

Amateur career

In 2003, Mitchell won the ABA featherweight championship at the age of 18.

Professional career

British champion

Upon turning professional, Mitchell signed with Frank Warren's Sports Network after considering offers from various promoters. Mitchell added the British super featherweight title to his Commonwealth belt when he stopped Carl Johanneson in the ninth round of his fight on 9 March 2008. The fight was on the undercard of the David Haye Enzo Macarrinelli unification fight. Mitchell was 26-0 and British and Commonwealth champion. On 7 June 2008 Mitchell beat Walter Estrada in Atlantic City, New Jersey on the undercard of Kelly Pavlik's middleweight title fight with Gary Lockett in a fifth round TKO. Mitchell continued chopping Estrada down, until a right hand followed by a left to the body sank Estrada in the closing seconds of the round. When Estrada got up, the referee took a long look before waving it off to extend Mitchell's unbeaten record to 27-0. After this fight Mitchell was out of action for just under a year with a hand injury, putting his world title ambitions on hold. His return on 22 May 2009 was a comfortable third round stoppage win over little known Lanquaye Wilson. Two months later on the Khan vs Kotelnik undercard Mitchell recorded an eighth-round win over Rudy Encarncion.

Stepping up to lightweight

Mitchell fought Amir Khan's conqueror Breidis Prescott, on the Khan vs Salita undercard on 5 December 2009 in Newcastle, winning by unanimous decision and producing a performance that many didn't believe him capable of. Kevin fought at Wembley Arena just two months later, impressively knocking out Ignacio Mendoza in two rounds appearing to be a tune up fight. This ultimately proved to be the case as promoter Frank Warren revealed that he would challenge Australian interim WBO Lightweight World Champion Michael Katsidis at Boleyn Ground on 15 May 2010. Full-time WBO champion Juan Manuel Marquez is expected to vacate, promoting the fight to a full world title bout. The fight was billed as 'Hammer Time', due to Mitchell's West Ham roots. Mitchell was stopped in the third round after Katsidis hit him with two huge lefts. After this disappointing loss, Mitchell admitted stemmed from out of the ring problems. He surprised many in his next fight by stopping rising star John Murray in the 8th round. He then beat Felix Lora a ranked opponent in 10 rounds. Mitchell was then lined up to challenge Scotland's Ricky Burn's for his WBO title. This was unsuccessful and ended in a 4th round stoppage. Mitchell won his next 4 fights 3 inside the distance and took the IBF Intercontinental title in doing so.

Professional boxing record

43 fights, 39 wins (29 knockouts), 4 losses (4 knockouts)
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
43	Loss	39–4	Ismael Barroso	TKO	6 (12), 2:47	12 Dec 2015	The O2 Arena, London, England	For vacant WBA interim lightweight title
42	Loss	39–3	Jorge Linares	TKO	10 (12), 2:57	30 May 2015		For WBC lightweight title.
41	Win	39–2	Daniel Estrada	TKO	8 (12), 1:12	31 Jan 2015		Won vacant WBC Silver lightweight title
40	Win	38–2	Ghislain Maduma	TKO	11 (12), 2:56	31 May 2014	Wembley Stadium, London, England	IBF lightweight title eliminator
39	Win	37–2	Mikheil Avakyan	TKO	2 (8), 2:07	15 Mar 2014	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
38	Win	36–2	Karim El Ouazghari	TKO	9 (12), 2:07	14 Dec 2013	ExCel Arena, London, England	Retained IBF Inter-Continental lightweight title
37	Win	35–2	Marco Antonio López	TKO	6 (12), 1:44	5 Oct 2013	The O2 Arena, London, England	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental lightweight title
36	Win	34–2	Sebastien Benito	PTS	10	6 Jul 2013	York Hall, London, England
35	Loss	33–2	Ricky Burns	TKO	4 (12), 2:59	22 Sep 2012	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	For WBO lightweight title
34	Win	33–1	Felix Lora	PTS	10	10 Feb 2012	York Hall, London, England
33	Win	32–1	John Murray	TKO	8 (12), 1:46	16 Jul 2011	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
32	Loss	31–1	Michael Katsidis	TKO	3 (12), 1:57	15 May 2010	Boleyn Ground, London, England	For WBO interim lightweight title
31	Win	31–0	Ignacio Mendoza	KO	3 (12), 1:24	13 Feb 2010	Wembley Arena, London, England	Retained WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
30	Win	30–0	Breidis Prescott	UD	12	5 Dec 2009	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	Won WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
29	Win	29–0	Ruddy Encarnacion	TKO	8 (10), 2:35	18 Jul 2009	MEN Arena, Manchester, England
28	Win	28–0	Lanquaye Wilson	TKO	3 (8), 2:07	22 May 2009	York Hall, London, England
27	Win	27–0	Walter Estrada	UD	12	7 Jun 2008	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title
26	Win	26–0	Carl Johanneson	TKO	9 (12), 2:29	8 Mar 2008	The O2 Arena, London, England	Won British super-featherweight title Retained Commonwealth super-featherweight title
25	Win	25–0	Edison Torres	TKO	3 (10), 1:09	12 Jan 2008	York Hall, London, England
24	Win	24–0	Alexander Khrulev	KO	2 (12), 0:57	14 Jul 2007	The O2 Arena, London, England	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title Retained IBF Inter-Continental super-featherweight title
23	Win	23–0	Harry Ramogoadi	TKO	6 (12), 3:00	7 Jun 2007	Olympia, Liverpool, England	Retained Commonwealth super-featherweight title
22	Win	22–0	George Ashie	UD	12	28 Oct 2006	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant Commonwealth super-featherweight title
21	Win	21–0	Andrei Isaeu	TKO	11 (12), 1:37	8 Sep 2006	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England	Won IBF Inter-Continental super-featherweight title
20	Win	20–0	Imad Ben Khalifa	TKO	2 (8), 0:34	7 Jul 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
19	Win	19–0	Kirkor Kirkorov	RTD	2 (12)	13 May 2006	York Hall, London, England	Retained IBF Inter-Continental super-featherweight title
18	Win	18–0	Youssouf Djibaba	UD	12	25 Feb 2006	ExCel Arena, London, England
17	Win	17–0	Mohammed Medjadji	TKO	6 (12), 2:12	10 Dec 2005	London, England	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental super-featherweight title
16	Win	16–0	Daniel Thorpe	TKO	4 (8), 2:10	25 Oct 2005	Guild Hall, Preston, England
15	Win	15–0	Wladimir Borov	TKO	2 (6), 1:35	23 Sep 2005	Hilton Hotel Mayfair, London, England
14	Win	14–0	Karim Chakim	PTS	8	29 Apr 2005	Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, London, England
13	Win	13–0	Frederic Bonifai	PTS	6	8 Apr 2005	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
12	Win	12–0	Henry Janes	PTS	4	11 Dec 2004	ExCel Arena, London, England
11	Win	11–0	Alain Rakow	KO	1 (6), 2:46	19 Nov 2004	York Hall, London, England
10	Win	10–0	Mounir Guebbas	PTS	6	22 Oct 2004	Royal Highland Showground, Edinburgh, Scotland
9	Win	9–0	Arpad J Toth	TKO	3 (6), 0:45	10 Sep 2004	York Hall, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Jason Nesbitt	TKO	3 (4), 0:45	5 Jun 2004
7	Win	7–0	Slimane Kebaili	TKO	1 (4), 1:25	13 May 2004
6	Win	6–0	Eric Patrac	TKO	1 (4), 2:20	24 Apr 2004	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
5	Win	5–0	Kristian Laight	PTS	4	7 Feb 2004	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Jaz Virdee	TKO	1 (4), 1:13	24 Jan 2004	Wembley Conference Centre, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Vladimir Varhegyi	TKO	3 (4), 1:44	6 Nov 2003	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Csaba Ladanyi	TKO	1 (4), 2:21	18 Sep 2003
1	Win	1–0	Stevie Quinn	KO	1 (4), 3:00	17 Jul 2003		Professional debut

External links

• Kevin Mitchell at Matchroom Sport

Sporting positions
Vacant Title last held by Román Martínez	WBO super featherweight champion Inter-Continental Title 7 June 2008 – 5 December 2009 Vacated	Succeeded by Joseph Laryea
Vacant Title last held by Amir Khan	WBO lightweight champion Inter-Continental Title 5 December 2009 – 15 May 2010 Lost bid for interim world title	Succeeded by Robert Guerrero