Jon-Lewis Dickinson (born 3 May 1986) is from Edmondsley in County Durham and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2016.He held the British cruiserweight title from 2012 to 2014 and challenged once for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title in 2014. In his early fights he beat journeymen Paul Bonson and Hastings Rasani on points, before winning the

Prizefighter series The Prizefighter series was a professional boxing tournament created by boxing promoter Barry Hearn and aired on Sky Sports. The format has an initial eight fighters, who compete in four quarter-finals of rounds (number and length of the rounds is ...

in April 2010 beating Leon Williams, Mark Krence and Nick Okoth. In July, however, he suffered a shock knockout loss to Tyrone Wright, and followed it up by retiring on his stool against Richard Turba, after suffering a badly broken jaw, which prevented him boxing for the following 12 months. Dickinson returned in July 2011 with a win over

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

gold medallist David Dolan before beating Chris Burton in February 2012. He won the English cruiserweight title in March 2012 with a UD10 win over

Matty Askin Matthew Askin (born 24 December 1988) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2018. He held the British Boxing Board of Control, British Cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight title from 2017 to 2018 and challenged once ...

, in a fight that was also a British title eliminator. Dickinson won the British Cruiserweight title in October 2012, beating former champion

Shane McPhilbin Shane McPhilbin is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2014. He held the British cruiserweight title in 2012. Career From Bulwell, Nottingham, McPhilbin's professional career started in 2009. In October 2010 he compete ...

by unanimous decision, in a challenge for the vacant title at the

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. After three successful defences, which saw him retain the Lord Lonsdale belt outright, he lost the title in June 2014 at the Metro Radio Arena when he was stopped in the second round by

Ovill McKenzie Ovill McKenzie (born 26 November 1979) is a Jamaican-born British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2015. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2015. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth light heavyweig ...

. He KO’d Scotland’s Stephen Simmons, to take the WBC Continental silver title in an exciting contest. His younger brother

Travis Dickinson Travis Dickinson (born 19 March 1988) is an English boxer who fights in the light heavyweight division. He is from Edmondsley in County Durham. Travis was English Light-Heavyweight champion and also won the light-heavyweight version of the Pr ...

is also a professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight, and also won Prizefighter in January 2011. The pair are the only brothers ever to win Prizefighter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickinson, Jon-Lewis 1986 births Living people Cruiserweight boxers Prizefighter contestants English male boxers Sportspeople from County Durham