Kristian Laight (born 15 July 1980) is a British former

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who competed from 2003 to 2018. In July 2018 he lost his 277th professional fight, which is known to be the most in boxing history, toppling the previous record, which was held since 2005 by Reggie Strickland. He was the debuting opponent for future

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title holders

Tyrone Nurse Tyrone Nurse (born 4 January 1990) is a British professional boxer. He held the British super lightweight title from 2015 to 2017 and challenged once for the Commonwealth super lightweight title in 2014. Career From Huddersfield, Nurse made his ...

, Tommy Coyle and Lewis Ritson, and also fought Kevin Mitchell, and

Derry Mathews Derry Mathews (born 23 September 1983) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017. He held the WBA interim lightweight title in 2015 and has challenged, twice, for lightweight world championships, the WBO title in 2 ...

, among others. He was featured in a chapter of the 2014 book ''Journeymen: The Other Side of the Boxing Business'' by Mark Turley. Laight enjoyed one of his most memorable victories in August 2015, when he upset Carl Chadwick in memory of his late trainer Lenny Woodhall, who had died a few weeks before. He retired in 2018 with a record of 12–279–9, having been stopped only five times in his career. Following the announcement,

Tony Bellew Anthony Lewis Bellew (born 30 November 1982) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017, and challeng ...

said that "without guys like him the pro game wouldn't exist" on

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* Living people English male boxers 1980 births Welterweight boxers Sportspeople from Nuneaton {{England-boxing-bio-stub