Kyle Yousaf (born 28 June 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the

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title in 2018.

Professional career

Yousaf made his professional debut on 21 May 2015, scoring a four-round

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(PTS) victory over Anwar Alfadli at the

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, England. He fought another four times in 2015; PTS wins over Stefan Slavchev in March and Mikheil Soloninkini in April; and

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(TKO) wins over Khvicha Gigolashvili in May and Gary Reeve in October. He secured another five wins in 2016; Sergey Tasimov and Jose Aguilar by PTS in February and April respectively; Robert Kanalas in May, Gyula Dodu in September and Felix Moncada in December, all by TKO. Following three PTS wins–Louis Norman in May 2017; Brett Fidoe in November; and Isaac Quaye in February 2018–Yousaf fought for his first professional title against Conar Blackshaw on 5 October 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in

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. Yousaf won via sixth-round corner retirement (RTD) to capture the

title. He secured two more wins in 2019; Steven Maguire by TKO in March and Ricky Leach by PTS in November.

Professional boxing record

References

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