Lee McGregor (born 24 December 1996) is a Scottish

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who has held the

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title since 2018, the

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bantamweight title since 2019, and the

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bantamweight title since 2021.

Professional career

McGregor made his professional debut on 11 November 2017, scoring a first-round

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(TKO) victory against Stefan Sashev at the

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. After compiling a record of 3–0 (3 KOs), he defeated Goodluck Mrema via second-round TKO to capture the vacant

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title on 23 June 2018, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. His next fight came against former Commonwealth flyweight champion Thomas Essomba on 13 October at the

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, with the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title on the line. McGregor captured the title via twelfth-round

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(KO) victory in only his fifth professional bout. Following a points decision (PTS) victory against Brett Fidoe in a non-title fight in May 2019, Mcgregor made the first defence of his Commonwealth title, defeating Scott Allan via eighth-round TKO on 22 June at the

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in Glasgow. McGregor returned to the Emirates Stadium for his next fight, facing British bantamweight champion and fellow Scot, Kash Farooq, on 16 November in a unification fight for the British and Commonwealth titles. In what was described by media outlets as a "controversial decision", McGregor emerged victorious via twelve-round

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(SD) with two judges scoring the bout 115–112 and 114–113 in favour of McGregor, while the third judge scored it 114–113 to Farooq. Following a TKO victory against Ryan Walker in a non-title fight in August 2020, McGregor sought to add another title to his collection by challenging reigning champion

Karim Guerfi Karim Guerfi (born 8 March 1987) is a French professional boxer who has held the European featherweight title since August 2021 and previously held the European bantamweight title three times between 2013 and March 2021. He has also challenged ...

for the European bantamweight title on 19 March 2021, at the Whites Hotel in

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, England. McGregor knocked his opponent to the canvas three times in the first round. Guerfi made it back to his feet on all three occasions, however, the referee called a halt to the contest after the third knockdown at 2:43 of the round. McGregor made his first EBU bantamweight title defense against Vincent Legrand on 6 August 2021, at the Falls Park in

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, on the undercard of the WBA interim featherweight title clash between Michael Conlan and T. J. Doheny. McGregor had a poor start to the fight, as he was knocked down in the second round, but successfully rallied back to knock Legrand out in the fourth round.

Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McGregor, Lee Living people 1996 births Boxers from Edinburgh Scottish male boxers Bantamweight boxers Commonwealth Boxing Council champions British Boxing Board of Control champions