Michael "Rocky" Fielding (born 5 August 1987) is a British former

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. He held the

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title in 2018. At regional level, he held the

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super-middleweight title twice between 2013 and 2017, and the

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super-middleweight title in 2017.

Biography

Born in

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, Rocky was originally named Michael, but owing to his 10 lbs birth weight his father nicknamed him 'The Rock'.

Amateur career

Rocky started out boxing in Stockbridge ABC, as an amateur and reached the 2007 & 2008 ABA Light Heavyweight finals whilst boxing out of Rotunda ABC. He was unbeaten until he met Chris 'Big Mamma' Cook who knocked him out in 1 round.

Professional career

He turned professional in 2010 and after winning his first three professional bouts as a

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, Fielding was offered the chance to drop down a weight to take part in The Super Middleweight

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after Kenny Anderson pulled out at short notice. Fielding went on to win the tournament causing a stoppage in each of his three fights and becoming the first boxer in a Prizefighter series to do so. On 6 October 2012, Fielding defeated Carl Dilks earning the vacant English Super Middleweight title. Rocky defended his English Super Middleweight title against Wayne Reed on the Bellew v Chelimba undercard, he dropped Reed three times in this fight and won via technical knockout in the 6th round. Next up was Polish fighter Michal Nieroda. Rocky completely dominated the fight. It ended in 59 seconds as Rocky landed several body shots sending down Nieroda for the 10 count. On 21 September 2013, at The Liverpool Olympia, Rocky defeated Mohammed Akrong with a first round stoppage to win the vacant Commonwealth Super Middleweight Title. On 23 October 2013, Fielding defended his Commonwealth title against

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. Rocky knocked out Luke Blackledge with a left hook 2:32 into the 1st round, retaining his Commonwealth title. On 7 November 2015 Fielding took on the highly rated

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at the Echo Arena in an all Liverpool affair but was defeated in the first round by a TKO. Fielding rebuilt his career with some good wins, and on 22 April 2017 beat John Ryder by a controversial split decision for the British title. Five months later Fielding defended the British title and regained the Commonwealth title, which had been lost on the scales a few years earlier, with a devastating first round knockout of the Scotsman David Brophy. On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Fielding would fight Erik Skoglund for the

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belt on the undercard of the rematch between

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and

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. The event was scrapped after Haye suffered an injury. Promoter

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, Fielding's promoter, announced he would challenge

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for the WBA Super Middleweight World Title on 14 June 2018 in

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, Germany. Despite entering the fight as an underdog, Fielding knocked Zeuge out in five rounds to win the WBA crown. Following that, Fielding faced two-division champion

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on 15 December 2018. Eddie Hearn negotiated a deal with Canelo's promoter,

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, for the fight - as part of a historic $365million deal between Álvarez &

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. The fight was the first defense of the WBA belt for Fielding, with Álvarez stepping up a weight class from middleweight to challenge Fielding for his title. Álvarez floored Fielding in the first, second and third rounds before the referee waved the contest off. Fielding's next fight came on 15 November 2019, against Abdallah Paziwapazi. Fielding won the fight within two rounds, after dropping Paziwapazi with a vicious left hook in the second.

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

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Rocky Fielding - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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