Stuart Elwell (born 14 December 1977) is a professional boxer from

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in the

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. He became a professional boxer in the year 2000. His first fight was against Ernie Smith at

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, which he won on points. His professional record currently stands at 12 wins out of 16 fights. He has one knockout victory which was shown on

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on 23 June 2006, against Francis Jones. His professional boxing career was put on hold between 2001 and 2005 when he served several years as a

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. He also boxed for the Royal Marines including a fight in

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. He won the British Midlands Welterweight championship only three fights into his return to civilian life.

Boxing record

30 Jan 2009

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Bethnal Green, London, England Lost ref stopped fight 2nd round 28 Nov 2008 Paul Burns Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Won PTS 6 Rounds 4 Jul 2008 Ted Bami Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England Lost ref stopped fight 7th round 25 Mar 2008 Vyacheslav Senchenko Drusba Sportpalast, Donetsk, Ukraine Lost TKOut 2nd round 18 Feb 2008 Chris Brophy Radisson SAS Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Won PTS 6 rounds 20 Jul 2007 Alexander Matviechuk Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England Won PTS 6 rounds 23 Mar 2007 John O'Donnell Nottingham Ice Arena, Nottingham, England Lost PTS 10 rounds 10 Nov 2006 Ben Hudson Oakengates Theatre, Telford, England Won PTS 4 rounds 23 Jun 2006 Francis (Franny) Jones Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England Won KO 1st round 18 May 2006 Peter Dunn Town Hall, Walsall, England Won PTS 6 rounds 10 Mar 2006 David Kirk Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England Won PTS 10 rounds 25 Nov 2005 Ben Hudson Town Hall, Walsall, England Won PTS 4 rounds 6 Oct 2005 Ernie Smith Concert Hall (Formerly Town Hall), Dudley, England Won PTS 6 rounds 1 Apr 2001 Richard Inquieti Light Bar, Wolverhampton, England Won PTS 6 rounds 28 Jan 2001 Arv Mittoo Light Bar, Wolverhampton, England Won PTS 6 rounds 6 Nov 2000 Ernie Smith Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England Won PTS 6 rounds

Midlands welterweight champion

On 10 March 2006, he fought David Kirk at the

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, to take the Welterweight British Midlands Area title. He won on points after 10 rounds. He gave up this belt in March 2007, when he fought for the English title belt.

English welterweight title fight

On 23 March 2007, he fought John O'Donnell for the vacant English

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title, a fight featured on

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. After a close 30-minute contest Elwell came up short 97–94.

WBA Inter-Continental title fight

On 25 March 2008, he fought Vyacheslav Senchenko in Donetsk, Ukraine, for Vyacheslav's WBA Inter-Continental title. The fight was shown live on

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. After a winding blow to the stomach resulting in a standing eight count, Elwell lost to a technical knockout in the second round.

British welterweight title fight

On 30 January 2009, Elwell fought

at the

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, England for the British Welterweight title, a fight featured on

. Elwell lost in the second round after the referee stopped the bout.

External links

British Boxing preview of Stuart Elwell

March 2007 English Welterweight Title Fight Review

English Welterweight Title Fight Preview

A Bloggers Review of Welterweight Midlands Title Victory for Elwell

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