Ekow Essuman (born 30 March 1989) is a British

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who has held the British and

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titles since July 2021.

Professional career

Essuman made his professional debut on 1 December 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Andrej Cepur at the Holiday Inn,

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, England. After compiling a record of 8–0 (2 KOs), he faced Andy Keates for the vacant

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title on 20 October 2018 at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in

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, England. Essuman knocked Keates down twice in the fourth round en route to a fifth-round

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(TKO). He returned to the Harvey Hadden Sports Village for his next fight, successfully defending his English title against former British super-lightweight champion, Tyrone Nurse, via

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(MD) on 16 March 2019. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Essuman with 98–93 and 96–94 while the third scored it a draw at 95–95. After a stoppage win over William Warburton in July and a PTS victory over Zygimantas Butkevicius in October, Essuman finished 2019 with a second defence of his title on 30 November, defeating Curtis Felix Jr via eighth-round TKO at the

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. Essuman will be defending his BBBofC British, CBC Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight belts, against Darren Tetley on 23 April 2022, on the undercard of

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Professional boxing record

References

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