Custio Clayton

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Custio Clayton
Statistics
Real nameCustio Clayton
Nickname(s)War Machine
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
NationalityCanadian
Born (1987-10-05) October 5, 1987 (age 34)
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins19
Wins by KO12
Losses0
Draws1

Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Amateur career[]

Clayton began training at his great-uncle's gym, City of Lakes Boxing Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and fought his first amateur bout at the age of 11. He took a break from boxing for two years at the age of 17 to finish high school.[1] The 24-year-old Nova Scotian Olympian Clayton, along with Simon Kean, were the only two Canadian male boxers to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.[2]

Clayton was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at welterweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at welterweight and Custio qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner Myke Carvalho.[3] Qualification being dependent on how the winning opponents performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) Clayton became the first Canadian to win a boxing bout in 8 years when he beat Óscar Molina in the opening round.[5] Then he beat the Australian Cameron Hammond, before losing to Fred Evans in the quarterfinal.[6]

Professional career[]

Clayton officially joined the Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) in November 2014. The Nova Scotia boxer has indeed accepted a contract with a maximum duration of three years, the latest of which is an option. His first professional fight will also take place on 19 December at division light middleweight in gala undercard featuring Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.[7]

On 28 January 2020, Clayton scored an eighth-round knockout of Diego (El Chacarero) Ramirez and retain his WBA title.[8]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
19 fights 18 wins 0 losses
By knockout 12 0
By decision 6 0
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Win 19–0–1 United States Cameron Krael UD 10 Dec 11, 2021 United States Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, US
19 Draw 18–0–1 Russia Sergey Lipinets MD 12 Oct 24, 2020 United States Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, US For IBF interim welterweight title
18 Win 18–0 Argentina Diego Ramirez KO 8 (10), 0:26 Jan 28, 2020 Canada Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Retained WBA-NABA welterweight title
17 Win 17–0 Venezuela Johan Pérez UD 10 Jun 29, 2019 Canada Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, Canada Won vacant WBA-NABA and WBO International welterweight titles
16 Win 16–0 United States DeMarcus Corley KO 6 (8), 0:36 Mar 29, 2019 Canada The Mattamy Events Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15 Win 15–0 Netherlands Stephen Danyo UD 12 May 26, 2018 Canada Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Retained WBO International welterweight title;
Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
14 Win 14–0 Hungary Gabor Kovacs KO 1 (10), 0:28 Mar 31, 2018 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13 Win 13–0 Argentina Cristian Rafael Coria UD 10 Dec 16, 2017 Canada Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada Won vacant WBO International welterweight title
12 Win 12–0 Mexico Johnny Navarrete UD 10 Jun 15, 2017 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Won vacant WBC Continental Americas and IBF International welterweight titles
11 Win 11–0 Mexico Alfredo Chávez KO 1 (8), 3:00 Apr 15, 2017 Canada Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
10 Win 10–0 Mexico Ramses Agaton KO 8 (10), 2:47 Oct 20, 2016 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
9 Win 9–0 Mexico Silverio Ortiz UD 6 Jul 29, 2016 Canada Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
8 Win 8–0 Mexico José Emilio Perea KO 10 (10), 0:45 May 24, 2016 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7 Win 7–0 United States Hector Munoz TKO 9 (10), 2:54 Mar 17, 2016 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6 Win 6–0 France Stanislas Salmon TKO 2 (8), 0:49 Jan 21, 2016 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5 Win 5–0 Mexico Ivan Pereyra TKO 2 (8), 1:20 Nov 28, 2015 Canada Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
4 Win 4–0 Latvia Zaurs Sadihovs TKO 1 (6), 2:46 Jun 26, 2015 Canada Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
3 Win 3–0 Belgium Ronald Berti TKO 2 (6), 1:48 Apr 4, 2015 Canada Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
2 Win 2–0 Latvia Eduards Gerasimovs TKO 1 (6), 0:50 Jan 31, 2015 Canada Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
1 Win 1–0 France Sophyan Haoud UD 4 Dec 19, 2014 Canada Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

References[]

  1. ^ Barrs, Rory. "Clayton's ring appetite whetted at early age". National Post. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=395808[dead link]
  3. ^ "TSN". Ctvolympics.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  4. ^ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Fighting/Boxing/2012/05/13/pf-19754106.html[dead link]
  5. ^ "Clayton picks up Canada's 1st boxing win in 8 years". CBC Sports. July 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "Custio Clayton Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  7. ^ "Canadian boxer Custio Clayton anxious for first pro fight | Metro News". Metronews.ca. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2016-07-30.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "North Preston's Clayton KOs Ramirez for 18th pro boxing victory | Saltwire". www.thechronicleherald.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

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