John McDermott (boxer)

John McDermott
Statistics
Real name	John McDermott
Nickname(s)	Big Bad John
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Reach	76 in (193 cm)
Born	(1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 (age 41) Basildon, Essex, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	36
Wins	28
Wins by KO	18
Losses	8
Medal record Men's amateur boxing English National Championships 2000 Barnsley Super-heavyweight

John McDermott (born 26 February 1980) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2013. He is a three-time challenger for the British heavyweight title and in his last fight in March 2012, won the English heavyweight title.

Professional career[]

On 18 April 2008, McDermott won the vacant BBBofC English heavyweight title, knocking out Pele Reid in the second round. He had fought for the same title in 2004 losing on that occasion to Mark Krence.

In September 2007, he had also become the mandatory challenger for a second shot at the British title after beating Scott Gammer on points over 10 rounds. He had fought for the title once before in December 2005 losing in the 1st round to Matt Skelton.

McDermott faced Danny Williams at Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham on 18 July 2008 for the British Title, but was defeated controversially by a majority points decision.^[1] He was defeated again in the rematch on 2 May 2009, via a split points decision.^[2]

McDermott lost his English heavyweight title to Tyson Fury in another controversial decision on 11 September.^[3] Referee Terry O'Connor, scored the fight 98-92 in favour of Fury.^[4][5] After the referee handed the decision to Fury, Sky Sports commentator Jim Watt asked; "Has he [O'Connor] got the names mixed up?"^[4] Jim Watt along with other commentators Glenn McCrory, Johnny Nelson all scored the fight to McDermott, as did David Haye.^[4] Fury defeated McDermott in a rematch on 25 June 2010. McDermott won a unanimous points decision against Matt Skelton on 16 March 2013 to regain the English Heavyweight title. He never defended this belt and the vacant title was eventually contested in June 2018, when Daniel Dubois stopped Tom Little.

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
36	Win	28–8	Matt Skelton	UD	10	15 Mar 2013	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant English heavyweight title
35	Win	27–8	Pavels Dolgovs	TKO	4 (6), 1:46	24 Feb 2012	Camden Centre, London, England
34	Loss	26–8	David Price	KO	1 (12), 1:13	21 Jan 2012	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	For vacant English heavyweight title
33	Win	26–7	Larry Olubamiwo	TKO	1 (10), 1:15	19 Feb 2011	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant Southern Area heavyweight title
32	Loss	25–7	Tyson Fury	TKO	9 (12), 1:08	25 Jun 2010	Brentwood Centre, London, England	For vacant English heavyweight title
31	Loss	25–6	Tyson Fury	PTS	10	11 Sep 2009	Brentwood Centre, London, England	For English heavyweight title
30	Loss	25–5	Danny Williams	SD	12	2 May 2009	Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England	For British heavyweight title
29	Loss	25–4	Danny Williams	MD	12	18 Jul 2008	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England	For British heavyweight title
28	Win	25–3	Pelé Reid	TKO	2 (10), 1:45	18 Apr 2008	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant English heavyweight title
27	Win	24–3	Daniil Peretyatko	PTS	6	1 Feb 2008	York Hall, London, England
26	Win	23–3	Scott Gammer	PTS	10	29 Sep 2007	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
25	Win	22–3	Luke Simpkin	TKO	2 (6), 2:28	15 Jun 2007	National Sports Centre, London, England
24	Win	21–3	Paul King	PTS	6	2 Mar 2007	Neath Sports Centre, Neath, Wales
23	Win	20–3	Vitali Shkraba	TKO	1 (6), 2:24	26 Jan 2007	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
22	Loss	19–3	Matt Skelton	TKO	1 (12), 1:19	10 Dec 2005	ExCeL Arena London, London, England	For British heavyweight title
21	Win	19–2	Alvin Miller	KO	1 (6), 2:33	8 Apr 2005	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
20	Loss	18–2	Mark Krence	PTS	10	11 Dec 2004	ExCeL London, London, England	For English heavyweight title
19	Win	18–1	Suren Kalachyan	TKO	7 (8)	30 Jul 2004	York Hall, London, England
18	Win	17–1	James Zikic	RTD	4 (6), 3:00	13 May 2004	York Hall, London, England
17	Loss	16–1	Nikolay Popov	TKO	2 (8)	18 Sep 2003	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
16	Win	16–0	Kostyantyn Pryziuk	PTS	8	8 May 2003	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Cheshire, England
15	Win	15–0	Derek McCafferty	PTS	4	15 Feb 2003	Conference Centre, London, England
14	Win	14–0	Jason Brewster	TKO	1 (8), 0:54	14 Dec 2002	Telewest Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
13	Win	13–0	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	PTS	6	12 Oct 2002	York Hall, London, England
12	Win	12–0	Oleksandr Mileiko	TKO	2 (6), 1:40	14 Sep 2002	York Hall, London, England
11	Win	11–0	Martin Roodtman	TKO	1 (6), 2:55	4 May 2002	York Hall, London, England
10	Win	10–0	Tony Booth	TKO	1 (6), 2:46	19 Jan 2002	York Hall, London, England
9	Win	9–0	Gordon Minorts	TKO	3 (6), 0:38	24 Nov 2001	York Hall, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Gary Williams	TKO	4 (4), 1:22	22 Sep 2001	York Hall, London, England
7	Win	7–0	Luke Simpkin	PTS	6	9 Jun 2001	York Hall, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Mal Rice	TKO	2 (6), 2:22	26 Mar 2001	Conference Centre, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Alexey Osokin	PTS	4	24 Feb 2001	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Eamon Glennon	KO	1 (4), 2:57	27 Jan 2001	York Hall, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Geoff Hunter	TKO	1 (4)	13 Nov 2000	York Hall, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Gary Williams	PTS	4	21 Oct 2000	Conference Centre, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Alvin Miller	TKO	1 (4)	23 Sep 2000	York Hall, London, England	Professional debut

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for John McDermott from BoxRec
• Profile at BritishBoxing.net

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