Lee McGregor

Lee McGregor (born 24 December 1996) is a Scottish professional boxer who has held the Commonwealth bantamweight title since 2018, the British bantamweight title since 2019, and the European bantamweight title since March 2021.

Professional career[]

McGregor made his professional debut on 11 November 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Stefan Sashev at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh.^[2]

After compiling a record of 3–0 (3 KOs), he defeated Goodluck Mrema via second-round TKO to capture the vacant IBF Youth bantamweight title on 23 June 2018, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.^[3][4]

His next fight came against former Commonwealth flyweight champion Thomas Essomba on 13 October at the York Hall in London, with the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title on the line. McGregor captured the title via twelfth-round knockout (KO) victory in only his fifth professional bout.^[5][6] Following a points decision (PTS) victory against Brett Fidoe in a non-title fight in May 2019,^[7] Mcgregor made the first defence of his Commonwealth title, defeating Scott Allan via eighth-round TKO on 22 June at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.^[8]

McGregor returned to the Emirates Stadium for his next fight, facing British bantamweight champion and fellow Scot, Kash Farooq, on 16 November in a unification fight for the British and Commonwealth titles. In what was described by media outlets as a "controversial decision", McGregor emerged victorious via twelve-round split decision (SD) with two judges scoring the bout 115–112 and 114–113 in favour of McGregor, while the third judge scored it 114–113 to Farooq.^[9][10][11]

Following a TKO victory against Ryan Walker in a non-title fight in August 2020, McGregor sought to add another title to his collection by challenging reigning champion Karim Guerfi for the European bantamweight title on 19 March 2021, at the Whites Hotel in Bolton, England. McGregor knocked his opponent to the canvas three times in the first round. Guerfi made it back to his feet on all three occasions, however, the referee called a halt to the contest after the third knockdown at 2:43 of the round.^[12]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
11	Win	11–0	Vincent Legrand	KO	4 (12), 1:23	6 Aug 2021	Falls Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained European bantamweight title
10	Win	10–0	Karim Guerfi	TKO	1 (12), 2:43	19 Mar 2021	Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England	Won European bantamweight title
9	Win	9–0	Ryan Walker	TKO	5 (10), 0:16	26 Aug 2020	Production Park Studios, South Kirkby, England
8	Win	8–0	Ukashir Farooq	SD	12	16 Nov 2019	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained Commonwealth bantamweight title; Won British bantamweight title
7	Win	7–0	Scott Allan	TKO	8 (12), 1:45	22 Jun 2019	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained Commonwealth bantamweight title
6	Win	6–0	Brett Fidoe	PTS	6	18 May 2019	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
5	Win	5–0	Thomas Essomba	KO	12 (12), 1:38	13 Oct 2018	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title
4	Win	4–0		TKO	4 (10), 2:18	23 Jun 2018	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland	Won vacant IBF Youth bantamweight title
3	Win	3–0	Pablo Narvaez	TKO	2 (8), 1:19	3 Mar 2018	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
2	Win	2–0	Kamil Jaworek	TKO	2 (4), 1:52	2 Dec 2017	Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
1	Win	1–0	Stefan Sashev	TKO	1 (4), 2:53	11 Nov 2017	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

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