Lerrone Richards

Lerrone Richards
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Real name	Lerrone Jermaine Richards
Nickname(s)	Sniper The Boss
Weight(s)	Super-middleweight Light-heavyweight
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Reach	71 in (180 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 29) New Malden, Greater London, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	16
Wins	16
Wins by KO	3
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing English National Championships 2013 Houghton-le-Spring Middleweight

Lerrone Jermaine Richards^[2] (born 25 August 1992) is a British professional boxer who has held the IBO super-middleweight title since December 2021. At regional level he held the British, Commonwealth and European super-middleweight titles between 2019 and September 2021.

Amateur career[]

As an amateur Richards compiled a record of 91–9. He represented Ghana at the 2012 African Olympic Qualifier,^[3] losing in the quarter-final to Abdelmalek Rahou by 9:16.^[4]

Professional career[]

Richards made his professional debut on 29 September 2013, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Robert Studzinski at the York Hall in London.^[5]

With four wins out of four fights under his belt, Richards had a two year absence from competitive bouts while waiting for his contract to expire with his current management team due to a dispute;^[6] his last fight being a PTS win over Darren McKenna in April 2014.^[7] In 2016, with his contract now expired, Richards signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.^[8] His return to the ring came on 24 October of that year, winning with a first-round technical knockout (TKO) against Gordan Glisic.^[9]

He fought and won five times in 2017, ending the year with a fight against Rhys Pagan for the vacant WBO European super-middleweight title on 27 November at the Grange St. Paul's Hotel in London. Richards won the fight via ten-round unanimous decision (UD), with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and the third scoring it 98–92.^[10]

Following a six-round PTS victory over Chris Dutton in March 2018 – Richards' only fight of 2018 due to injury^[11] – he fought Tommy Langford on 27 April 2019 at the Wembley Arena, London, with the vacant WBO International, and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles on the line. Richards won by UD with the three judges scoring the bout 118–111, 118–110 and 116–113.^[12]

The first defence of his Commonwealth title came against Lennox Clarke on 30 November 2019 at Arena Birmingham, with the vacant British title also up for grabs. Richards retained his title via split decision (SD), adding the British title to his collection. Two judges scored in favour of Richards with 117–112 and 116–113 while the third scored it 115–113 to Clarke.^[13]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
16	Win	16–0	Carlos Góngora	SD	12	18 Dec 2021	AO Arena, Manchester, England	Won IBO super-middleweight title
15	Win	15–0	Giovanni De Carolis	UD	12	15 May 2021	AO Arena, Manchester, England	Won vacant European super-middleweight title
14	Win	14–0	Timo Laine	PTS	8	5 Dec 2020	The SSE Arena, London, England
13	Win	13–0	Lennox Clarke	SD	12	30 Nov 2019	Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England	Retained Commonwealth super-middleweight title; Won vacant British super-middleweight title
12	Win	12–0	Tommy Langford	UD	12	27 Apr 2019	The SSE Arena, London, England	Won vacant Commonwealth and WBO International super-middleweight titles
11	Win	11–0	Chris Dutton	PTS	6	31 Mar 2018	BT Convention Centre, Liverpool, England
10	Win	10–0	Rhys Pagan	UD	10	27 Nov 2017	Grange St. Paul's Hotel, London, England	Won vacant WBO European super-middleweight title
9	Win	9–0	Ferenc Albert	PTS	6	16 Sep 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Lewis van Poetsch	TKO	3 (4), 2:06	22 Jul 2017	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
7	Win	7–0	Anthony Fox	PTS	6	20 May 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Attila Tibor Nagy	PTS	6	24 Feb 2017	York Hall, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Gordan Glisic	TKO	1 (4), 2:47	24 Oct 2016	Hilton Hotel, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Darren McKenna	PTS	4	27 Apr 2014	York Hall, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Mark Till	PTS	4	22 Feb 2014	Ice Arena, Hull, England
2	Win	2–0	Jay Morris	RTD	1 (4), 3:00	24 Nov 2013	York Hall, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Robert Studzinski	PTS	4	29 Sep 2013	York Hall, London, England

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