Terry Flanagan | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1989 Manchester, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Turbo |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Lightweight Super featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 31 |
| Wins | 31 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
Terry Flanagan (born 11 June 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is the current WBO Lightweight champion and also carries the distinction of being the first Englishman to win a world title as a Lightweight.
From Ancoats in Manchester, Terry Flanagan had his first professional fight in 2009, beating Danny McDermid on points.
After winning his first 12 fights between 2009 and 2012, he beat Dougie Curran in May 2012 to take the vacant English super featherweight title. This was the second time the two had fought, previously meeting in 2010. Curran entered with a record of 0-6-1 in his previous seven bouts. Flanagan had one point deducted for holding in the 5th round. The judges, after 10 rounds scored the bout (99-90, 99-91 twice).[1] He successfully defended the title four months later against Troy James on points (99-92, 99-93, 98-94).[2]
Flanagan took park in the Lightweight Prizefighter tournament at the Olympia in Liverpool on October 6, 2012. In the quarter finals, Flanagan defeated Patrick Walsh (10-1, 3 KOs) via unanimous decision 29-28 on all three judges cards. In the semi finals, Flanagan knocked down Derry Mathews (30-7-1, 16 KOs) in round 2, winning the fight via decision 29-27 on all scorecards. Flanagan went on to win the prizefighter tournament in the final defeating Gary Sykes (20-2, 5 KOs) via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).[3]
In April 2013, on the undercard of Khan-Diaz at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, Flanagan fought and defeated former unified World Lightweight champion Nate Campbell (36-10-1, 26 KOs). Campbell retired on his stool at the end of round 4 with an injured right hand.[4]
In February 2015 he beat Stephen Ormond after Ormond was disqualified in the tenth round for persistent use of his head, to take the WBO European lightweight title, extending his 100% record to 27 wins and setting up a shot at the WBO World title.[5][6][7] Flanagan seized the vacant title in a fight against Jose Zepeda after Zepeda dislocated his shoulder and was forced to retire in the second round.[8]