Lee Swaby ( ; born 14 May 1976) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2010. At regional level, he challenged twice for the British cruiserweight title in 2004 and 2006, and once for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title in 2004. He holds a notable win over future world cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli.

Professional career Swaby began his sporting career as a kickboxer aged 14. He trained at the 'Still Kickboxing Gym' in Lincoln city. Swaby's trainer invited him to attend a trial to join the fighters class. This trial involved a meeting with Jack Boas. He was trained by Jez Hall and went on to win titles including National, British, International and World Championships. He competed all over the world including a fight in New Zealand with Ray Sefo, who was four time world champion.

Swaby retired from kickboxing at the age of 20, following the winning of his second world title in his home town of Lincoln. He began a professional boxing career under the management of Nat Basso as a cruiserweight, winning his first professional fight against Naveed Anwar on 29 April 1997 in Manchester. Swaby went on to win his next three fights in his first year as a professional boxer.

In 2000, Swaby came up against Enzo Maccarinelli in his opponents home town of Swansea. Broadcast on the BBC, he knocked Maccarinelli out in the third round.

Swaby went on to fight boxer Tony Dowling also from his home town of Lincoln in Newark's Grove Leisure Centre on 9 September 2000, with Swaby defeating Dowling with a TKO in the ninth round.

In 2001 Swaby's manager, Nat Basso died, leaving him self-managed before Dennis Hobson of Fight Academy managed him after seeing him in sparring sessions with Clinton Woods.

Following several opponents Swaby went up against Mark Hobson in 2002 at Huddersfield Leisure Centre in Yorkshire, in the BBBofC British cruiserweight title eliminator where he lost on points after a 10-round fight. Despite the loss, Swaby went on to win his next six fights only to return to Huddersfield to face Hobson for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title and the BBBofC British Cruiserweight title. He lost through a technical knockout in round six of a twelve-round fight.

Swaby went on to have six more fights before deciding to become a heavyweight boxer in 2007. After a year out of the boxing ring gaining the weight he fought his first heavyweight battle on 7 December 2007 in Germany against unbeaten Sebastian Koeber and went the full six rounds.

In 2008, Swaby competed in the Matchroom sports' Prizefighter heavyweights tournament, which was aired live on Sky Sports on 12 September 2008, at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swaby beat Darren Morgan to take him into the semi-final before being defeated by Chris Burton.

Swaby took on two more short notice fights including Tyson Fury aired on ITV4's 'Fight night' on 14 March 2009, where Fury was seen punching himself in the face following a failed uppercut. Fury beat Swaby after he retired in his corner in the fourth round.

On 9 May 2009, Swaby fought Paul Butlin for the Midlands Area heavyweight title and won. The following year Swaby organised another boxing show on valentines weekend. He fought for the British masters heavyweight title against David Ingleby and won going the full 10 rounds. Swaby lost another 6 fights all at short notice before retiring his career on 22 October 2010.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes56LossEdmund GerberKO4 (8), 22 Oct 201055Loss25–28–2David HowePTS69 Oct 201054Loss25–27–2Matt SkeltonTKO5 (6), 9 Jul 201053Loss25–26–2Damien CampbellPTS42 Jul 201052Loss25–25–2Tom DallasKO1 (6), 14 May 201051Loss25–24–2Andrzej WawrzykUD820 Mar 201050Win25–23–2David InglebyPTS1013 Feb 201049Win24–23–2Paul ButlinPTS109 May 200948Loss23–23–2Tyson FuryRTD4 (6), 14 Mar 200947Loss23–22–2Derek ChisoraTKO3 (8), 26 Sep 200846Loss23–21–2Chris BurtonUD312 Sep 200845Win23–20–2Darren MorganUD312 Sep 200844Loss22–20–2Chris BurtonPTS89 May 200843Loss22–19–2David DolanPTS68 Feb 200842Loss22–18–2Sebastian Koeber67 Dec 200741Loss22–17–2Aleksandr AlekseyevTKO5 (6), 2 Dec 200640Loss22–16–2John KeetonTKO7 (12), 20 Oct 200639Loss22–15–2Marco HuckRTD6 (8), 4 Mar 200638Win22–14–2Vitali ShkrabaTKO3 (4), 26 Nov 200537Win21–14–2Hastings RasaniPTS49 Sep 200536Win20–14–2Denzil BrowneTKO7 (10), 24 Oct 200435Loss19–14–2Mark HobsonTKO6 (12), 27 May 200434Win19–13–2Lee MountfordTKO1 (4), 20 Apr 200433Win18–13–2Brodie PearmaineRTD4 (4), 5 Sep 200332Win17–13–2Paul BonsonPTS410 Jun 200331Win16–13–2Tommy EastwoodPTS624 Jan 200330Win15–13–2Eamon GlennonPTS45 Dec 200229Win14–13–2Greg Scott BriggsTKO3 (8), 3 Aug 200228Loss13–13–2Mark HobsonPTS1027 Apr 200227Win13–12–2Chris WoollasTKO4 (6), 15 Dec 200126Win12–12–2Kevin BarrettPTS413 Sep 200125Win11–12–2Stephane AllouanePTS431 Jul 200124Draw10–12–2Denzil BrownePTS82 Jun 200123Win10–12–1Eamon GlennonPTS630 Apr 200122Loss9–12–1Crawford AshleyPTS824 Mar 200121Loss9–11–1Robert NortonPTS85 Feb 200120Win9–10–1Tony DowlingKO9 (10)9 Sep 200019Loss8–10–1Steffen NielsenPTS426 May 200018Win8–9–1Enzo MaccarinelliKO3 (6), 12 May 200017Win7–9–1Mark LevyPTS415 Apr 200016Loss6–9–1Kelly OliverPTS105 Mar 200015Loss6–8–1Owen BeckPTS411 Dec 199914Draw6–7–1Brian GascoignePTS43 Oct 199913Loss6–7Garry DelaneyPTS84 Sep 199912Win6–6Lee ArcherPTS623 Jun 1999 11Loss5–6Mark Levy5 (6)20 Dec 199810Loss5–5Cathal O'GradyTKO1 (6)19 Sep 19989Loss5–4Chris P BaconPTS617 Jul 19988Loss5–3Chris P BaconTKO3 (4), 8 May 19987Loss5–2Phil DayPTS47 Mar 19986Win5–1John Wilson3 (6)27 Feb 19985Loss4–1Tim RedmanPTS 62 Feb 19984Win4–0Lee WilliamsPTS 617 Nov 19973Win3–0 Phil BallTKO3 (6), 30 Oct 19972Win2–0Liam Richardson4 (6), 19 Jun 19971Win1–0Naveed Anwar629 Apr 1997

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