Stuart Hall (born 24 February 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2018. He held the IBF bantamweight world title from 2013 to 2014, and challenged twice for the same title in 2014 and 2016. At regional level, he held the British bantamweight title from 2010 to 2011 and the Commonwealth bantamweight title in 2012.
Early professional career Hall made his professional boxing debut on 26 April 2008 with a win over Abdul Mghrbel in his home town of Darlington. The win was followed with another victory on 6 October 2008 against undefeated seven fight prospect Dougie Walton this time at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham. The two wins meant an undefeated start to his debut year in the ring.
On 16 January 2009 he recorded his first win of the new year travelling to Middlesbrough to defeat Nick Seager before on 29 March 2009 meeting Stuart McFadyen and only registering a draw at the fight held in Bolton. Three more fights followed the McFadyen result with Hall winning on each occasions against the likes of journeyman Anthony Hanna and Jason Thomas and then notably on 11 November travelling to Brentford to meet former British champion Martin Power and winning in the 8th round. Hall's first fight of 2010 resulted in another points win on 12 February at the York Hall against Hungarian Richard Szebeledi meaning that Hall now boasted an unbeaten record of seven wins against only one draw.
British champion
Hall vs. Napa On 4 June 2010 Hall stepped into the ring against the former British and European champion Ian Napa and claimed the title in a shock result following Napa's decision not to come out for the start of the 9th round. The experienced Napa had complained about the heat at the venue in Peterlee and the fact that the making the bantamweight limit had been very hard. In contrast Hall described the result saying "It's unbelievable, a dream come true" as he claimed the title in only his 9th professional fight.
Hall vs. Power Hall returned to the ring shortly afterwards for his first defence on 23 July 2010 with a return match against former victim and former champion Martin Power. The fight, this time in Sunderland, once again resulted in victory for Hall with the referee stopping the contest in the 10th round with Hall having been dominant throughout.
Hall vs. Davies On 13 November 2010 on the undercard of the Heavyweight world title fight between David Haye and Audley Harrison Hall defended his belt for the second time beating former champion Gary Davies in the 7th round and claimed that there was "more to come".
Hall vs. Belt Hall claimed the Lonsdale Belt outright with a successful third defense on 9 April 2011 beating John Donnelly at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, stopping him in the fifth round. Hall said of his achievement of winning the belt outright "this is my world title, it's just unbelievable that I've got this for the rest of my life. It's such an achievement for Darlington and the north east."
Hall vs. Butler On 17 September 2017, Hall fought Paul Butler, ranked #5 by the WBA and IBF and #9 by the WBO at bantamweight. Butler won the fight via unanimous decision.
Hall vs. McDonnell In his next bout, Hall faced Gavin McDonnell, ranked #3 by the WBC, #4 by the WBA and #11 by the IBF at super bantamweight. McDonnell won the fight via unanimous decision, winning on all three scorecards, 117-111, 117-111 and 115-113.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes30Loss Gavin McDonnellUD1216 Jun 2018 29Loss21–6–2 Paul ButlerUD1217 Sep 201728Win21–5–2 Jose AguilarPTS623 Jun 2017 27Loss20–5–2 Lee HaskinsUD1210 Sep 2016 26Win20–4–2 Rodrigo GuerreroUD1216 Apr 201625Win19–4–2 Elvis GuillenUD821 Nov 201524Win18–4–2 Arnoldo SolanoUD85 Sep 201523Win17–4–2 Edwin TellezUD81 Aug 201522Loss16–4–2 Randy CaballeroUD1225 Oct 201421Loss16–3–2 Paul Butler127 Jun 201420Draw16–2–2 Martin Ward2 (12), 29 Mar 201419Win16–2–1 Vusi MalingaUD1221 Dec 201318Win15–2–1 Sergio PeralesUD1211 May 201317Win14–2–1 Josh WaleUD1216 Nov 201216Win13–2–1 Adrian FuzesyPTS622 Sep 201215Loss12–2–1 Lee HaskinsUD127 Jul 201214Win12–1–1 Dai DaviesPTS610 Dec 201113Loss11–1–1 Jamie McDonnell123 Sep 201112Win11–0–1 John DonnellyTKO5 (12), 9 Apr 201111Win10–0–1 Gary DaviesTKO7 (12), 13 Nov 201010Win9–0–1 Martin PowerTKO10 (12), 23 Jul 20109Win8–0–1 Ian NapaRTD8 (12), 4 Jun 20108Win7–0–1 Richard SzebelediPTS612 Feb 20107Win6–0–1 Martin PowerTKO8 (8), 11 Sep 20096Win5–0–1 Jason ThomasPTS44 Sep 20095Win4–0–1 Anthony HannaPTS41 May 20094Draw3–0–1 Stuart McFadyenPTS629 Mar 20093Win3–0 Nick SeagerTKO2 (4), 16 Jan 20092Win2–0 Dougie Walton6 (6), 6 Oct 20081Win1–0 Abdul Mghrbel626 Apr 2008
See also List of world bantamweight boxing champions List of British world boxing champions
References
External links
Stuart Hall - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live