James "Jazza" Dickens (born 12 April 1991) is a British professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super-featherweight title from 2025 to 2026, the International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight title between 2022 and 2023, and the British super-bantamweight title between 2015 and 2017.

Career Born in Mill Lane Hospital, Liverpool, Dickens took up boxing at the age of 12 at the Salisbury ABC; After two years he moved on to the Golden Gloves ABC before moving on again to the Everton Red Triangle Boxing Club, representing his country many times at junior level.Evans, Glynn (2014) "In Depth with Jazza Dickens", BoxNation, 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015Lubin, Rhian (2015) "Everton Red Triangle Boxing club and Jazza Dickens back CALM'S campaign against male suicide", Liverpool Echo, 27 March 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015 He won the senior ABA bantamweight title in 2010.

After missing out on selection for the Commonwealth Games, he turned professional, making his pro debut in January 2011. He won his first thirteen fights, including victories over Yuriy Voronin and Franklin Varela, before facing the also unbeaten Jon Fernandes in March 2013 for the vacant English super-bantamweight title at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. Dickens took a unanimous decision to become English champion.

Dickens won his next two fights against Dai Davies and Reynaldo Cajina, before meeting Kid Galahad for the vacant British super-bantamweight title in September 2013."Kid Galahad confident he will see off James Dickens and become British champion", Sky Sports, 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2015 Galahad stopped Dickens in the 10th round, inflicting the first defeat of his professional career.McKenna, Micheal (2015) "Seconds Out: James 'Jazza' Dickens keen to right the wrongs of last British title challenge", Liverpool Echo, 23 January 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015

Dickens won his next two fights before getting a second chance at the British title after Gavin McDonnell vacated it. He faced Josh Wale at the Echo Arena in March 2015, this time winning via unanimous decision to add the British title to his English title.

On 16 July 2016, Dickens challenged Guillermo Rigondeaux for the WBA (Super) super-bantamweight title. Dickens' corner pulled him out of the fight after round two, after it was discovered that a big left hand by Rigonedaux had fractured Dickens' jaw.

In his next fight, Dickens fought Thomas Patrick Ward in a bid to defend his British super-bantamweight title. Despite Ward's strong start, Dickens seemed to be the one racking up the points in the early rounds. This would be the case, until a sudden turn in the fight in which Ward started to punish Dickens. In the ninth round, Ward was pushed to the canvas, which opened up a cut above his left eye, leading the referee to stop the fight on the advice of the ringside doctor. At the time of stoppage the scorecards were 85–87, 84–88, and 85–87 in favor of the challenger. Ward won the fight by technical decision.

Golden Contract tournament In the semi-finals, Dickens battled fellow Briton Leigh Wood. Early in the fight, Dickens had swelling over his left eye, but managed to put on a very good performance throughout the fight. Dickens, who was ranked #3 at featherweight by the IBF at the time, managed to snatch a majority decision victory.

On 15 February 2025 at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, Dickens defeated Zelfa Barrett by unanimous decision.

Dickens challenged IBA and WBA (Interim) super-featherweight champion Albert Batyrgaziev at Rixos Tersane in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 July 2025, winning the fight by stoppage in the fourth round.

WBA super-featherweight champion Dickens was elevated to full WBA super-featherweight champion on 6 December 2025 after Lamont Roach Jr. was stripped of the title. Dickens was due to make the first defence of his title against Hayato Tsutsumi (8–0, 5 KOs) on 27 December 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of The Ring V: Night of the Samurai card. However, the fight was cancelled after Tsutsumi sustained an injury during training.

Dickens made the first defense of his title against Anthony Cacace at 3Arena in Dublin on 14 March 2026. He lost by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43Win37–6Ramadhani KimwagaUD819 Sep 202642Loss36–6Anthony CacaceUD1214 Mar 202641Win36–5Albert BatyrgazievKO4 (12), 2 Jul 202540Win35–5Zelfa BarrettUD1015 Feb 202539Win34–5Eduardo MancitoTKO7 (8), 29 Jun 202438Win33–5Jayro Fernando DuranTKO6 (6), 6 Sep 202437Loss32–5Hector Andres SosaKO10 (12), 22 Jul 202336Win32–4Lerato DlaminiUD1215 Oct 202235Win31–4Andoni GagoKO5 (10), 22 Apr 202234Loss30–4Kid GalahadRTD11 (12), 7 Aug 202133Win30–3Ryan WalshUD102 Dec 202032Win29–3Leigh WoodMD1021 Feb 202031Win28–3Carlos RamosUD104 Oct 201930Win27–3Nathaniel MayUD1012 Jul 201929Win26–3Nasibu Ramadhani TKO5 (10), 19 Apr 201928Win25–3Miguel EncarnacionTKO1 (8), 9 Nov 201827Win24–3Pablo NarvaezKO1 (6), 27 Jul 201826Win23–3Barnie ArguellesTKO5 (6)2 Mar 201825Loss22–3Thomas Patrick Ward9 (12), 13 May 201724Loss22–2Guillermo RigondeauxRTD2 (12), 16 Jul 201623Win22–1Reynaldo CajinaRTD7 (8), 12 Mar 201622Win21–1Martin Ward1220 Nov 201521Win20–1Arnoldo SolanoPTS625 Jul 201520Win19–1Josh WaleUD126 Mar 201519Win18–1Giorgi GachechiladzeTKO2 (8), 25 Oct 201418Win17–1Krzysztof RogowskiPTS68 Mar 201417Loss16–1Kid GalahadTKO10 (12), 14 Sep 201316Win16–0Reynaldo CajinaPTS46 Jul 201315Win15–0Dai DaviesPTS1024 May 201314Win14–0Jon Fernandes1030 Mar 201313Win13–0Franklin VarelaPTS824 Nov 201212Win12–0Michael Isaac CarreroTKO6 (8), 5 Oct 201211Win11–0Kristian LaightPTS629 Jul 201210Win10–0Yuriy VoroninTKO4 (6), 21 Apr 20129Win9–0Janis PuksinsTKO3 (6), 10 Mar 20128Win8–0Barrington BrownPTS64 Feb 20127Win7–0Dougie CurranPTS416 Dec 20116Win6–0James Ancliff2 (6), 12 Nov 20115Win5–0Chris RileyPTS430 Sep 20114Win4–0Chuck JonesPTS430 Jul 20113Win3–0Stoyan SerbezovPTS420 May 20112Win2–0Sali Mustafov1 (4), 26 Mar 20111Win1–0Pavels Senkovs422 Jan 2011

See also List of male boxers List of southpaw stance boxers List of British world boxing champions List of world super-featherweight boxing champions

References

External links

Jazza Dickens - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live