Hosea Noah BurtonBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2004. Gives name at birth as "Hosea Noah Burton". (born 14 September 1988) is a British former professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2016. As an amateur, he won the 2009 ABAE National Championships in the middleweight division. Hosea is a cousin of heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury.
Professional career Born in Newcastle upon Tyne and based in Manchester, Burton was successful as an amateur, winning the ABA senior middleweight title in 2009, beating Kirk Garvey in the final."Elite Senior Championships 2000-2009", England Boxing. Retrieved 28 February 2016
Trained by Joe Gallagher, he had his first professional fight in March 2012 at super-middleweight, a first round stoppage of Viktor Tzonev.Walker, Christopher (2013) "Hosea Burton takes on Carl Dilks March 8" , britishboxers.co.uk, 23 January 2013; retrieved 28 February 2016.Brown, Shaun (2013) Prospects", Sky Sports, 8 August 2013; retrieved 28 February 2016.
After winning his first 14 fights, he faced the also undefeated Miles Shinkwin on 27 February 2016 at Manchester Arena for the vacant British light-heavyweight title. Burton knocked Shinkwin down in the second and fifth rounds before finally stopping him in the sixth.
Burton lost the title in his first defense, going down to a 12th round stoppage defeat against Frank Buglioni at Manchester Arena on 10 December 2016.
Burton challenged WBO European light-heavyweight champion Ričards Bolotņiks in Rīga, Latvia, on 26 September 2020, losing by unanimous decision.
On 25 June 2021 in Bolton, Burton beat Liam Conroy by knockout in the sixth round in an eliminator for a shot at the British light-heavyweight title.
At Wembley Arena in London on 20 November 2021, Burton fought Dan Azeez for the vacant British light-heavyweight title. Azeez beat Burton by technical knockout in the seventh round.
Burton faced Ellis Zorro for the vacant WBO European cruiserweight title at York Hall in London on 12 May 2023, losing by stoppage in the seventh round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes32Loss28–4Ellis ZorroTKO7 (10), 12 May 202331Win28–3Darryl SharpPTS63 Dec 202230Win27–3Erik NazaryanPTS47 Oct 202229Loss26–3Dan AzeezTKO7 (12), 20 Nov 202128Win26–2Liam ConroyKO6 (12), 25 Jun 202127Loss25–2Ricards BolotniksUD1026 Sep 202026Win25–1Bob AjisafeUD1014 Dec 201925Win24–1Edgars SniedzePTS65 Jul 201924Win23–1Arturs KulikauskisPTS69 Nov 201823Win22–1Saidou SallKO1 (6), 13 Oct 201822Win21–1Josip PerkovicPTS825 Feb 201821Win20–1Ratu LatianaraTKO1 (6), 7 Oct 201720Win19–1Tamas Kozma PTS825 Mar 201719Loss18–1Frank BuglioniTKO12 (12), 10 Dec 201618Win18–0Fernando Castaneda TKO3 (10), 24 Sep 201617Win17–0Jozsef KormanyTKO2 (6), 29 May 201616Win16–0Michal LudwiczakTKO4 (6), 7 May 201615Win15–0Miles ShinkwinTKO6 (12), 27 Feb 201614Win14–0Elvis DubePTS619 Sep 201513Win13–0Nathan KingPTS618 Jul 201512Win12–0Joe HillerbyTKO4 (4), 4 Apr 201511Win11–0Marko MartinjakTKO5 (6), 29 Nov 201410Win10–0Tsvetozar Iliev TKO4 (4), 13 Sep 20149Win9–0Valentin FreulonPTS819 Apr 20148Win8–0Moses MatovuPTS422 Feb 20147Win7–0Jahmaine SmyleTKO1 (6), 1 Jun 20136Win6–0Carl WildPTS68 Mar 20135Win5–0James TuckerPTS412 Oct 20124Win4–0Pawel TrebinskiPTS422 Jun 20123Win3–0Danny BrownPTS48 Jun 20122Win2–0Robert StudzinskiPTS427 Apr 20121Win1–0Viktor TzonevKO1 (4), 11 Mar 2012
References
External links
Hosea Burton - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live