Ohara Davies (born 9 February 1992) is a British professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBA interim light-welterweight title in 2024. At regional level, he has held multiple light-welterweight championships; and challenged for the Commonwealth title in 2017.

Professional career Early career Davies turned professional in 2014 and won on points in a four-round contest on his debut against Latvian fighter Ivans Levickis (9–12) on 19 April at the York Hall in London.

By the end of 2014, Davies held a record of 4–0 after knockout wins over Kristian Dochev (10–16), Andy Harris (3–18–1) and Oszkar Fiko (10–7). The latter two victories came on Matchroom Boxing shows.

Davies won all five of his contests in 2015, ending the year with a record of 9–0. He defeated Lee Gibbons (3–2), Jacek Wylezol (11–7), Simas Volosinas (6–30), Dame Seck (9–9–2) and Chris Truman (13–4–2), with Wylezol the only one to last the distance.

After defeating Ghana's Prince Ofotsu (15–5) in January, in March, Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight for the vacant English lightweight against Andy Keates (11–3) The fight would take place on the undercard to Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua at The O2 Arena in London on 9 April.

Davies won by fourth-round knockout after knocking Keates down in the round one before knocking him out in round four.

Davies won both of his next two contests against Zoltan Szabo (9–0) and Chaquib Fadli (13–7), winning both inside the distance in non-title fights.

Rise up the ranks Davis vs. Scarpa In October, Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight WBC Silver light-weltweight champion Andrea Scarpa (20–2) at Wembley Arena. Davies won by unanimous decision with all three judges producing scorecards of 120–108.

Davis vs. Matthews On 9 January Matchroom Boxing confirmed that Davies would defend his WBC Silver light-welterweight title against former lightweight world title challenger Derry Matthews (38–11–2) on the undercard to David Haye vs Tony Bellew at the O2 Arena on London on 4 March.

Davies won by third-round stoppage after twice knocking down Mathews down in the third round. Shortly after the fight, Mathews retired from boxing.

Davis vs. Taylor On 19 May Cyclone Promotions announced that Davies would defend his WBC Silver title against undefeated Commonwealth champion Josh Taylor (9–0), with both titles at stake. The fight would take place at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 8 July.

Davies was dominated in the fight. He was knocked down in round three and then twice in round seven before the referee halted the contest, his first defeat as a professional.

Return to the ring Davis vs. Farrell On 24 July Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight undefeated Liverpool prospect Tom Farrell (13–0) for the vacant WBA International light-welterweight title on the undercard to Paul Butler vs Stuart Hall II at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 30 September.

Davies won by sixth-round stoppage after knocking down Farrell once in round one, twice in round two and twice in round six.

On 27 April promoter Frank Warren confirmed that Davies would fight for the first time under his promotional banner against France's Christopher Sebire (26–10–1) on the undercard to Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington at the Elland Road Stadium in Leeds on 19 May. Davies went on to win via UD against Ismail Abdoul after Sebire pulled out. In the post fight interview Davies called out Jack Catterall and Terry Flanagan.

Davies vs. Vasquez On 28 June 2019, Davies fought Miguel Vasquez. Davies won the fight with the sole referee scoring it 97–94. Even Davies himself thought the score was too wide and even raised Vasquez's hand after the score was announced.

The Golden Contract Davies vs. McKenna On 30 September 2020, Davies fought Tyrone McKenna. Davies won the fight via a narrow split-decision, 96–94, 96–94 and 95–95.

Retirement Davies vs. Azim Davies was stopped in the eighth round by Adam Azim at the Copper Box Arena in London, England on 19 October 2024.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes30Win26–4Mohamed AliseniUD813 Jun 202529Loss25–4Adam AzimKO8 (12), 19 Oct 202428Loss25–3Ismael BarrosoTKO1 (12), 6 Jan 202427 Win25–2Lewis RitsonKO9 (12), 4 Mar 202326 Win24–2Abdessamad NechchadTKO8 (10), 18 Jun 202225 Win23–2Nicholas MwangiUD1026 Nov 202124 Win22–2Tyrone McKennaMD1030 Sep 2020 23Win21–2Jeff Ofori TKO6 (10), 21 Feb 202022Win20–2Logan YoonRTD7 (10), 22 Nov 201921Win19–2Miguel VázquezPTS1028 Jun 201920Loss18–2Jack CatterallUD126 Oct 201819Win18–1Paul KamangaKO2 (10), 23 Jun 201818Win17–1Ahmed IbrahimPTS619 May 201817Win16–1Tom FarrellTKO6 (10), 30 Sep 201716Loss15–1Josh TaylorTKO7 (12), 8 Jul 201715Win15–0Derry MathewsTKO3 (12), 4 Mar 201714Win14–0Andrea ScarpaUD1226 Nov 201613Win13–0Chaquib FadliKO2 (6), 1 Oct 201612Win12–0Zoltan SzaboRTD5 (8), 21 Jun 201611Win11–0Andy KeatesKO4 (10), 9 Apr 201610Win10–0Prince OfotsuTKO3 (6), 30 Jan 20169Win9–0Chris Truman2 (8), 7 Nov 20158Win8–0Dame SeckTKO3 (6), 12 Sep 20157Win7–0Simas VolosinasTKO2 (6), 28 May 20156Win6–0Jacek Wylezol621 Mar 20155Win5–0Lee GibbonsKO1 (6), 31 Jan 20154Win4–0Oszkar FikoTKO1 (6), 6 Dec 20143Win3–0Andy Harris2 (4), 11 Oct 20142Win2–0Kristian Dochev1 (4), 7 Jun 20141Win1–0Ivans Levickis419 Apr 2014

References

External links

Ohara Davies – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live