Dan Azeez (born 30 August 1989) is a British professional boxer. He has held the British, Commonwealth and European light-heavyweight titles. He is the first and only British light-heavyweight to capture all British Boxing Board of Control domestic titles.
Amateur career Azeez started boxing as an amateur competitively while studying at Essex University where he got a degree in Accounting and Finance. He boxed under the tutelage of Gordon Charlesworth at the Colchester-based amateur boxing club. Dan had over 60 contests and was crowned ABA South of England champion three times. Azeez won the prestigious Box Cup tournament in 2013 at London's Alexandra Palace.
Professional career In December 2017, Azeez made his professional debut against Daniel Borisov at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, scoring two knock downs on the way to a dominant points decision.
On 20 July 2019 after eight fights, Dan Azeez challenged for the vacant Southern Area title on the Dillian Whyte vs Oscar Rivas undercard live on Sky Sports at The O2 Arena against fellow Londoner Charlie Duffield. Azeez dominated from the first round causing swelling under Duffield's left eye which only got worse as the rounds continued. After a number of right hands delivered from Azeez in the sixth round, the referee stopped the bout while Duffield's corner threw in the towel. On 14 December 2019 Dan outpointed the previously unbeaten Lawrence Osueke over ten rounds at the Brentwood Centre to claim the vacant English title.
After successfully defending the English title twice, Azeez got another chance to step on to the big platform as his clash with Hosea Burton for the vacant British title was to be shown live on Sky Sports. On 20 November 2021 Azeez put on an impressive performance and blasted Burton to a halt in the seventh round to become the new British champion at The SSE Arena, Wembley. Azeez dominated the fight with his unrelenting aggression from the first round. After a huge left hand, Azeez trapped Burton in the corner with a vicious barrage of punches to force the referee's intervention.
He defended his title against Shakan Pitters at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, winning by unanimous decision on 3 September 2022 and then stopped Rocky Fielding in the eighth round at Bournemouth International Centre on 17 December 2022 to retain his championship and add the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight title to his collection.
On 11 March 2023, Azeez win the vacant European light-heavyweight title with a 12th round technical knockout success over Thomas Faure in Paris, France.
After vacating the European title without making any defenses, he lost his British and Commonwealth belts to Joshua Buatsi at Wembley Arena in London on 3 February 2024, going down via unanimous decision.
In his next contest, Azeez drew with Hrvoje Sep over eight rounds at Selhurst Park in London on 15 June 2024.
He fought Lewis Edmondson for the vacant British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles at the Copper Box Arena in London on 19 October 2024, losing by majority decision.
Azeez faced Craig Richards at Legon Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on 20 December 2025. He lost by stoppage in the final round of the fight for the vacant IBF International light-heavyweight title.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Win23–3–1Grant DennisPTS618 Jul 202626Loss22–3–1Craig RichardsKO12 (12), 20 Dec 202525Win22–2–1Sulaimon AdeosunTKO4 (6), 24 Apr 202524Win21–2–1Bahadur KaramiPTS624 Apr 202523Loss20–2–1Lewis Edmondson1218 Oct 202422Draw20–1–1Hrvoje Sep815 Jun 202421Loss20–1Joshua BuatsiUD123 Feb 202420Win20–0Khalid GraidiaPTS815 Jul 202319Win19–0Thomas FaureTKO12 (12)11 Mar 202318Win18–0Rocky FieldingTKO8 (12), 17 Dec 202217Win17–0Shakan Pitters123 Sep 202216Win16–0Reece CartwrightTKO8 (10), 26 Mar 202215Win15–0Hosea BurtonTKO7 (12), 20 Nov 202114Win14–0Ivo Zednicek3 (6), 25 Sep 202113Win13–0Ricky Summers1017 Apr 202112Win12–0Andre SterlingTKO9 (10), 2 Sep 202011Win11–0Lawrence OsuekePTS1014 Dec 201910Win10–0Edgars SniedzeTKO5 (6), 9 Nov 20199Win9–0Charlie DuffieldTKO6 (10), 20 Jul 20198Win8–0Josip PerkovicTKO4 (8), 26 Apr 20197Win7–0Stanislav EschnerTKO5 (6), 22 Feb 20196Win6–0Charles AdamuPTS626 Oct 20185Win5–0Adam JonesPTS413 Jul 20184Win4–0Jevgenijs AndrejevsTKO1 (4), 26 May 20183Win3–0Richard HarrisonTKO3 (4), 28 Apr 20182Win2–0Craig Nicholson4 (4), 3 Mar 20181Win1–0Daniel Borisov42 Dec 2017
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