Jordan Gill (born 1 July 1994) is an English former professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth featherweight title in 2018 and the European featherweight title in 2022.
Professional career Gill made his professional debut on 7 July 2012, scoring a four-round points decision victory against Kristian Laight at the Sheffield Arena.
After compiling a record of 21–0 (5 KOs), he challenged Commonwealth featherweight champion, Ryan Doyle, on 27 October 2018 at the Copper Box Arena in London. Gill dropped the champion to the canvas in the seventh round with body shots. Doyle was able to beat the referee's count of 10, only to be met with a barrage of punches, prompting referee Victor Laughlin to call a halt to the contest, awarding Gill a seventh-round technical knockout victory to become the new Commonwealth champion.
After Gill vacated his Commonwealth title in early 2019, he faced Emmanuel Dominguez for the vacant WBA International featherweight title on 2 March 2019 at the East of England Arena in Peterborough. In an early night for Gill, he dropped his opponent twice in the third round in quick succession before forcing the referee to halt the contest after trapping Dominguez against the ropes while unloading a flurry of punches, awarding Gill the win via third-round technical knockout.
The first defense of his title came two months later against Mario Enrique Tinoco on 10 May 2019 at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. Gill was dropped on three occasions; once in the third round, again in the fifth and once more in the seventh, all by punches to the body. Before the start of round eight, Dave Coldwell, Gill's head trainer, pulled the champion out of the contest to save him from further punishment. Tinoco was declared the winner via eighth round corner retirement. After the fight, Gill claimed his poor performance was due to illness, saying, "I'm not going to make excuses but I'm going to, I've been on the toilet all afternoon. I think I've got food poisoning, I was not going to pull out on the day, I didn't want to quit in the fight."
Gill was booked to face Yesner Talavera on 19 September 2019, at the Tuscany Hall in Florence, Italy. He won his first fight outside of the United Kingdom by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 60–54 in his favour. Gill was next scheduled to face Reece Bellotti on 1 August 2020. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the fight 97–93 for him, while the third judge scored it 96–95 for Gill.
After successfully bouncing back from his first professional loss, Gill faced Cesar Juarez on 20 February 2021, for the vacant WBA International featherweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 98–92, 98–93 and 96–94. Gill was expected to face Karim Guerfi for the European featherweight title on 11 December 2021. Guerfi later withdrew from the bout due to illness, and was replaced by Alan Castillo, who faced Gill in a non-title bout. The fight was ruled a draw by technical decision, after three rounds. The fight was stopped on the advice of the ringside physician, after Gill suffered a large cut on the hairline, due to an accidental clash of heads.
Gill eventually got his opportunity at the European featherweight title when he took on Guerfi at The O2 Arena in London on 27 February 2022, winning by knockout in the ninth round.
He lost the title in his first defense, going down to a fourth round technical knockout defeat to Kiko Martinez at Wembley Arena in London on 29 October 2022.
Next he faced Michael Conlan for the vacant WBA International super-featherweight title at the SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 2 December 2023, winning via stoppage in the seventh round.
In December 2023, Gill opened his own gym, Boxcross UK, in Wisbech along with his business partners Damien Pearl and Gareth Watts.
On 13 April 2024 at Manchester Arena, Gill fought Zelfa Barrett. He lost the fight by technical knockout in the 10th round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes32LossZelfa BarrettTKO10 (12), 2:4413 Apr 202431Win28–2–1Michael ConlanTKO7 (12), 2 Dec 202330Loss27–2–1Kiko MartinezTKO4 (12) 2:4429 Oct 202229Win27–1–1Karim GuerfiKO9 (12), 27 Feb 202228Draw26–1–1Alan CastilloTD3 (8), 11 Dec 202127Win26–1Cesar JuarezUD1020 Feb 202126Win25–1Reece BellottiUD101 Aug 202025Win24–1Yesner TalaveraUD619 Sep 201924Loss23–1Mario Enrique Tinoco8 (10), 10 May 201923Win23–0Emmanuel DominguezTKO3 (12), 2 Mar 201922Win22–0Ryan DoyleTKO7 (12), 27 Oct 201821Win21–0David BernaTKO1 (8), 4 Aug 201820Win20–0Carl McDonaldPTS65 May 201819Win19–0Jason Cunningham1025 Feb 201818Win18–0Rafael CastilloPTS613 Oct 201717Win17–0Jordan EllisonTKO2 (6), 2 Sep 201716Win16–0Chris AdawayPTS626 Mar 201615Win15–0Harvey HemsleyTKO2 (6), 5 Dec 201514Win14–0Giorgi GachechiladzePTS625 Jul 201513Win13–0Barrington BrownPTS628 Mar 201512Win12–0Giorgi KulumbegashviliPTS47 Dec 201411Win11–0Simas VolosinasPTS620 Sep 201410Win10–0Michael MooneyPTS410 May 20149Win9–0Michael Stupart2 (8), 1 Feb 20148Win8–0Aaron Flinn1 (4), 26 Oct 20137Win7–0Dan CarrPTS414 Sep 20136Win6–0Kristian LaightPTS422 Jun 20135Win5–0Pavels SenkovsPTS411 May 20134Win4–0Sid RazakPTS62 Feb 20133Win3–0Pavels SenkovsPTS48 Dec 20122Win2–0Dan NaylorPTS413 Oct 20121Win1–0Kristian Laight47 Jul 2012
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