Kieron Conway (born 2 May 1996) is an English professional boxer who is a former British and Commonwealth middleweight champion.
Professional career Conway made his professional debut on 25 February 2017, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Sonny Whiting at the Civic Hall in Bedworth, Warwickshire.
After scoring five more wins, two by stoppage, he defeated Chris Monaghan via seventh-round technical knockout (TKO) to capture the British Challenge middleweight title on 9 March 2018 at The Deco in Northampton.
Following another three wins, he participated in the Ultimate Boxxer III tournament on 10 May 2019 at the indigo at The O2. Conway won his first bout of the evening, defeating Kaan Hawes via unanimous decision (UD) over three rounds with all three judges scoring the bout 30–27. In his second bout, which served as the semi-finals of the tournament, Conway suffered the first defeat of his career, losing via three-round split decision (SD) against Derrick Osaze. One judge scored the bout 29–28 in favour of Conway while the other two scored it 29–28 to Osaze.
He bounced back from defeat on 25 May 2019 with a four-round PTS victory against Harry Matthews, before challenging British super-welterweight champion Ted Cheeseman on 21 June 2019 at the York Hall in London. Conway was forced to fight off the back foot for the majority of the fight as Cheeseman took the aggressor's role. After twelve closely contested rounds the bout was ruled a draw to see Cheeseman retain his British title. One judge scored the bout 116–113 in favour of Conway, the second scored it 115–114 to Cheeseman, while the third scored it even at 114–114. The following month it was announced that Conway had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing.
Conway ended 2019 with points victories against Konrad Stempkowski in October and Craig O'Brien in December, before facing his friend and former sparring partner Navid Mansouri for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental super-welterweight title on 14 August 2020 at Matchroom Sport's headquarters in Brentwood, Essex. The first three rounds were evenly contested with both men staying behind their jabs and picking their moments to throw a right hand. Conway began to take a hold of the fight in the fourth, landing a right hand to knock Mansouri into the ropes. The fifth and sixth rounds saw much of the same with Conway finishing the rounds strong. In the seventh, Conway had Mansouri in trouble after landing a two punch combination followed by a flurry of clean punches. Conway pushed for the stoppage in the final few rounds as Mansouri fought defensively. After the final bell rang, Conway was awarded the victory via UD to capture the WBA regional title. One judge scored the bout 99–92 and the other two scored it 98–92.
His final fight of 2020 was originally scheduled to be against Olympic bronze medallist Souleymane Cissokho on 12 December at The SSE Arena in London, with the bout serving as part of the undercard for Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev. However, after Cissokho withdrew from the bout due to "administrative issues", Macaulay McGowan was brought in as a late replacement. With the event being televised live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland, and streamed live on DAZN in more than 200 countries, Conway knocked McGowan to the canvas in the eighth round en route to a shutout unanimous decision victory over 10 rounds. Two judges scored the bout 100–89 and the third scored it 100–90.
Conway fought Linus Udofia for the vacant WBA Intercontinental middleweight title at Sheffield Arena on 7 October 2023. He won when the referee stopped the bout at the start of the sixth round on the advice of the ringside doctor due to one of his opponent's eyes being swollen shut.
On 15 July 2024 at Yamato Arena in Suita, Japan, he defeated Ainiwaer Yilixiati by technical knockout in the seventh round of their quarter-final bout at Prizefighter 2024.
Conway claimed the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title via a split decision win over Ryan Kelly at Resort World Arena in Birmingham on 30 November 2024.
He made the first defense of his championship against Gerome Warburton at the Copper Box Arena in London on 17 May 2025, with the vacant British middleweight title also on the line. Conway won by stoppage in the fourth round.
Conway defended his titles against George Liddard at York Hall in London on 17 October 2025. He lost by stoppage in the 10th round when his corner threw in the towel, having seen their fighter knocked to the canvas in the previous round and then faced with a series of unanswered blows.
After 11 months away from the competitive boxing ring, Conway moved up in weight divisions to super-middleweight and made his return against Mark Jeffers in a 10 round bout at Co-op Live in Manchester on 19 September 2026. He lost via unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29 LossMark JeffersUD1019 Sep 202628 LossGeorge LiddardTKO10 (12), 17 Oct 202527WinGerome WarburtonTKO4 (12), 17 May 202526WinRyan KellySD1230 Nov 202425Win21–3–1Ainiwaer YilixiatiTKO7 (10), 15 Jul 202424Win20–3–1Linus UdofiaTKO6 (12), 7 Oct 202323Win19–3–1Jorge SilvaPTS818 Feb 202322Loss18–3–1Austin WilliamsUD1017 Sep 202221Win18–2–1Gregory TrenelTKO5 (8), 6 Aug 202220Win17–2–1James MetcalfUD109 Oct 202119Loss16–2–1Souleymane Cissokho108 May 202118Win16–1–1Macaulay McGowanUD1012 Dec 202017Win15–1–1Navid MansouriUD1014 Aug 202016Win14–1–1Craig O'BrienPTS1019 Dec 201915Win13–1–1Konrad StempkowskiPTS819 Oct 201914Draw12–1–1Ted Cheeseman1221 Jun 201913Win12–1Harry MatthewsPTS425 May 201912Loss11–1Derrick OsazeUD310 May 201911Win11–0Kaan Hawes310 May 201910Win10–0Gabor GorbicsPTS82 Mar 20199Win9–0Gino KantersPTS48 Sep 20188Win8–0Geiboord OmierPTS413 Jul 20187Win7–0Chris MonaghanTKO7 (8), 9 Mar 20186Win6–0Andrej CepurTKO4 (4), 3 Feb 20185Win5–0Casey Blair2 (6), 2 Dec 20174Win4–0Christian GomezPTS629 Sep 20173Win3–0Jan BalogPTS413 May 20172Win2–0Kevin McCauleyPTS418 Mar 20171Win1–0Sonny Whiting425 Feb 2017
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