Liam Davies (born 31 March 1996) is a British professional boxer. He held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-bantamweight title in 2024. At regional level, he has held the European featherweight title since March 2026. Previously, he held the British and European super-bantamweight titles between 2022 and 2023.
Amateur career After an amateur career that included winning silver medals at the 2016 and 2018 England Boxing National Amateur Championships,
Professional career Davies made his professional debut on 9 December 2018, defeating Khvicha Gigolashvili on points over four rounds at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham.
In his eighth pro-fight he won his first title by beating Sean Cairns via corner retirement for the vacant English bantamweight championship at Wembley Arena in London on 21 November 2020.
Davies signed with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions in June 2021.
Moving up in weight divisions, he claimed the vacant WBC International Silver super-bantamweight title by securing a unanimous decision win against Dixon Flores at Arena Birmingham on 9 October 2021.
On 11 June 2022 at the International Centre in Telford, Davies defeated defending champion Marc Leach for the British super-bantamweight title via unanimous decision.
At the same venue on 19 November 2022, he challenged WBC International champion, Ionut Baluta, with the vacant European super-bantamweight title also on the line. Davies won by unanimous decision.
Again at the International Centre, he defended his titles with a first round stoppage of Jason Cunningham on 29 July 2023, picking up his opponent's WBO International championship in the process.
Davies defended his European championship against Vincenzo La Femina at Manchester Arena on 18 November 2023. Both boxers were floored in the third round, but Davies recovered the better to secure the victory via stoppage in the fifth round.
He faced Erik Robles Ayala for the vacant IBO super-bantamweight title at Resorts World Birmingham in Birmingham on 16 March 2024, winning by technical knockout in the second round.
At the same venue on 2 November 2024, Davies lost his title and unbeaten record to Shabaz Masoud via split decision with one judge favouring him 115-113 and the other two scoring the fight 115-113 and 116-112 respectively for his opponent.
Once more moving up in weight categories, Davies faced undefeated Kurt Walker for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title at Nottingham Arena on 10 May 2025, winning by unanimous decision.
He fought Francesco Grandelli for the vacant European featherweight title at Co-op Live in Manchester on 28 March 2026. Davies won when Grandelli retired at the end of round six.
Davies made a successful first defense of his European title against Nathaniel Collins at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham on 26 September 2026. He knocked his opponent to the canvas in the first round and eventually won when Collins was retired by his corner at the end of the seventh round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes20Win19–1Nathaniel CollinsRTD7 (12), 26 Sep 202619Win18–1Francesco GrandelliRTD6 (12), 28 Mar 202618Win17–1Kurt WalkerUD1210 May 202517Loss16–1Shabaz Masoud122 Nov 202416Win16–0Erik Robles AyalaTKO2 (12), 16 Mar 202415Win15–0Vincenzo La FeminaTKO5 (12), 19 Nov 202314Win14–0Jason CunninghamTKO1 (12), 29 Jul 202313Win13–0Ionuț BalutaUD1219 Nov 202212Win12–0Marc LeachUD1211 Jun 202211Win11–0Dixon Flores109 Oct 202110Win10–0Raymond CommeyTKO2 (8), 28 Aug 20219Win9–0Stefan SlavchevTKO2 (6), 5 Jun 20218Win8–0Sean Cairns6 (10), 21 Nov 20207Win7–0Brett FidoePTS414 Feb 20206Win6–0Stefan NicolaePTS67 Dec 20195Win5–0Jose Aguilar4 (6), 28 Sep 20194Win4–0Edward BjorklundPTS421 Jun 20193Win3–0Pablo Narvaez2 (4), 11 May 20192Win2–0Stefan SlavchevPTS416 Feb 20191Win1–0Khvicha Gigolashvili49 Dec 2018
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