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Matt Skelton

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Record 26 (21 ko's) + 6 + 0 = 32
Weight division Heavyweight (unlimited)
Positions in ratings 15 - WBA Heavyweight (December 2007)
11 - WBO Heavyweight (March 2009)
16 - EBU Heavyweight (December 2009)
Nationality United Kingdom   United Kingdom
Lives & trains United Kingdom   United Kingdom, Bedford
Born United Kingdom   United Kingdom, Bedford
Profdebut22 Sep 2002
Birthday23 Jan 1967
Height (cm) 191
Stance Orthodox
Boxrec ID 141021

Records list

# Date Opponent Record Location Result
1103.03.2012 United Kingdom Tom Dallas[15-1-0, 11]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, SheffieldW TKO 5 (8)more...
1030.01.2010 Bulgaria Kubrat Pulev[4-0-0, 2]Germany  Germany, NeubrandenburgL KO 4 (8)more...
919.09.2009 Italy Francesco Pianeta[18-0-1, 11]Germany  Germany, NeubrandenburgL RTD 8 (12)more...
828.02.2009 United Kingdom Martin Rogan[11-0-0, 5]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, BirminghamL TKO 11 (12)more...
719.12.2008 Italy Paolo Vidoz[25-5-0, 14]Italy  Italy, MilanoW RTD 10 (12)more...
619.01.2008 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev[23-0-1, 17]Germany  Germany, DusseldorfL UD 12 (12)more...
514.07.2007 United Kingdom Michael Sprott[30-10-0, 15]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, LondonW MD 12 (12)more...
408.07.2006 United Kingdom Danny Williams[35-4-0, 28]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, CardiffW UD 12 (12)more...
301.04.2006 Armenia Suren Kalachyan[9-9-0, 8]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, LondonW KO 4 (8)more...
225.02.2006 United Kingdom Danny Williams[34-4-0, 28]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, LondonL SD 12 (12)more...
110.12.2005 United Kingdom John McDermott[19-2-0, 13]United Kingdom  United Kingdom, LondonW TKO 1 (12)more...







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Sprott eyes big titles 11 Oct 2010 12:25

Sprott eyes big titles

It was a huge night for the Reading fighter as he put two previous defeats to Skelton and a European title defeat to Audley Harrison behind him to move his name up towards the top of the queue of British heavyweight fighters read more ...
Kubrat Pulev Stays Busy; Pianeta on Huck-Richards, More 16 Feb 2010 09:59

Kubrat Pulev Stays Busy; Pianeta on Huck-Richards, More

Bulgarian heavyweight Kubrat Pulev, 5-0, already has some good wins on his record such as the knockout over veteran Matt Skelton last time out. However, in order to get rated by the EBU you need a minimum of eight fights. Pulev will thus fight in Liege, Belgium, next weekend, in Berlin March 13 and again in April read more ...
Williams pulls out of Chisora fight 29 Jan 2010 11:09

Williams pulls out of Chisora fight

Danny Williams has withdrawn from his British Heavyweight title defense against Derek Chisora at Wembley Arena on February 13 citing that he has a viral infection. Promoter Frank is now in talks with two boxers who hold wins over Williams to face Chisora instead on the huge Night of the Champions show read more ...
Sylvester, Lorenzo make weight 19 Sep 2009 09:39

Sylvester, Lorenzo make weight

Sebastian Sylvester 159.2 vs Giovanni Lorenzo 160 Note: Lorenzo made the weight on the second attempt half an hour later. (Vacant IBF middleweight championship) Francesco Pianeta 240.5 vs Matt Skelton 253.1 (EU heavyweight title) read more ...
Rogan TKOs Skelton! 1 Mar 2009 16:54

Rogan TKOs Skelton!

Unbeaten heavyweight Martin Rogan (12-0, 6 KOs) shocked the second big name in a row on Saturday night at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. Following his win over 2000 Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison, Rogan stopped former world title challenger Matt Skelton (22-3, 19 KOs) to claim the Commonwealth heavyweight title. The fight was waved off after Rogen dropped Skelton with a right hand in round eleven read more ...
Skelton wins Euro title! 20 Dec 2008 12:20

Skelton wins Euro title!

Heavyweight Matt Skelton (22-2, 19 KOs) claimed the vacant European heavyweight championship with a ninth round stoppage of former Olympic medalist Paolo Vidoz (25-6, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the famed Palalido, Milan, Lombardia, Italy. Vidoz did not come out for round ten. In other action, jr welterweight Gianluca Branco (42-2-1, 22 KOs) retained his Euro title with a ninth round TKO of Juho Tolppola (21-5-1, 9 KOs) read more ...
Chagaev, Skelton speak! 20 Jan 2008 20:54

Chagaev, Skelton speak!

"Matt Skelton was very strong, he wasn't a normal opponent," said WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev after successfully retaining his world title for the first time against Matt Skelton on Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. "It was a tough fight with a great challenger. This fight was also an important challenge for me and in the end I had to give everything. Due to the long break I couldn't give everything read more ...
Chagaev outpoints Skelton! 20 Jan 2008 17:14

Chagaev outpoints Skelton!

WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev had some problems with tough challenger Matt Skelton, showing his nine month layoff since winning the belt, but succeeded with a twelve round unanimous decision to defend his championship for the first time. The bout started at a fast pace with Skelton being the aggressor. He was able to get into the infight more than once and unleashed two good uppercuts. Chagaev got some good work read more ...
Chagaev 229.2, Skelton 254.6! 19 Jan 2008 01:05

Chagaev 229.2, Skelton 254.6!

Ruslan Chagaev 229.2 vs. Matt Skelton 254.6 (WBA world heavyweight championship) Taras Bidenko 220.4 vs. Cisse Salif 262.7 (WBA Intercontinental heavyweight championship) read more ...
Chagaev-Skelton Presser! 15 Jan 2008 15:46

Chagaev-Skelton Presser!

Today's press conference in Dusseldorf, was a "one-man show" by WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev after his opponent Matt Skelton was a no-show. Skelton decided to remain a few extra days in his hometown of Bedford, England, and will arrive Wednesday. The unbeaten Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs) will make the first defense of his world title on Saturday at the popular Burg-Wächter Castello fight venue read more ...
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