Shakan Pitters

Shakan Pitters
Born (1989-07-31) 31 July 1989 (age 35)
Birmingham, England
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights21
Wins19
Wins by KO6
Losses2

Shakan Pitters (born 31 July 1989) is an English professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2020.

Professional career

Pitters made his professional debut on 18 March 2017 as a cruiserweight, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Remigijus Ziausys at the Holte Suite in Villa Park, Birmingham.[2] he secured three more PTS victories in 2017; Over Jevgenijs Andrejevs in June;[3] Dmitrij Kalinovskij in September;[4] and Jiri Svacina in November.[5]

He began 2018 with a PTS win over Elvis Dube in March,[6] followed by stoppage wins over Kent Kauppinen in May[7] and Imantas Davidaitis in September.[8] In August, Pitters was announced as a contestant in the second edition of the Ultimate Boxxer tournament. The eight-man tournament was contested over 3 rounds, taking place on 2 November at the indigo at The O2 in London.[9] Pitters' first fight of the night came against Sam Smith, winning by unanimous decision (UD), with two judges scoring the bout 30–25 and the third scoring it 29–26.[10] Next up he defeated Georgii Bacon via second-round knockout (KO). His final fight of the night was a UD win against Dec Spelman with scores of 30–26 twice and 29–27, becoming the Ultimate Boxxer II champion.[11][12]

Following his success in the Ultimate Boxxer, Pitters kicked off 2019 with a first-round KO victory against Norbert Szekeres in March[13] and a six-round PTS win against Dmitrij Kalinovskij in May.[14] His final fight of 2019 was a rematch against newly crowned English light-heavyweight champion Dec Spelman. The bout took place on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London, with Pitters defeating Spelman via UD over ten rounds to capture his first professional title. All three judges scored the bout 97–92.[15]

Professional boxing record

21 fights 19 wins 2 losses
By knockout 6 1
By decision 13 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Win 18–2 Joel McIntyre PTS 8 6 May 2023 Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England
19 Loss 17–2 Dan Azeez UD 12 3 Sept 2022 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England British light-heavyweight title
18 Win 17–1 Reece Cartwright TKO 8 (10), 3:00 13 Nov 2021 Skydome, Coventry, England Won vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title
17 Win 16–1 Farouk Daku PTS 8 10 Sep 2021 Skydome, Coventry, England
16 Win 15–1 Jermaine Springer TKO 5 (10), 2:55 22 May 2021 Skydome, Coventry, England
15 Loss 14–1 Craig Richards TKO 9 (12), 2:42 18 Dec 2020 Fly By Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch, England Lost British light-heavyweight title
14 Win 14–0 Chad Sugden UD 12 22 Aug 2020 Production Park Studios, Redditch, England Won vacant British light-heavyweight title
13 Win 13–0 Dec Spelman UD 10 14 Sep 2019 York Hall, London, England Won English light-heavyweight title
12 Win 12–0 Dmitrij Kalinovskij PTS 6 10 May 2019 indigo at The O2, London, England
11 Win 11–0 Norbert Szekeres KO 1 (6), 2:30 29 Mar 2019 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
10 Win 10–0 Dec Spelman UD 3 2 Nov 2018 indigo at The O2, London, England Ultimate Boxxer II – final
9 Win 9–0 Georgii Bacon KO 2 (3), 2:13 2 Nov 2018 indigo at The O2, London, England Ultimate Boxxer II – semi-final
8 Win 8–0 Sam Smith UD 3 2 Nov 2018 indigo at The O2, London, England Ultimate Boxxer II – quarter-final
7 Win 7–0 Imantas Davidaitis TKO 2 (4), 0:49 8 Sep 2018 Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England
6 Win 6–0 Kent Kauppinen KO 1 (4), 2:04 19 May 2018 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
5 Win 5–0 Elvis Dube PTS 4 24 Mar 2018 Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England
4 Win 4–0 Jiri Svacina PTS 4 18 Nov 2017 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
3 Win 3–0 Dmitrij Kalinovskij PTS 4 16 Sep 2017 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
2 Win 2–0 Jevgenijs Andrejevs PTS 4 24 Jun 2017 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
1 Win 1–0 Remigijus Ziausys PTS 4 18 Mar 2017 Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England

References

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Shakan Pitters". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Remigijus Ziausys". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ Lockley, Mike (21 September 2017). "It's totally INDI-sputable that Sangha's something special". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Jiri Svacina". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Elvis Dube". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Lockley, Mike (24 May 2018). "Weight of expectation on Ryan Kelly now". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ Powers, Adam (9 September 2020). "Amir Khan vs Samuel Vargas RESULTS: Full fight results and undercard | Boxing | Sport | Express.co.uk". www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Ultimate Boxxer II Press Release". Ultimate Boxxer. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Sam Smith". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ^ "BoxRec: Shakan Pitters vs. Dec Spelman". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ Siza, Joseph (3 November 2018). "Shakan Pitters wins Ultimate Boxxer II – Full show report". britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  13. ^ Lockley, Mike (4 April 2019). "Shakan Pitters is a human wrecking ball". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. ^ Lupton, James (11 May 2019). "UBIII ringside report: Punching preacher Osaze wins golden robe". Boxing Monthly. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Sunny Edwards Boxes Past Guarneros Over Ten Rounds". BoxingScene.com. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

Boxing record for Shakan Pitters from BoxRec (registration required)

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Dec Spelman
English light-heavyweight champion
14 September 2019 – December 2019
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Dan Azeez
Vacant
Title last held by
Joshua Buatsi
British light-heavyweight champion
22 August 2020 – 18 December 2020
Succeeded by