| Ekow Essuman | |
| Real Name: | Haizel Ekow Tabiri-Essuman |
| Nickname: | The Engine |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1989 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Botswana |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 780772 |
| Total: | 21 |
| Wins: | 20 |
| Ko: | 8 |
| Losses: | 1 |
Ekow 'The Engine' Essuman (born 30 March 1989[1]) is a British professional boxer and the reigning WBO European welterweight champion.
He previously held the British, Commonwealth, IBF European and WBC International Silver welterweight titles.
Essuman made his professional debut on 1 December 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Andrej Cepur at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England.[2]
After compiling a record of 8–0 (2 KOs), he faced Andy Keates for the vacant English welterweight title on 20 October 2018 at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Nottingham, England. Essuman knocked Keates down twice in the fourth round en route to a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO).[3] He returned to the Harvey Hadden Sports Village for his next fight, successfully defending his English title against former British super-lightweight champion, Tyrone Nurse, via majority decision (MD) on 16 March 2019. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Essuman with 98–93 and 96–94 while the third scored it a draw at 95–95.[4] After a stoppage win over William Warburton in July[5] and a PTS victory over Zygimantas Butkevicius in October,[6] Essuman finished 2019 with a second defence of his title on 30 November, defeating Curtis Felix Jr via eighth-round TKO at the York Hall in London.[7]
Essuman defended his BBBofC British, CBC Commonwealth, and IBF European welterweight belts, against Darren Tetley on 23 April 2022, on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte.[8]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 | Harry Scarff | UD | 12 | 18 Nov 2023 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Chris Kongo | MD | 12 | 21 Jan 2023 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Samuel Antwi | UD | 12 | 24 Sep 2022 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Darren Tetley | UD | 12 | 23 Apr 2022 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Danny Ball | KO | 6 (12), | 9 Oct 2021 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Chris Jenkins | TKO | 8 (12), | 24 Jul 2021 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Cedrick Peynaud | UD | 10 | 12 Sep 2020 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Curtis Felix Jr | TKO | 8 (10), | 30 Nov 2019 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Zygimantas Butkevicius | PTS | 6 | 19 Oct 2019 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | William Warburton | RTD | 6 (8), | 6 Jul 2019 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Tyrone Nurse | 10 | 16 Mar 2019 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Andy Keates | TKO | 5 (10), | 20 Oct 2018 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Edvinas Puplauskas | PTS | 6 | 15 Sep 2018 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Nelson Altamirano | TKO | 1 (8), | 31 Mar 2018 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Jordan Grannum | PTS | 6 | 16 Dec 2017 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Serge Ambomo | PTS | 8 | 21 Oct 2017 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Arvydas Trizno | PTS | 4 | 24 Jun 2017 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Casey Blair | 3 (4), | 22 Apr 2017 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 4 | 4 Feb 2017 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Andrej Cepur | 4 | 1 Dec 2016 |