| Frankie Gavin | |
| Realname: | Frankie Raymond Gavin |
| Nickname: | Funtime King |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1985 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 30 |
| Wins: | 26 |
| Ko: | 15 |
| Losses: | 4 |
Frankie Raymond Gavin (born 28 September 1985) is a British professional boxer. He held the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles between 2012 and 2015, and has challenged once for the IBF welterweight title in 2015. As an amateur, Gavin won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2007 World Championships, becoming England's first ever winner of that event. He also won lightweight gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Domestically as an amateur, Gavin represented the Birmingham's Hall Green boxing club with whom he won the English ABA championship in 2005 and 2007 and a Four Nations championship in 2005.
Internationally, Gavin defeated Giovanni Frontin of Mauritius to win a gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight (60 kg) division. That year, he won bronze at the European Union Championships losing to Domenico Valentino in the semi-final. Gavin has beaten him twice since.
At the European Championships 2006 he lost to Olexandr Klyuchko.
At the 2007 World Championships, he first beat reigning world silver medallist and fellow southpaw Romal Amanov of Azerbaijan scoring a knockdown. Frankie then caused a huge upset by defeating Russian superstar Aleksei Tishchenko, unbeaten in four years, to reach the final where he beat Italian Domenico Valentino 19:10.
He stepped up in weight and won the 2008 EU tournament in Poland receiving boxer of the tournament as well.As of 2007, he has won 100 of his 121 amateur contests.
Gavin was Great Britain's best hope of a boxing medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was unable to make the weight and was therefore unable to compete.[1]
In October 2008, Gavin announced that he would turn professional. He signed a contract with promoter Frank Warren and agreed to be trained by Anthony Farnell in Manchester. He made his debut with Olympians James Degale and Billy Joe Saunders which he won with a 4th round stoppage.[2]
In 2010, he won his first professional title by defeating Sheffield's Michael Kelly in the fifth round for the Irish light welterweight title. He qualified for the title as his parents are Irish.[3] [4] [5]
In June 2013, Gavin defeated the previously unbeaten Denton Vassell by 7th-round TKO, having broken Vassell's jaw. In doing so he retained his BBBofC British welterweight title and captured Vassell's Commonwealth title.[6]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Kerman Lejarraga | KO | 4 (12), | 17 Nov 2018 | |||
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 6 | 16 Sep 2018 | |||
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Felix Matamoros | TKO | 6 (6), | 3 Jun 2017 | |||
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Renald Garrido | PTS | 8 | 13 May 2017 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 23–3 | Sam Eggington | TKO | 8 (12), | 22 Oct 2016 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Ivo Gogosevic | TKO | 6 (6), | 30 Jul 2016 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Kell Brook | TKO | 6 (12), | 30 May 2015 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Bogdan Mitic | PTS | 10 | 28 Mar 2015 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Bradley Skeete | UD | 12 | 29 Nov 2014 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Mate Hornyak | TKO | 2 (8), | 24 Oct 2014 | |||
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 | Leonard Bundu | SD | 12 | 1 Aug 2014 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Sacky Shikukutu | UD | 12 | 29 Mar 2014 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Bradley Pryce | PTS | 10 | 21 Dec 2013 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | David Barnes | UD | 12 | 21 Sep 2013 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Denton Vassell | TKO | 7 (12), | 28 Jun 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Jason Welborn | TKO | 7 (12), | 18 Jan 2013 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Junior Witter | UD | 12 | 1 Nov 2012 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Laszlo Komjathi | 5 (8), | 25 May 2012 | ||||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Kevin McIntyre | TKO | 3 (8), | 25 Feb 2012 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Curtis Woodhouse | 12 | 16 Jul 2011 | ||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Young Mutley | 12 | 21 May 2011 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Michael Lomax | TKO | 7 (12), | 19 Feb 2011 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Michael Kelly | TKO | 5 (10), | 18 Sep 2010 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Gavin Tait | TKO | 1 (8), | 15 May 2010 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Peter McDonagh | 6 | 13 Feb 2010 | ||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Samir Tergaoui | TKO | 6 (6), | 5 Dec 2009 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Steve Saville | TKO | 2 (6), | 30 Oct 2009 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Graham Fearn | TKO | 2 (4), | 18 Jul 2009 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Mourad Frarema | TKO | 3 (4), | 15 May 2009 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | George Kadaria | 4 (4), | 28 Feb 2009 |