Nick Ball | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1997 |
Birth Place: | Kirkby, Merseyside, England |
Nickname: | Wrecking Ball |
Weight: | Featherweight |
Height: | 5 ft 2 in |
Reach: | 65 in |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 21 |
Wins: | 20 |
Ko: | 11 |
Draws: | 1 |
Nick Ball (born 28 February 1997) is an English professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title since June 2024.
Ball turned professional in 2017 and compiled a 19–0 record before facing WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas.[1] The fight ended as a split draw with Vargas retaining his title.[2] [3]
Ball challenged Raymond Ford for the WBA featherweight title on June 1, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[4] Ball defeated Ford by split decision (113-115, 115-113, 115-113) and won the title.[5] [6]
Ball is due to make the first defence of his world title against Ronny Rios at the M&S Arena in Liverpool on 5 October 2024.[7]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Raymond Ford | SD | 12 | 1 Jun 2024 | |||
20 | Draw | 19–0–1 | Rey Vargas | SD | 12 | 8 Mar 2024 | |||
19 | Win | 19–0 | Isaac Dogboe | UD | 12 | 18 Nov 2023 | |||
18 | Win | 18–0 | Ludumo Lamati | TKO | 12 (12), | 27 May 2023 | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | Jesus Ramirez Rubio | TKO | 1 (12), | 11 Nov 2022 | |||
16 | Win | 16–0 | Nathanael Kakololo | TKO | 12 (12), | 16 Jul 2022 | |||
15 | Win | 15–0 | Isaac Lowe | TKO | 6 (12), | 23 Apr 2022 | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Piotr Gudel | TKO | 1 (8), | 9 Oct 2021 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Jerome Campbell | PTS | 8 | 31 July 2020 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | Ivan Godor | RTD | 1 (6), | 28 Feb 2020 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | Johnson Tellez | TKO | 2 (4), | 18 Nov 2019 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | Abdon Cesar | PTS | 6 | 21 Sep 2019 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Michael Isaac Carrero | TKO | 3 (6), | 4 May 2019 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Reynaldo Cajina | KO | 2 (4), | 2 Mar 2019 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | Joe Ducker | TKO | 2 (6), | 27 Nov 2018 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Brian Phillips | TKO | 2 (8), | 21 July 2018 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Innocent Anyanwu | PTS | 4 | 2 Mar 2018 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Antonio Horvatic | PTS | 4 | 4 Nov 2017 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Luke Fash | PTS | 4 | 29 Sep 2017 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jamie Quinn | PTS | 4 | 29 Jul 2017 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Dmitrijs Gutmans | PTS | 4 | 30 Jun 2017 |
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