| Thomas Essomba | |
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| Birth Date: | 1987 12, mf=yes |
| Total: | 22 |
| Wins: | 13 |
| Losses: | 8 |
| Ko: | 4 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Thomas Essomba (born 2 December 1987) is a Cameroonian-British professional boxer who has held the European bantamweight title since May 2023. He previously held the Commonwealth flyweight title from 2015 to 2017. As an amateur, he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.
Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team;[1] at the 2012 Olympics in London, he was captain of the team and reached the last 16 of the light-flyweight division, being defeated by Paddy Barnes.[2] He defected in London, was given political asylum and indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and became a British citizen soon after.[3] He resettled in Sunderland, where he has trained at the Olympian Gym. In his professional career, he won the Commonwealth flyweight title in October 2015 and the English bantamweight title in March 2018.[4] [5]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Win | 13–8–1 | Elie Konki | SD | 12 | 9 Feb 2024 | |||
| 21 | Win | 12–8–1 | Alessio Lorusso | UD | 12 | 20 May 2023 | |||
| 20 | Loss | 11–8–1 | Marcel Braithwaite | SD | 12 | 11 Nov 2022 | |||
| 19 | Win | 11–7–1 | Michael Nielsen | UD | 8 | 9 April 2022 | |||
| 18 | Loss | 10–7–1 | Marc Leach | UD | 12 | 5 Jun 2021 | |||
| 17 | Draw | 10–6–1 | Thomas Patrick Ward | 8 (10), | 17 Oct 2020 | ||||
| 16 | Loss | 10–6 | Sunny Edwards | UD | 12 | 29 Aug 2020 | |||
| 15 | Win | 10–5 | Islander Kharsan | TKO | 3 (8), | 16 Dec 2019 | |||
| 14 | Win | 9–5 | Sean McGoldrick | UD | 10 | 2 Aug 2019 | |||
| 13 | Loss | 8–5 | Lee McGregor | KO | 12 (12), | 13 Oct 2018 | |||
| 12 | Loss | 8–4 | Kyle Williams | 10 | 9 Jun 2018 | ||||
| 11 | Win | 8–3 | Louis Norman | 6 (10), | 2 Mar 2018 | ||||
| 10 | Loss | 7–3 | Jay Harris | 12 | 24 Feb 2017 | ||||
| 9 | Loss | 7–2 | Iain Butcher | PTS | 10 | 7 May 2016 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Sergey Tasimov | PTS | 6 | 5 Mar 2016 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Waleed Din | TKO | 11 (12), | 17 Oct 2015 | |||
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Mikheil Soloninkini | PTS | 4 | 19 Sep 2015 | |||
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Robert Kanalas | 2 (8), | 5 Jul 2015 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Isaac Quaye | PTS | 8 | 8 Mar 2015 | |||
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 30 Nov 2014 | |||
| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Anwar Alfadli | PTS | 4 | 13 Jul 2014 | |||
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Yoan Boyeaux | 4 | 7 Nov 2009 |