Stuart Hall (boxer)

Stuart Hall
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Stuey
Rated at	Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Reach	69.5 in (177 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	(1980-02-24) 24 February 1980 England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	20
Wins by KO	7
Losses	5
Draws	2
No contests	0

Stuart Hall (born 24 February 1980) is a professional British bantamweight boxer from Darlington, England and a former IBF Bantamweight Champion.

Early professional career

Hall made his professional boxing debut on 26 April 2008 with a win over Abdul Mghrbel in his home town of Darlington. The win was followed with another victory on 6 October 2008 against undefeated seven fight prospect Dougie Walton this time at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham. The two wins meant an undefeated start to his debut year in the ring.^[1]

On 16 January 2009 he recorded his first win of the new year travelling to Middlesbrough to defeat Nick Seager before on 29 March 2009 meeting Stuart McFadyen and only registering a draw at the fight held in Bolton. Three more fights followed the McFadyen result with Hall winning on each occasions against the likes of journeyman Anthony Hanna and Jason Thomas and then notably on 11 November travelling to Brentford to meet former British champion Martin Power and winning in the 8th round. Hall's first fight of 2010 resulted in another points win on 12 February at the York Hall against Hungarian Richard Szebeledi meaning that Hall now boasted an unbeaten record of seven wins against only one draw.^[1]

British champion

On 4 June 2010 Hall stepped into the ring against the former British and European champion Ian Napa and claimed the title in a shock result following Napa's decision not to come out for the start of the 9th round. The experienced Napa had complained about the heat at the venue in Peterlee and the fact that the making the bantamweight limit had been very hard. In contrast Hall described the result saying "It's unbelievable, a dream come true" as he claimed the title in only his 9th professional fight.^[2] Hall returned to the ring shortly afterwards for his first defence on 23 July 2010 with a return match against former victim and former champion Martin Power. The fight, this time in Sunderland, once again resulted in victory for Hall with the referee stopping the contest in the 10th round with Hall having been dominant throughout.^[3] On 13 November 2010 on the undercard of the Heavyweight world title fight between David Haye and Audley Harrison Hall defended his belt for the second time beating former champion Gary Davies in the 7th round and claimed that there was "more to come".^[4] Hall claimed the Lonsdale Belt outright with a successful third defense on 9 April 2011 beating John Donnelly at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, stopping him in the fifth round. Hall said of his achievement of winning the belt outright "this is my world title, it's just unbelievable that I've got this for the rest of my life. It's such an achievement for Darlington and the north east."^[5]

Professional boxing record

20 Wins (7 knockouts), 5 Losses, 2 Draws[6]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	20–5–2	Lee Haskins	UD	12	2016-09-03	The O2 Arena, London	For IBF Bantamweight title.
Win	20–4–2	Rodrigo Guerrero	UD	12	2016-04-16	First Direct Arena, Leeds, Yorkshire	IBF Bantamweight title final eliminator.
Win	19–4–2	Elvis Guillen	UD	8	2015-11-21	Manchester Arena, Manchester
Win	18–4–2	Arnoldo Solano	UD	8	2015-09-05	First Direct Arena, Leeds, Yorkshire
Win	17–4–2	Edwin Tellez	UD	8	2015-08-01	Craven Park, Hull, Yorkshire
Loss	16–4–2	Randy Caballero	UD	12	2014-10-25	Salle des etoiles, Monte Carlo	For vacant IBF Bantamweight title.
Loss	16–3–2	Paul Butler	SD	12	2014-06-07	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear	Lost IBF Bantamweight title.
Draw	16–2–2	Martin Ward	TD	2 (12), 0:35	2014-03-29	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear	Retained IBF Bantamweight title.
Win	16–2–1	Vusi Malinga	UD	12	2013-12-21	First Direct Arena, Leeds, West Yorkshire	Won vacant IBF Bantamweight title.
Win	15–2–1	Sergio Perales	UD	12	2013-05-11	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental Bantamweight title.
Win	14–2–1	Josh Wale	UD	12	2012-11-16	Dolphin Centre, Darlington, County Durham	Won vacant Commonwealth Bantamweight title.
Win	13–2–1	Adrian Fuzesy	PTS	6	2012-09-22	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Loss	12–2–1	Lee Haskins	UD	12	2012-07-07	Hand Arena, Clevedon, North Somerset	For vacant EBU Bantamweight title.
Win	12–1–1	Dai Davies	PTS	6	2011-12-10	Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, County Durham
Loss	11–1–1	Jamie McDonnell	UD	12	2011-09-03	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Lost BBBofC Bantamweight title. For Commonwealth and EBU Bantamweight titles.
Win	11–0–1	John Donnelly	TKO	5 (12), 2:07	2011-04-09	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear	Retained BBBofC Bantamweight title.
Win	10–0–1	Gary Davies	TKO	7 (12), 2:58	2010-11-13	Manchester Arena, Manchester	Retained BBBofC Bantamweight title.
Win	9–0–1	Martin Power	TKO	10 (12), 2:30	2010-07-23	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear	Retained BBBofC Bantamweight title.
Win	8–0–1	Ian Napa	RTD	8 (12), 3:00	2010-06-04	Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, County Durham	Won vacant BBBofC Bantamweight title.
Win	7–0–1	Richard Szebeledi	PTS	6	2010-02-12	York Hall, Bethnal Green, East London
Win	6–0–1	Martin Power	TKO	8 (8), 1:39	2009-09-11	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex
Win	5–0–1	Jason Thomas	PTS	4	2009-09-04	Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Win	4–0–1	Anthony Hanna	PTS	4	2009-05-01	Seaton Carew Mayfair Suite, Hartlepool, County Durham
Draw	3–0–1	Stuart McFadyen	PTS	6	2009-03-29	De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, Greater Manchester
Win	3–0	Nick Seager	TKO	2 (4), 1:39	2009-01-16	Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Win	2–0	Dougie Walton	TKO	6 (6), 1:47	2008-10-06	Holiday Inn, Birmingham, West Midlands
Win	1–0	Abdul Mghrbel	PTS	6	2008-04-26	Darlington & District Club, Darlington, County Durham	Professional debut.

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