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Graham Earl (born 26 August 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2014. He held the British lightweight title twice between 2003 and 2006, the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2005 to 2006, and challenged once for the WBO interim lightweight title in 2007.

Amateur career

Earl began boxing at the age of eight. As an amateur boxer, he fought for England Schools and won his first eighteen fights.[1]

Professional career

Earl made his professional debut on 2 September 1997, scoring a second-round stoppage over Mark O'Callaghan. He would spend the next eight years undefeated, winning 21 consecutive fights. During this time Earl won the British lightweight title twice, on 17 July 2003 and 5 June 2004, both times against Bobby Vanzie. On 25 February 2005, Earl lost for the first time to Ricky Burns, who won an eight-round points decision. In Earl's next fight, on 19 June 2005, he bounced back to retain his British lightweight title and win the Commonwealth lightweight title against Kevin Bennett.

On 17 February 2007, a bout for the newly created and vacant WBO interim lightweight title was made between Earl and Michael Katsidis. In an action-packed and fast-paced fight, Earl and Katsidis went toe-to-toe and traded many heavy blows, during which Earl was knocked down twice in the opening round and again in the second. However, soon after getting back to his feet following the third knockdown and having the towel being thrown in seconds later (only for it to be thrown back out again by referee Mickey Vann), Earl managed to floor Katsidis momentarily with a heavy right hand at close quarters, rendering the latter visibly stunned and unsteady on his feet. Earl's comeback would ultimately be short-lived, as Katsidis recovered swiftly and finished the round strongly. At the very end of round three, a low blow cost Katsidis a point, but in the following rounds he went on to deliver a barrage of largely unanswered punches to Earl until the decision was made Earl's cornermen to stop the fight after the fifth round.[2]

Earl suffered his third loss and second in a row on 8 December 2007, when he was stopped in the first round by Amir Khan.[3] This was repeated by Henry Castle on 17 October 2008, who stopped Earl in one round.[4] After a five-year retirement, Earl returned to the sport on 4 July 2014. He travelled to Australia to face Michael Katsidis in a rematch from their 2007 bout, this time at light-welterweight. Katsidis won a wide twelve-round unanimous decision.[5] Earl's final professional fight was a ten-round stoppage loss to Steve Martin on 22 August 2014.[6]

Personal life

The youngest of three brothers, Earl grew up in the Limbury council estate of Luton and attended Icknield High School. He has two children with his ex-wife.[1] In April 2015, Earl was sentenced to seven years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.[7]

Professional boxing record

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Шаблон:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
32 Шаблон:No2Loss 26–6 Steve Martin TKO 10 (12), Шаблон:Small 22 Aug 2014 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
31 Шаблон:No2Loss 26–5 Michael Katsidis UD 12 4 Jul 2014 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
30 Шаблон:Yes2Win 26–4 Karl Taylor PTS 6 28 Jun 2009 Шаблон:Small
29 Шаблон:No2Loss 25–4 Henry Castle TKO 1 (8), Шаблон:Small 17 Oct 2008 Шаблон:Small
28 Шаблон:No2Loss 25–3 Amir Khan TKO 1 (12), Шаблон:Small 8 Dec 2007 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
27 Шаблон:No2Loss 25–2 Michael Katsidis Шаблон:Abbr 5 (12), Шаблон:Small 17 Feb 2007 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
26 Шаблон:Yes2Win 25–1 Angel Hugo Ramirez Шаблон:Abbr 12 28 Oct 2006 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
25 Шаблон:Yes2Win 24–1 Yuri Ramanau PTS 12 27 Jan 2006 Шаблон:Small
24 Шаблон:Yes2Win 23–1 Kevin Bennett TKO 9 (12), Шаблон:Small 19 Jun 2005 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
23 Шаблон:No2Loss 22–1 Ricky Burns PTS 8 25 Feb 2005 Шаблон:Small
22 Шаблон:Yes2Win 22–0 Steve Murray TKO 6 (12), Шаблон:Small 30 Jul 2004 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
21 Шаблон:Yes2Win 21–0 Bobby Vanzie PTS 12 5 Jun 2004 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
20 Шаблон:Yes2Win 20–0 Jon Honney PTS 8 11 Oct 2003 Шаблон:Small
19 Шаблон:Yes2Win 19–0 Bobby Vanzie PTS 12 17 Jul 2003 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
18 Шаблон:Yes2Win 18–0 Nikolay Eremeev PTS 8 24 May 2003 Шаблон:Small
17 Шаблон:Yes2Win 17–0 Steve Murray TKO 2 (12), Шаблон:Small 15 Feb 2003 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
16 Шаблон:Yes2Win 16–0 Chill John PTS 10 12 Oct 2002 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
15 Шаблон:Yes2Win 15–0 Mark Winters PTS 10 15 Dec 2001 Шаблон:Small
14 Шаблон:Yes2Win 14–0 Liam Maltby KO 1 (10) 22 Sep 2001 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
13 Шаблон:Yes2Win 13–0 Brian Gentry TKO 8 (10) 10 Mar 2001 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
12 Шаблон:Yes2Win 12–0 Leeroy Williamson TKO 3 (6) 21 Oct 2000 Шаблон:Small
11 Шаблон:Yes2Win 11–0 Marco Fattore PTS 6 29 Apr 2000 Шаблон:Small
10 Шаблон:Yes2Win 10–0 Ivo Golakov TKO 1 (6) 4 Mar 2000 Шаблон:Small
9 Шаблон:Yes2Win 9–0 Simon Chambers Шаблон:Abbr 6 (6), Шаблон:Small 15 Jul 1999 Шаблон:Small
8 Шаблон:Yes2Win 8–0 Benny Jones PTS 6 8 May 1999 Шаблон:Small
7 Шаблон:Yes2Win 7–0 Leeroy Williamson TKO 4 (4), Шаблон:Small 16 Jan 1999 Шаблон:Small
6 Шаблон:Yes2Win 6–0 Marc Smith TKO 1 (6), Шаблон:Small 10 Dec 1998 Шаблон:Small
5 Шаблон:Yes2Win 5–0 Brian Coleman PTS 4 12 Sep 1998 Шаблон:Small
4 Шаблон:Yes2Win 4–0 David Kirk PTS 4 23 May 1998 Шаблон:Small
3 Шаблон:Yes2Win 3–0 Danny Lutaaya TKO 2 (4), Шаблон:Small 11 Apr 1998 Шаблон:Small
2 Шаблон:Yes2Win 2–0 Mark McGowan Шаблон:Abbr 4 6 Dec 1997 Шаблон:Small
1 Шаблон:Yes2Win 1–0 Mark O'Callaghan Шаблон:Abbr 2 (4) 2 Sep 1997 Шаблон:Small

References

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  2. "Earl left to rue Katsidis battle". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. Gilmour, Rod et al. (8 December 2007). "Amir Khan defeats Graham Earl in first round". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. Turner, Mike (20 October 2008). "Henry is king of the castle". Western Telegraph. Newsquest. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. Donovan, Jake (4 July 2014). "Michael Katsidis Settles For Decision In Rout of Graham Earl". BoxingScene. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. James, Marc (25 August 2014). "Martin crowned World Boxing Champion". Malta Today. MediaToday Ltd. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. Parris-Long, Adam (30 April 2015). "Luton boxing star Graham Earl jailed for drug offences". Leighton Buzzard Observer. Retrieved 7 February 2016.