James "Jazza" Dickens (born 12 April 1991) is a British professional boxer. He held the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) featherweight title between 2022 and July 2023. He previously challenged for the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) super bantamweight title in 2016 and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title in 2021. At regional level, he held the British super bantamweight title from 2015 to 2017.
Jazza Dickens | |
|---|---|
| Born | James Dickens 12 April 1991 Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Jazza |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 37 |
| Wins | 32 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 5 |
Career edit
Born in Mill Lane Hospital, Liverpool, Dickens took up boxing at the age of 12 at the Salisbury ABC; After two years he moved on to the Golden Gloves ABC before moving on again to the Everton Red Triangle Boxing Club, representing his country many times at junior level.[1][2] He won the senior ABA bantamweight title in 2010.[1]
After missing out on selection for the Commonwealth Games, he turned professional, making his pro debut in January 2011. He won his first thirteen fights, including victories over Yuriy Voronin and Franklin Varela, before facing the also unbeaten Jon Fernandes in March 2013 for the vacant English super-bantamweight title at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. Dickens took a unanimous decision to become English champion.
Dickens won his next two fights against Dai Davies and Reynaldo Cajina, before meeting Kid Galahad for the vacant British super-bantamweight title in September 2013.[3] Galahad stopped Dickens in the tenth round, inflicting the first defeat of his professional career.[4]
Dickens won his next two fights before getting a second chance at the British title after Gavin McDonnell vacated it. He faced Josh Wale at the Echo Arena in March 2015, this time winning via unanimous decision to add the British title to his English title.[4]
He beat Arnoldo Solano on points in July 2015.
On 16 July 2016, Dickens challenged Guillermo Rigondeaux for the WBA (Super) super-bantamweight title. Dickens' corner pulled him out of the fight after round two, after it was discovered that a big left hand by Rigonedaux had fractured Dickens' jaw.[5]
In his next fight, Dickens fought Thomas Patrick Ward in a bid to defend his British super-bantamweight title. Despite Ward's strong start, Dickens seemed to be the one racking up the points in the early rounds. This would be the case, until a sudden turn in the fight in which Ward started to punish Dickens. In the ninth round, Ward was pushed to the canvas, which opened up a cut above his left eye, leading the referee to stop the fight on the advice of the ringside doctor. At the time of stoppage the scorecards were 85–87, 84–88, and 85–87 in favor of the challenger. Ward won the fight by technical decision.[6]
Golden Contract tournament edit
In the semi-finals, Dickens battled fellow Brit Leigh Wood. Early in the fight, Dickens had swelling over his left eye, but managed to put on a very good performance throughout the fight.[7] Dickens, who was ranked #3 at featherweight by the IBF at the time, managed to snatch a majority decision victory.[8]
Professional boxing record edit
| 37 fights | 32 wins | 5 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 12 | 4 |
| By decision | 20 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Loss | 32–5 | Hector Andres Sosa | KO | 10 (12) | 22 Jul 2023 | Dubai Studio City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Lost IBO featherweight title |
| 36 | Win | 32–4 | Lerato Dlamini | UD | 12 | 15 Oct 2022 | Olympia, Liverpool, England | Won vacant IBO featherweight title |
| 35 | Win | 31–4 | Andoni Gago | KO | 5 (10), 2:52 | 22 Apr 2022 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 34 | Loss | 30–4 | Kid Galahad | RTD | 11 (12), 3:00 | 7 Aug 2021 | Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England | For vacant IBF featherweight title |
| 33 | Win | 30–3 | Ryan Walsh | UD | 10 | 2 Dec 2020 | Production Park Studios, South Kirkby, England | Retained WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – final |
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Leigh Wood | MD | 10 | 21 Feb 2020 | York Hall, London, England | Won WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – semi-final |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Carlos Ramos | UD | 10 | 4 Oct 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Retained IBF European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – quarter-final |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Nathaniel May | UD | 10 | 12 Jul 2019 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | Won vacant IBF European featherweight title |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Nasibu Ramadhani | TKO | 5 (10), 0:58 | 19 Apr 2019 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Miguel Encarnacion | TKO | 1 (8), 2:47 | 9 Nov 2018 | Casa de los Clubes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Pablo Narvaez | KO | 1 (6), 2:28 | 27 Jul 2018 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | Barnie Arguelles | TKO | 5 (6) | 2 Mar 2018 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 25 | Loss | 22–3 | Thomas Patrick Ward | TD | 9 (12), 1:12 | 13 May 2017 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | Lost British super bantamweight title; Unanimous TD after Ward cut from accidental head clash |
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Guillermo Rigondeaux | RTD | 2 (12), 3:00 | 16 Jul 2016 | Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales | For WBA (Super) super bantamweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Reynaldo Cajina | RTD | 7 (8), 3:00 | 12 Mar 2016 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Martin Ward | SD | 12 | 20 Nov 2015 | Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England | Retained British super bantamweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Arnoldo Solano | PTS | 6 | 25 Jul 2015 | Sports Village, Ellesmere Port, England | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Josh Wale | UD | 12 | 6 Mar 2015 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | Won vacant British super bantamweight title |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Giorgi Gachechiladze | TKO | 2 (8), 2:00 | 25 Oct 2014 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Krzysztof Rogowski | PTS | 6 | 8 Mar 2014 | Aintree Equestrian Centre, Liverpool, England | |
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Kid Galahad | TKO | 10 (12), 1:34 | 14 Sep 2013 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England | For vacant British super bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Reynaldo Cajina | PTS | 4 | 6 Jul 2013 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Dai Davies | PTS | 10 | 24 May 2013 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jon Fernandes | UD | 10 | 30 Mar 2013 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | Won vacant English super bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Franklin Varela | PTS | 8 | 24 Nov 2012 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Michael Isaac Carrero | TKO | 6 (8), 2:36 | 5 Oct 2012 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Kristian Laight | PTS | 6 | 29 Jul 2012 | Devonshire House Hotel, Liverpool, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Yuriy Voronin | TKO | 4 (6), 0:54 | 21 Apr 2012 | Sports Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Janis Puksins | TKO | 3 (6), 1:28 | 10 Mar 2012 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Barrington Brown | PTS | 6 | 4 Feb 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Dougie Curran | PTS | 4 | 16 Dec 2011 | Municipal Hall, Colne, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | James Ancliff | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 12 Nov 2011 | Sports Centre, Oldham, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Chris Riley | PTS | 4 | 30 Sep 2011 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Chuck Jones | PTS | 4 | 30 Jul 2011 | Greenbank Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Stoyan Serbezov | PTS | 4 | 20 May 2011 | Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sali Mustafov | TKO | 1 (4), 1:23 | 26 Mar 2011 | Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Pavels Senkovs | PTS | 4 | 22 Jan 2011 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England |
References edit
- ^ a b Evans, Glynn (2014) "In Depth with Jazza Dickens", BoxNation, 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015
- ^ Lubin, Rhian (2015) "Everton Red Triangle Boxing club and Jazza Dickens back CALM'S campaign against male suicide", Liverpool Echo, 27 March 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015
- ^ "Kid Galahad confident he will see off James Dickens and become British champion", Sky Sports, 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2015
- ^ a b McKenna, Micheal (2015) "Seconds Out: James 'Jazza' Dickens keen to right the wrongs of last British title challenge", Liverpool Echo, 23 January 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015
- ^ "Guillermo Rigondeaux Breaks Jazza Dickens' Jaw For RTD Win". BoxingScene.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Jazza Dickens Loses British Title To Thomas Patrick Ward In Leeds". BoxingScene.com. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Jazza Dickens To Face Ryan Walsh After Outpointing Leigh Wood". BoxingScene.com. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Wood vs Dickens - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Jazza Dickens from BoxRec (registration required)
- Jazza Dickens - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live