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James Madden
Born	James Peter Madden (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 Dewsbury, England
Other names	The Hitman Mad Dog
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light Heavyweight Super Middleweight Middleweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Reach	81 in (206 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	33
Wins	29
Wins by KO	19
Losses	2
Draws	1
No contests	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing England English National Championships 2012 London Middleweight EU Junior Championships 2011 Warsaw Middleweight European Junior Championships 2010 Paris Middleweight World Junior Championships 2014 Marrakech Super-Middleweight

James Peter Madden (born 9th July 1997) is a British professional boxer. He turned professional after his final bronze medal in Marrakech, Morocco and since then has kept a very pristine professional record with some impressive names on his resume. As an amateur he solely represented England however was offered the chance to represent the Republic of Ireland, he held a very impressive amateur record of 76-2 with 40 of his 76 wins coming by KO/TKO. In the 2012 London Olympics he defeated Josh Taylor on a 5 round points victory to win his first ever gold medal in Olympic boxing against a fellow British boxer.

Early life

James was born in Dewsbury District Hospital, West Yorkshire and was brought up in the local town of Heckmondwike where he spent his whole childhood in the same house with his mother, father and younger brother Sam. He did very well in education and passed all of his GCSE's and even went on to study A-Levels but dropped out halfway through his studies to pursue a professional career in boxing. He was very interested in combat sports more particularly boxing, he stated in an interview in Warsaw after his Bronze medal was awarded that the Rocky saga was what drew his attention to boxing as a young child, he then proceeded to seek the guidance of former featherweight boxer and coach of Cleckheaton Boxing Club Keith Tate at the young age of 11. He stuck by his roots and carried on till he was 15 years old and Keith referred him to a golden team gym where he trained 4 days a week with pure dedication after almost annihilating every sparring partner he was paired with at Cleckheaton Gym. After his referral to the Golden Team Gym in Leeds he began to step up his fighting game by officially applying for a medical license and receiving approval within 3 weeks to begin fighting in amateur bouts. He racked up a very impressive record of 24-0 (15KO) before meeting former team mate of Cleckheaton Gym, Eddie Al-Meskry and losing his first amateur bout in a 3 round split decision result. After he went to 30-1 (17KO) he faced Al-Meskry again in a rematch to come out with a points victory over 3 rounds to avenge his first amateur boxing defeat. He went all the way to 63-1 (36KO) before meeting up with fellow young Olympian Josh Taylor who he previously beat at the 2012 London Olympics, he fell to a 2nd round stoppage which saw the referee intervene as Taylor landed 13 unanswered blows to James' head area. James complained the fight was prematurely stopped and demanded a rematch which didn't happen till he turned professional.

Madden vs Taylor Trilogy

Josh Taylor had proven to be a testing opponent for The Hitman as he fell to a 2nd round TKO defeat in the amateurs to him. After a lot of negotiations going wrong and issues in personal life over the couple of years they'd planned to fight. They finally negotiated a deal for August 10th 2019 to which they both entered the ring at the same weight. They clashed heads halfway through the 2nd round and both fighters agreed they couldn't continue, Madden had a strongly opened wound above his left eye from the clash and the ringside doctor had to apply 17 stitches to keep this shut which he stated "Would effect his future fights". On 14th December 2019 they agreed to a rematch but this time to take place in Scotland rather than England. Madden knew this was his only shot to get vengeance for the amateurs defeat to the talented Taylor. The rematch took place on 15th February 2020 and during his ringwalk Taylor took a microphone from one of the announcers and threw it into the crowd as a gesture of confidence to which he was issued a £5000 fine after the bout concluded. Madden managed to stay upstanding during the full 12 rounds as did Taylor but we saw James stunned a few times especially toward the later rounds where he began to show signs of fatigue. The fight was awarded a Split Decision in favor of Josh Taylor. Judge 1 and 2 both scored it 115-113 Taylor and the 3rd judge scored it 115-113 Madden. The aftermath of this fight saw both trainers in a heated exchange of shouting and punches being thrown and saw both fighters camps issued with a fine and a warning too. Josh Taylor had sent a call out to Madden regarding his first ever unified Super Middleweight Title defense as a 25-0 pro boxer. Madden snapped his hand off and instantly accepted the challenge for a fight September 2021. Despite entering the fight with a bit more experience behind them both, Josh managed to claim an 11th round knockdown on Madden which instantaneously won him the fight, without that knockdown everybody stated it would've either been a Draw or a points win for Madden.

Professional Boxing Record

33 fights	29 wins	2 losses
By knockout	19	0
By decision	10	2
Draws	1
No contests	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
33	Draw	29-2-1 (1)	Dmitry Bivol	MD	12	17 Nov 2023	Barclays Center, New York, USA	Retained the IBF and WBA (Super) Light Heavyweight Title
32	Win	29-2 (1)	Badou Jack	SD	12	25 May 2023	First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK	Retained the IBF Light Heavyweight Title and won the vacant WBA (Super) Light Heavyweight Title
31	Win	28-2 (1)	Marco Antonio Peribán	TKO	4 (12), 2:03	12 Feb 2023	MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Retained the IBF Light Heavyweight Title
30	Win	27-2 (1)	Joshua Buatsi	UD	12	26 Nov 2022	O2 Arena, London, UK	Won the IBF Light Heavyweight Title
29	Win	26-2 (1)	Sullivan Barrera	RTD	6 (10), 3:00	30 Jun 2022	Elland Road, Leeds, UK
28	Win	25-2 (1)	Naim Terbunja	KO	2 (10), 1:07	11 Mar 2022	Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
27	Win	24-2 (1)	Sven Fornling	UD	10	17 Feb 2022	Gärdehov, Sundsvall, Sweden	Light Heavyweight debut fight
26	Win	23-2 (1)	J'Leon Love	TKO	10 (12), 2:24	13 Dec 2021	O2 Arena, London, UK	Retained the WBA (Regular) Super Middleweight Title
25	Loss	22-2 (1)	Josh Taylor	MD	12	10 Sep 2021	Wembley Stadium, London, UK	For the WBC, WBA (Super), WBO, IBF and IBO Super Middleweight Titles
24	Win	22-1 (1)	Caleb Truax	SD	12	25 May 2021	Four Seasons Arena, Great Falls, Montana, USA	Retained the WBA (Regular) Super Middleweight Title
23	Win	21-1 (1)	Fedor Chudinov	KO	9 (12), 0:15	17 Feb 2021	MEN Arena, Manchester, UK	Retained the WBA (Regular) Super Middleweight Title
22	Win	20-1 (1)	Ovill McKenzie	UD	12	15 Nov 2020	Elland Road, Leeds, UK	Won the WBA (Regular) Super Middleweight Title and retained the WBO Silver Super Middleweight Title
21	Win	19-1 (1)	Firat Arslan	TKO	11 (12), 1:44	27 Sep 2020	First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK	Won the vacant WBO Silver Super Middleweight Title
20	Win	18-1 (1)	Carl Garnett	KO	2 (12), 1:10	30 Jun 2020	Dewsbury Sports Centre, Dewsbury, UK	Retained the Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
19	Win	17-1 (1)	Matty Lowton	TKO	5 (12), 1:28	22 Mar 2020	York Hall, London, UK	Won the vacant Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
18	Loss	16-1 (1)	Josh Taylor	SD	12	15 Feb 2020	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland	Lost the British Super-Middleweight Title.
17	Win	16-0 (1)	Tom Caldwell	TKO	5 (12), 2:12	24 Nov 2019	First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK	Retained British Super-Middleweight Title
16	NC	15-0 (1)	Josh Taylor	NC	2 (12)	10 Aug 2019	MEN Arena, Manchester, UK	Retained British Super-Middleweight Title. NC called due to accidental head clash not allowing either fighter to continue.
15	Win	15-0	Matt Scriven	KO	4 (12), 1:14	17 Mar 2019	Elland Road, Leeds, UK	Retained British Super-Middleweight Title
14	Win	14-0	Bradley Pryce	RTD	9 (12), 3:00	15 Nov 2018	Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, UK	Retained British Super-Middleweight Title
13	Win	13-0	Nathan Simmonds	UD	12	25 Jul 2018	York Hall, London, UK	Won British Super-Middleweight Title
12	Win	12-0	Matthew Cross	PTS	8	10 Mar 2018	Hull City Hall, Hull, UK
11	Win	11-0	Kaden Martin	TKO	3 (8), 2:04	29 Dec 2017	Huddersfield Sports Centre, Huddersfield, UK
10	Win	10-0	Anthony Windsor	TKO	6 (12), 0:26	13 Oct 2017	John Smiths Stadium, Huddersfield, UK	Retained British Middleweight Title
9	Win	9-0	Gavin O'Leary	UD	12	23 Aug 2017	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, UK	Retained British Middleweight Title
8	Win	8-0	Carlton McFarlane	SD	12	14 Jun 2017	First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK	Won the vacant British Middleweight Title
7	Win	7-0	Evjgenis Kaliaskas	TKO	5 (8), 1:44	10 Mar 2017	Dewsbury Leisure Centre, Dewsbury, UK
6	Win	6-0	Eddie Owen	KO	1 (6), 0:56	03 Jan 2017	Dewsbury Leisure Centre, Dewsbury, UK
5	Win	5-0	Eddie Al-Meskry	PTS	6	22 Oct 2016	Cleckheaton Boxing Academy, Bradford, UK
4	Win	4-0	Jon Kays	TKO	5 (6), 1:12	06 Jul 2016	Nortonthorpe Hall, Huddersfield, UK
3	Win	3-0	Charlie Halton	KO	2 (6), 0:11	18 Apr 2016	National Stadium, Belfast, Republic of Ireland	First fight abroad
2	Win	2-0	Hamza Hussain	PTS	3	11 Mar 2016	Dewsbury Leisure Centre, Dewsbury, UK
1	Win	1-0	Jarrod Marshall	TKO	2 (3), 1:47	5 Jan 2016	Carlton Hall, Guiseley, UK