Archie Sharp (born 14 April 1995) is an English

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who has held the

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European

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title since 2018.

Professional career

Sharp made his professional debut on 17 July 2015, scoring a first-round

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(TKO) victory over Laszlo Fekete at the

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. After compiling a record of 13–0 (7 KOs) he faced

Lyon Woodstock Lyon Woodstock (born 13 August 1993) is an English professional boxer who held the WBO European super-featherweight title from 2017 to 2018 and challenged for the Commonwealth super-featherweight title in 2019. Professional career Woodstock ...

on 6 October 2018 at the

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, with Woodstock's

European

title on the line. Sharp knocked Woodstock to the canvas in the opening round en route to a

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(UD) victory over ten rounds. All three judges scored the bout 96–93, awarding Sharp the WBO European title. Following a second-round TKO win against Sergio Gonzalez in April 2019, Sharp successfully defended his title on three occasions that year; a UD over Jordan McCorry in July; a fourth-round TKO against Declan Geragthy in September; and a UD over Artjom Ramlavs in December. Sharp's sole fight of 2020 was against his countryman Jeff Ofori on 15 August 2020. He won the closely contested bout by a narrow unanimous decision, with referee and judge Marcus McDonnell scoring the fight 96-95 for Sharp. Sharp was booked to fight Diego Andrade for the vacant WBO Global junior-lightweight title on 10 July 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the bout 97-93 in his favor, while the third judge scored it 99-93 for Sharp. Sharp made his first WBO Global title defense against Alexis Boureima Kabore on 29 October 2021. He won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 100-90 for him.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Archie Living people 1995 births English male boxers Sportspeople from Kent Super-featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers