Carl Baker (born 3 January 1982) is a British former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who competed from 2003 to 2014.
Professional career
Baker made his professional debut on 6 September 2003,
stopping Dave Clarke in the first round. The highlight of Baker's career was competing in the
heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
edition of the
Prizefighter series
The Prizefighter series was a professional boxing tournament created by boxing promoter Barry Hearn and aired on Sky Sports. The format has an initial eight fighters, who compete in four quarter-finals of rounds (number and length of the rounds is ...
on 2 October 2009. He entered the tournament as an outsider, but defeated one of the favourites—
Danny Williams—by
unanimous decision
A unanimous decision (UD) is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and other sports involving striking and submission in which all three judges agree on which fighter ...
(UD) in the opening round, while also scoring two
knockdowns against Williams in the first round of their fight.
[Mitchell, Kevin (5 October 2009)]
"Hard not to feel sorry for Danny Williams after Prizefighter wipeout"
''The Guardian
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''. Guardian Media Group
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. Retrieved 3 June 2017. In the semi-final, Baker was eliminated after losing a UD to
Coleman Barrett
Coleman Barrett (born 10 November 1982), nicknamed Coley, is an Irish professional boxer who has held the Irish heavyweight title.
Prizefighter
Coleman competed in the Prizefighter series on 2 October 2009 at the ExCeL London, London Dockla ...
.
Professional boxing record
References
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1982 births
Sportspeople from Sheffield
Living people
English male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Prizefighter contestants
Southpaw boxers