Josh Padley (born 12 November 1995) is an English

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. He is currently ranked as the Number 7 Contender at Lightweight by the

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, Number 10 by the IBF and Number 12 by the WBC and has challenged once for the WBC

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title in 2025. He scored a notable victory over Contender

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in 2024.

Professional career

Padley vs Chamberlain

Padley had the biggest fight of his career up to then against British lightweight

at Wembley. The fight took place on the undercard of

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on September 21, 2024. Going into fight Chamberlain was a big favourite and was expecting to face lightweight champion

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should he be victorious. The early rounds were close but as the fight went on Padley began to take over, dropping the Portsmouth man in the 8th round. After the fight Padley announced he was returning to the lightweight division.

Padley vs Stevenson

After an injury to Floyd Schofield, Padley was given a shot at

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s WBC Lightweight title on the undercard of

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. Despite being a huge underdog Padley put up a spirited performance before eventually being stopped in the ninth round. He was dropped three times leading to his corner throwing in the towel.

Professional boxing record

References

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