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Lee Cutler (born 28 December 1995) is an English
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. He is a former English and WBC International Silver
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champion.


Career

Cutler stopped Casey Blair in the first round of his professional debut at the
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on 15 September 2018. At the same venue, he claimed his first pro-title by taking the vacant Southern Area
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championship thanks to a second round technical knockout success over Scott James on 5 March 2022. Cutler became English super-welterweight champion by defeating Kingsley Egbunike for the vacant title via unanimous decision at
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on 10 December 2023. Injuries and proposed fights failing to take place led him to vacate the title without making any defenses. In his next outing, Cutler dethroned previously unbeaten WBC International Silver super-welterweight champion Stephen McKenna at the
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on 14 December 2024. He won the fight by majority decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the contest 96–92 and 95–93 respectively in his favour, while the third had it a 94–94 draw. He made the first defense of his title against Sam Eggington at
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on 20 April 2025. At the start of the ninth round the fight was stopped on the advice of the ringside doctor due to a cut and swelling near the challenger's eye caused by an accidental clash of heads. As a result the contest went to the judges' scorecards with Eggington ruled the winner by unanimous technical decision.


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