Mark Chamberlain (born 11 January 1999) is an English

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who is a former IBF European, WBC Silver and WBA Intercontinental

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champion.

Career

Having won the English National Amateur Elite Lightweight Championship in April 2018, Chamberlain made his pro-debut on 15 December that year, stopping Aleksandrs Birkenbergs just 39 seconds into the first of their scheduled four-round contest at the Brentwood Centre in

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. He won his first professional title by claiming the vacant IBF European

crown with a unanimous decision success over Marc Vidal at

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in London on 2 July 2022. Chamberlain successfully defended his title three times at London's

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in 2023, recording stoppage wins against Vairo Lenti on 17 February, Marvin Demollari on 9 June and Artjoms Ramlavs on 24 November. On 8 March 2024, he faced Gavin Gwynne for the vacant WBA Intercontinental lightweight title at

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, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou fight. Chamberlain won by fourth round stoppage. At the same venue on 18 May 2024, as part of the supporting bill for the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight world championship bout, he captured the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title thanks to a first round stoppage of Joshua Wahab. Chamberlain suffered his first professional defeat on 21 September 2024, when he lost via unanimous decision to Josh Padley at

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on the undercard of the

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IBF heavyweight world title fight. Chamberlain returned to action on 5 April 2025, defeating Miguel Angel Scaringi on points on the undercard of the Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic fight at Co-op Live Arena in

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Personal life

Chamberlain worked as a

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before becoming a full-time professional boxer.

References

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