Reece MacMillan (born 4 January 1996) is an English
professional boxer
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. He has been the Central Area
super-lightweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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champion since November 2024 and has also challenged for the
British
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and
Commonwealth
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titles in the same weight division.
Career
Having taken up boxing aged 10,
[ MacMillan made his professional debut at De Vere Whites Hotel in ]Bolton
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on 23 April 2016, stopping Giuseppe Daprato in the fourth of their scheduled six-round welterweight
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bout.
With a record of 16 wins and one defeat, he returned to De Vere Whites Hotel to face Kane Gardner for the vacant Central Area super-lightweight
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title on 30 November 2024, winning the contest on points 96–95.
In his next outing, MacMillan challenged British
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and Commonwealth
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super-lightweight champion Jack Rafferty
Jack Rafferty (born 22 September 1995) is an English professional boxer. He has held the Commonwealth super-lightweight title since December 2023 and the British title since October 2024.
Boxing career Early career
Rafferty made professional d ...
at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester
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on 8 February 2025. He lost by stoppage when his corner threw in the towel during the seventh round.
References
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Living people
1996 births
English male boxers
British male boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
21st-century English sportsmen
Sportspeople from Lancaster, Lancashire