Sean Davis (born 15 January 1990) is an English former

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. During his career he was English

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champion and challenged for the

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title in the same weight division.

Career

A professional since 2014, Davis won his first nine pro-fights before facing

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for the vacant English

title at The Venue in

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on 27 February 2016. He claimed the championship via unanimous decision. He added the vacant WBC International super-bantamweight title to his collection on 22 October 2016, thanks to a unanimous decision victory over Paul Economides at the Utilita Arena in

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. Having vacated his English title, Davis returned to the Utilita Arena to make the first defense of his WBC International crown against

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on 13 May 2017. He lost his title and undefeated record by stoppage in the seventh round having been knocked to the canvas six times during the bout. Despite this setback, he was given the chance to challenge

super-bantamweight champion Thomas Patrick Ward at

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on 11 November 2017. He lost via unanimous decision. Davis sought to become a two-weight English champion when he took on

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for the vacant

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title at

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on 22 June 2019, but lost by stoppage in the fourth round. He fought on for three more years in a largely

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role before announcing his retirement in February 2023, 12 months after his last contest.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Sean Living people 1990 births English male boxers British male boxers Super-bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers 21st-century English sportsmen Boxers from Birmingham, West Midlands