Shakan Pitters (born 31 July 1989) is an English

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who held the

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title in 2020.

Professional career

Pitters made his professional debut on 18 March 2017 as a

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, scoring a four-round

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(PTS) victory over Remigijus Ziausys at the Holte Suite in

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. he secured three more PTS victories in 2017; Over Jevgenijs Andrejevs in June; Dmitrij Kalinovskij in September; and Jiri Svacina in November. He began 2018 with a PTS win over Elvis Dube in March, followed by stoppage wins over Kent Kauppinen in May and Imantas Davidaitis in September. In August, Pitters was announced as a contestant in the second edition of the Ultimate Boxxer tournament. The eight-man tournament was contested over 3 rounds, taking place on 2 November at the indigo at The O2 in

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. Pitters' first fight of the night came against Sam Smith, winning by

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(UD), with two judges scoring the bout 30–25 and the third scoring it 29–26. Next up he defeated Georgii Bacon via second-round

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(KO). His final fight of the night was a UD win against Dec Spelman with scores of 30–26 twice and 29–27, becoming the Ultimate Boxxer II champion. Following his success in the Ultimate Boxxer, Pitters kicked off 2019 with a first-round KO victory against Norbert Szekeres in March and a six-round PTS win against Dmitrij Kalinovskij in May. His final fight of 2019 was a rematch against newly crowned

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champion Dec Spelman. The bout took place on 14 September 2019 at the

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in London, with Pitters defeating Spelman via UD over ten rounds to capture his first professional title. All three judges scored the bout 97–92.

Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitters, Shakan 1989 births Living people Boxers from Birmingham, West Midlands British male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Cruiserweight boxers