Hosea Burton

Hosea Noah Burton (born 14 September 1988) is a British former professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2016. As an amateur, he won the 2009 ABAE National Championships in the middleweight division. Hosea is a cousin of heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury.

Professional career Born in Newcastle upon Tyne and based in Manchester, Burton was successful as an amateur, winning the ABA senior middleweight title in 2009, beating Kirk Garvey in the final.

Trained by Joe Gallagher, he had his first professional fight in March 2012 at super-middleweight, a first round stoppage of Viktor Tzonev.

After winning his first 14 fights, he faced the also undefeated Miles Shinkwin on 27 February 2016 at Manchester Arena for the vacant British light-heavyweight title. Burton knocked Shinkwin down in the second and fifth rounds before finally stopping him in the sixth.

Burton lost the title in his first defense, going down to a 12th round stoppage defeat against Frank Buglioni at Manchester Arena on 10 December 2016.

Burton challenged WBO European light-heavyweight champion Ričards Bolotņiks in Rīga, Latvia, on 26 September 2020, losing by unanimous decision.

On 25 June 2021 in Bolton, Burton beat Liam Conroy by knockout in the sixth round in an eliminator for a shot at the British light-heavyweight title.

At Wembley Arena in London on 20 November 2021, Burton fought Dan Azeez for the vacant British light-heavyweight title. Azeez beat Burton by technical knockout in the seventh round.

Burton faced Ellis Zorro for the vacant WBO European cruiserweight title at York Hall in London on 12 May 2023, losing by stoppage in the seventh round.

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