Jon Thaxton

Jonathan Thaxton (born 10 September 1974) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2009. He held the British lightweight title from 2006 and 2007, and the EBU European title from 2008 to 2009.

Professional career He had his first professional fight in December 1992, beating Scott Smith on points over six rounds in Stoke on Trent. In his early career he fought as a light-welterweight. His first fight for a major title was in September 1996, when he won the WBO Intercontinental Light-Welterweight title, beating Bernard Paul of Mauritius on points. In November 1997, he won the IBF Intercontinental Light-Welterweight title, beating Rimvidas Bilius of Lithuania on points. In September 1998, he lost both titles, when he lost to the American, Emanuel Augustus, being knocked out in the seventh.

In November 1999, he fought Jason Rowland for the British light-welterweight title, losing when the fight was stopped in the fifth on a cut despite having flooded the champion twice in the fourth. In October 2000, he had another shot at the now vacant British light-welterweight title when he fought Ricky Hatton. Despite Hatton being cut badly in the first round, he went on to defeat Thaxton on points. In February 2002, he fought Eamonn Magee for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title, losing when the fight was stopped in the sixth after Thaxton had already been down in the third round.

Between 2002 and 2004, Thaxton spent two years out of the ring with a shoulder injury after a road accident.

WBF title In April 2005, he knocked out Frenchman Christophe De Busillet in the fourth, to take the vacant World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) world lightweight title. In September 2005, he defended the title against Romanian Vasile Dragomir, scoring a knockout in the fourth round.

British title In December 2006, he fought Lee Meager, the holder of the British lightweight title. Thaxton scored a unanimous points victory to take the title. In March 2007, he defended the British lightweight title against Scott Lawton, winning by a technical knockout in the seventh. In October 2007, he defended the British lightweight title again, this time against Dave Stewart, winning by a technical knockout in the twelfth round.

European title challenge In April 2008, he challenged Yuri Romanov, of Belarus, for his European lightweight title. The fight was stopped at the start of the sixth when Thaxton's corner refused to let him come out due to bad cuts. This was Thaxton's first defeat after twelve straight wins. On 4 October 2008, Thaxton captured the vacated European lightweight title in the third round of the contest against Spaniard Juan Carlos Melero Diaz.

Titles IBF Inter-Continental light-welterweight champion WBO Inter-Continental light welterweight champion WBF World Lightweight champion British Lightweight champion European Lightweight champion

Professional boxing record

45 Loss 34–11

TKO 4 (12) 3 Oct 2009

44 Loss 34–10

PTS 8 18 Jul 2009

43 Loss 34–9

UD 12 28 Feb 2009

42 Win 34–8

KO 3 (12) 4 Oct 2008

41 Loss 33–8

TKO 6 (12) 4 Apr 2008

40 Win 33–7

TKO 12 (12), 5 Oct 2007

39 Win 32–7

TKO 7 (12), 16 Mar 2007

38 Win 31–7

UD 12 8 Dec 2006

37 Win 30–7

PTS 10 13 May 2006

36 Win 29–7

TKO 5 (8) 17 Feb 2006

35 Win 28–7

KO 4 (12), 3 Sep 2005

34 Win 27–7

KO 4 (12) 9 Apr 2005

33 Win 26–7

KO 1 (4), 13 Dec 2004

32 Win 25–7

PTS 6 9 Oct 2004

31 Win 24–7

TKO 1 (8) 21 Sep 2002

30 Win 23–7

TKO 7 (8) 15 Jun 2002

29 Win 22–7

TKO 2 (8) 13 Apr 2002

28 Loss 21–7

TKO 6 (12) 9 Feb 2002

27 Win 21–6

PTS 4 28 Jul 2001

26 Win 20–6

PTS 4 26 Mar 2001

25 Loss 19–6

PTS 12 21 Oct 2000

24 Win 19–5

TKO 3 (8) 15 Jul 2000

23 Loss 18–5

TKO 5 (12) 15 Nov 1999

22 Win 18–4

PTS 6 7 Aug 1999

21 Win 17–4

PTS 6 15 May 1999

20 Loss 16–4

TKO 7 (12) 26 Sep 1998

19 Win 16–3

UD 12 29 Nov 1997

18 Win 15–3

TKO 2 (12) 28 Jun 1997

17 Win 14–3

TKO 9 (12) 27 Mar 1997

16 Win 13–3

PTS 12 14 Sep 1996

15 Win 12–3

KO 5 (12) 25 Jun 1996

14 Win 11–3

TKO 1 (10) 13 Feb 1996

13 Win 10–3

TKO 4 (6) 20 Jan 1996

12 Loss 9–3

TKO 5 (10) 8 Dec 1995

11 Loss 9–2

PTS 8 12 Aug 1995

10 Win 9–1

PTS 6 23 Jun 1995

9 Win 8–1

TKO 6 (6) 26 May 1995

8 Loss 7–1

PTS 10 18 Nov 1994

7 Win 7–0

TKO 4 (10) 10 Mar 1994

6 Win 6–0

TKO 3 (8) 7 Dec 1993

5 Win 5–0

PTS 6 22 Sep 1993

4 Win 4–0

PTS 8 23 Jun 1993

3 Win 3–0

PTS 6 17 Mar 1993

2 Win 2–0

PTS 6 3 Mar 1993

1 Win 1–0

PTS 6 9 Dec 1992