Rocky Fielding

Michael "Rocky" Fielding (born 5 August 1987) is a British professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2018. Fielding held the Commonwealth super-middleweight title twice between 2013 and 2017, and the British super-middleweight title in 2017.

Biography

Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Rocky was originally named Michael, but owing to his 10 lbs birth weight his father nicknamed him 'The Rock'.

Amateur career Rocky started out boxing in Stockbridge ABC, as an amateur and reached the 2007 & 2008 ABA Light Heavyweight finals whilst boxing out of Rotunda ABC. He was unbeaten until he met Chris Cook who knocked him out in one round.

Professional career Fielding turned professional in 2010 and after winning his first three professional bouts as a light-heavyweight, he was offered the chance to drop down in weight to take part in the super-middleweight Prizefighter Series after Kenny Anderson pulled out at short notice. Fielding went on to win the tournament causing a stoppage in each of his three fights and becoming the first boxer in a Prizefighter series to do so.

On 6 October 2012 at Liverpool Olympia, Fielding defeated Carl Dilks to win the vacant English super-middleweight title. Rocky defended his title against Wayne Reed on the Bellew v Chelimba undercard, he dropped Reed three times in this fight and won via technical knockout in the suxth round.

On 21 September 2013 at Liverpool Olympia, Fielding defeated Mohammed Akrong with a first round stoppage to win the vacant Commonwealth super-middleweight title. On 23 October 2013, he defended his title against Luke Blackledge, knocking out his opponent with a left hook 2:32 into the first round.

On 7 November 2015 Fielding took on fellow Liverpudlian Callum Smith at the Echo Arena in their home city for the vacant British super-middleweight title but lost in the first round by technical knockout.

On 22 April 2017 at the Echo Arena he defeated John Ryder by split decision to win the vacant British super-middleweight title. Five months later on 30 September 2017, again at the Echo Arena, Fielding defended the British title and regained the Commonwealth title, which he lost on the scales a few years earlier, with a first round knockout of David Brophy.

Fielding challenged Tyron Zeuge for the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight on 14 July 2018 in Offenburg, Germany. Despite entering the fight as an underdog, he knocked Zeuge out in the fifth round.

His first defense was against two-weight world champion Canelo Álvarez at Madison Square Garden on 15 December 2018. Álvarez floored Fielding in the first, second and third rounds before the referee waved the contest off.

Fielding's next fight came on 15 November 2019 at Liverpool Olympia, against Abdallah Paziwapazi. He won by technical knockout after dropping his opponent with a left hook in the second round.

He was due to challenge British light-heavyweight champion Dan Azeez at Bournemouth International Centre on 17 December 2022, but failed to make the required weight limit. Despite this the fight went ahead with the title no longer on the line and Fielding lost by technical knockout in the eighth round.

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