Craig Richards (boxer)
Craig Richards is an English professional boxer who challenged for the British light-heavyweight title in 2017.
Professional career
Richards made his professional debut on 28 May 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory over a scheduled four rounds against James Child at the York Hall in London. He ended 2015 with a points decision win against Scott Douglas in October.He tallied up another five wins in 2016; Kieron Gray on PTS in January; a TKO over Richard Horton in June; Dalton Miller and Adam Jones by PTS in September; and a TKO over Bronislav Kubin in November.
On 17 March 2017, Pitters fought for his first professional title, winning via ten-round unanimous decision against Alan Higgins at the York Hall to capture the Southern Area super-middleweight. He secured a PTS win against Rui Pavanito in July and a TKO win over Norbert Szekeres in October. Two days after his win over Szekeres, Callum Johnson pulled out of his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight unification fight with Frank Buglioni. Pitters was brought in as a last minute opponent at five days notice. The fight took place on 28 October at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and was aired live on Sky Sports Box Office as part of the undercard for Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam. Pitters suffered the first defeat of his professional career, losing by UD over twelve rounds. Two judges scored the bout 117–111 while the third scored it 116–113.
Pitters came back with three stoppage wins in 2018; Ivan Stupalo in March; Bosko Misic in June; and Michal Ludwiczak in October. He began 2019 with a third-round TKO win against Alan Ball to capture the vacant WBA Intercontinental light-heavyweight title. The bout took place on 2 February at The O2 Arena in London. He had two more fights that year; a twelve-round UD victory against Andre Sterling in June and an eight-round draw against Chad Sugden in December.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 18 |  Shakan Pitters | – | 28 Mar 2020 |  Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England.png" /> | For vacant British light-heavyweight title | |||
| 17 | Draw | 15–1–1 | Chad Sugden | PTS | 8 | 19 Dec 2019 |  | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Andre Sterling | UD | 12 | 21 Jun 2019 | | |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Jake Ball | TKO | 3, 2:27 | 2 Feb 2019 |  O2 Arena, London, England.png" /> | Won vacant WBA Continental light-heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Michal Ludwiczak | TKO | 2, 2:35 | 27 Oct 2018 | Copper Box Arena, London, England.png" /> | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Bosko Misic | 3, 1:15 | 6 Jun 2018 | | ||
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Ivan Stupalo | TKO | 3, 1:46 | 24 Mar 2018 | The O2 Aren, London, England.png" /> | |
| 11 | Loss | 10–1 | Frank Buglioni | 12 | 28 Oct 2017 |  Cardiff, Wales.png" /> | For British light-heavyweight title | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Norbert Szekeres | TKO | 3, 1:58 | 21 Oct 2017 | The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.png" /> | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Rui Pavanito | PTS | 6 | 1 Jul 2017 |  | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Alan Higgins | PTS | 10 | 17 Mar 2017 | | Won Southern Area super-middleweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Bronislav Kubin | TKO | 2, 2:50 | 26 Nov 2016 | Wembley Arena, London, England.png" /> | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Adam Jones | PTS | 6 | 29 Sep 2016 | | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Dalton Miller | PTS | 4 | 10 Sep 2016 | | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Richard Horton | TKO | 1, 2:59 | 21 Jun 2016 | | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Kieron Gray | PTS | 4 | 30 Jan 2016 | Copper Box Arena, London, England.png" /> | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Scott Douglas | 4 | 10 Oct 2015 | | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | James Childs | 1, 0:49 | 28 May 2015 | |