Ohara Davies


Ohara Davies is a British professional boxer. He held the WBC Silver light-welterweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged once for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title in 2017.

Professional career

Amateur career

According to BoxRec, Davies held an undefeated record of 18-0 as an amateur. In May 2015, Davies, speaking to BoxingMonthly, spoke about his amateur career: "I think that as an amateur I always had a style that was more suited to the pro game. I got told plenty of times in the gym that I’ve got more of a pro style so, when I did finally decide to turn over, I didn’t really have to make many adjustments."

Debut year as a professional (2014)

Davies turned professional in 2014 and won on points in a four-round contest on his debut against Latvian fighter Ivans Levickis on 19 April at the York Hall in London.
By the end of 2014, Davies held a record of 4-0 after knockout wins over Kristian Dochev, Andy Harris and Oszkar Fiko. The latter two victories came on Matchroom Boxing shows.

Undefeated year (2015)

Davies won all five of his contests in 2015, ending the year with a record of 9-0. He defeated Lee Gibbons, Jacek Wylezol, Simas Volosinas, Dame Seck and Chris Truman, with Wylezol the only one to last the distance.

First title fights and move up to light-welterweight (2016)

After defeating Ghana's Prince Ofotsu in January, in March, Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight for the vacant English lightweight against Andy Keates The fight would take place on the undercard to Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua at The O2 Arena in London on 9 April.
Davies won by fourth-round knockout after knocking Keates down in the round one before knocking him out in round four.
Davies won both of his next two contests against Zoltan Szabo and Chaquib Fadli, winning both inside the distance in non title fights.
In October, Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight WBC Silver champion Andrea Scarpa at Wembley Arena. Davies won by unanimous decision with all three judges producing scorecards of 120-108.

Derry Mathews

On 9 January Matchroom Boxing confirmed that Davies would defend his WBC Silver light-welterweight title against former lightweight world title challenger Derry Matthews on the undercard to David Haye vs Tony Bellew at the O2 Arena on London on 4 March.
Davies won by third-round stoppage after twice knocking down Mathews down in the third round. Shortly after the fight, Mathews retired from boxing.

Josh Taylor

On 19 May Cyclone Promotions announced that Davies would defend his WBC Silver title against undefeated Commonwealth champion Josh Taylor, with both titles at stake. The fight would take place at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 8 July.
Davies quit the fight in the seventh round after being knocked down in round three and round seven, his first defeat as a professional.

Tom Farrell

On 24 July Matchroom Boxing announced that Davies would fight undefeated Liverpool prospect Tom Farrell for the vacant WBA International light-welterweight title on the undercard to Paul Butler vs Stuart Hall II at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 30 September.
Davies won by sixth-round stoppage after knocking down Farrell once in round one, twice in round two and twice in round six.

2018

On 27 April promoter Frank Warren confirmed that Davies would fight for the first time under his promotional banner against France's Christopher Sebire on the undercard to Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington at the Elland Road Stadium in Leeds on 19 May. Davies went on to win via UD against Ismail Abdoul after Sebire pulled out. In the post fight interview Davies called out Jack Catterall and Terry Flanagan.

Team

Davies is currently promoted by Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions, having previously been promoted by Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing from 2014 to 2018.
He is managed by MTK Global, having signed with the company in January 2018. He was previously managed by Charlie Sims, the son of trainer Tony Sims.
He was previously trained by Babatunde Ajayi and Tony Sims.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
23Win21–2 Jeff OforiTKO6, 1:0621 Feb 2020The Golden Contract: Super-lightweight – Semi-final
22Win20–2 Logan YoonRTD7, 3:0022 Nov 2019The Golden Contract: Super-lightweight – Quarter-final
21Win19–2 Miguel VázquezPTS1028 Jun 2019
20Loss18–2 Jack CatterallUD126 Oct 2018 Leicester Arena, Leicester, EnglandFor WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
19Win18–1 Paul KamangaKO2, 2:4123 Jun 2018 The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon WBC International light-welterweight title
18Win17–1 Ahmed IbrahimPTS619 May 2018 Elland Road, Leeds, England
17Win16–1 Tom FarrellTKO6, 0:5030 Sep 2017 Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon WBA International light-welterweight title
16Loss15–1 Josh TaylorTKO7, 2:258 Jul 2017 Braehead Arena, Glasgow, ScotlandLost WBC Silver light-welterweight title
For Commonwealth light-welterweight title
15Win15–0 Derry MathewsTKO3, 2:554 Mar 2017 The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBC Silver light-welterweight title
14Win14–0 Andrea ScarpaUD1226 Nov 2016 Wembley Arena, London, EnglandWon WBC Silver light-welterweight title
13Win13–0 Chaquib FadliKO2, 2:441 Oct 2016 Jahnsportforum, Germany
12Win12–0 Zoltan SzaboRTD5, 3:0021 Jun 2016 York Hall, London, England
11Win11–0 Andy KeatesKO4, 0:319 Apr 2016 The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon English lightweight title
10Win10–0 Prince OfotsuTKO3, 0:4230 Jan 2016 Copper Box Arena, Olympic Park, London, England
9Win9–0 Chris Truman2, 3:007 Nov 2015 Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
8Win8–0 Dame SeckTKO3, 2:4112 Sep 2015 The O2 Arena, London, England
7Win7–0 Simas VolosinasTKO2, 2:3428 May 2015 York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0 Jacek Wylezol621 Mar 2015 Rostock, Germany
5Win5–0 Lee GibbonsKO1, 1:1931 Jan 2015 The O2 Arena, London, England
4Win4–0 Oszkar FikoTKO1, 2:396 Dec 2014 York Hall, London, England
3Win3–0 Andy Harris2, 0:3711 Oct 2014 The O2 Arena, London, England
2Win2–0 Kristian Dochev1, 2:507 Jun 2014 York Hall, London, England
1Win1–0 Ivans Levickis419 Apr 2014 York Hall, London, England