# 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.

### Burton vs. Tzonev

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

### Burton vs. Shinkwin

After winning his first 14 fights, he faced the also undefeated Miles Shinkwin on 27 February 2016 at the Manchester Arena for the British light heavyweight title vacated by Bob Ajisafe. He had Shinkwin down in the second and fifth rounds and stopped him in the sixth to become British champion.

### Burton vs. Conroy

On 25 June 2021, Burton beat Liam Conroy by knockout in the 6th round.

### Burton vs. Azeez

On 20 November 2021, Burton fought Dan Azeez for the vacant British light heavyweight title. Azeez was ranked #8 by the WBA at light heavyweight at the time. Azeez beat Burton by technical knockout in the 7th round.

## Professional boxing record

| 32 fights | 28 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 12 | 3 |
| By decision | 16 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 32 | Loss | 28–4 | Ellis Zorro | TKO | 7 (10), 1:28 | 12 May 2023 | York Hall, London, England | For vacant WBO European cruiserweight title |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Darryl Sharp | PTS | 6 | 3 Dec 2022 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Erik Nazaryan | PTS | 4 | 7 Oct 2022 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 29 | Loss | 26–3 | Dan Azeez | TKO | 7 (12), 2:27 | 20 Nov 2021 | Wembley Arena, London, England | For vacant British light-heavyweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Liam Conroy | KO | 6 (12), 1:44 | 25 Jun 2021 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 27 | Loss | 25–2 | Ricards Bolotniks | UD | 10 | 26 Sep 2020 | Studio 69, Rīga, Latvia | For WBO European light-heavyweight title; The Golden Contract: light-heavyweight – semi-final |
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Bob Ajisafe | UD | 10 | 14 Dec 2019 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | The Golden Contract: light-heavyweight – quarter-final |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Edgars Sniedze | PTS | 6 | 5 Jul 2019 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Arturs Kulikauskis | PTS | 6 | 9 Nov 2018 | Victoria Warehouse Hotel, Manchester, England | |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Saidou Sall | KO | 1 (6), 0:29 | 13 Oct 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Josip Perkovic | PTS | 8 | 25 Feb 2018 | Victoria Warehouse Hotel, Manchester, England | |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Ratu Latianara | TKO | 1 (6), 1:20 | 7 Oct 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Tamas Kozma | PTS | 8 | 25 Mar 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Frank Buglioni | TKO | 12 (12), 1:56 | 10 Dec 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Lost British light-heavyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Fernando Castaneda | TKO | 3 (10), 2:18 | 24 Sep 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jozsef Kormany | TKO | 2 (6), 1:47 | 29 May 2016 | Goodison Park, Liverpool, England | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Michal Ludwiczak | TKO | 4 (6), 2:58 | 7 May 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Miles Shinkwin | TKO | 6 (12), 1:13 | 27 Feb 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant British light-heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Elvis Dube | PTS | 6 | 19 Sep 2015 | Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Nathan King | PTS | 6 | 18 Jul 2015 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Joe Hillerby | TKO | 4 (4), 2:23 | 4 Apr 2015 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marko Martinjak | TKO | 5 (6), 1:56 | 29 Nov 2014 | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Tsvetozar Iliev | TKO | 4 (4), 1:13 | 13 Sep 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Valentin Freulon | PTS | 8 | 19 Apr 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Moses Matovu | PTS | 4 | 22 Feb 2014 | Hull Arena, Hull, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jahmaine Smyle | TKO | 1 (6), 1:37 | 1 Jun 2013 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Carl Wild | PTS | 6 | 8 Mar 2013 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | James Tucker | PTS | 4 | 12 Oct 2012 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Pawel Trebinski | PTS | 4 | 22 Jun 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Danny Brown | PTS | 4 | 8 Jun 2012 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Robert Studzinski | PTS | 4 | 27 Apr 2012 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Viktor Tzonev | KO | 1 (4), 2:30 | 11 Mar 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |