# Shakeel Phinn

Shakeel Phinn (born October 31, 1990) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBC–NABF and IBF North American super middleweight titles since 2019.

## Early life

Phinn was born on October 31, 1990, in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. His father, Benjamin, was an amateur boxer. Phinn played running back at Champlain College Saint-Lambert, where he was named team offensive MVP for the 2010–11 season. He joined oneXone Boxing Gym in Saint-Hubert initially to stay conditioned and work on his footwork. He was quickly drawn into the sport and enrolled as an amateur fighter at the gym, competing in his first amateur bout at the age of 21. Within a year, he won the Quebec provincial championship.

## Professional career

Phinn made his professional debut on January 31, 2015, defeating Eddie Gates via fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) in Gatineau, Quebec. However, he lost in his second bout that April against compatriot Roody Rene on the Adonis Stevenson–Sakio Bika undercard in Quebec City. After three straight victories he knocked out the third-ranked Canadian super middleweight Guillaume Tremblay-Coude in November, although he suffered the first knockdown of his career in the fight. Three months later, just over a year after turning pro, he beat hometown hero Paul Bzdel in Saskatoon to win the vacant CPBC national super-middleweight title. His unanimous decision (UD) victory headlined the first night of professional boxing held in the city in 16 years. His eventual sixteen-fight winning streak would be snapped in December 2017, when he suffered his second career loss versus undefeated Mexican prospect Ramón Aguiñaga by majority decision (MD) in Montreal, falling to 16–2.
On December 1, 2018, he faced undefeated American Dario Bredicean for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title on the Adonis Stevenson–Oleksandr Gvozdyk undercard in Quebec City, the night Stevenson suffered a life-threatening brain injury that prematurely ended his career. Phinn battled the Chicago native to a controversial majority draw – one judge scored it 98–92 in clear favor of Phinn, but was overruled by the other two who scored it 95–95. After a win over Mexican journeyman Juan Carlos Raygosa, he defeated Argentine southpaw Elio Germán Rafael on June 8, 2019, by tenth-round TKO for the vacant WBC–NABF and IBF North American super-middleweight titles. In November he travelled to Poland to face undefeated local Mateusz Tryc, losing by UD after eight rounds for the third loss of his career.

## Professional boxing record

| 31 fights | 26 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 17 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 3 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 31 | Draw | 26–3–2 | Erik Bazinyan | SD | 10 | May 2, 2024 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | For NABF and vacant WBA Continental (North America) super middleweight titles |
| 30 | Win | 26–3–1 | Rafael Sosa Pintos | TKO | 1 (8), 2:00 | Oct 21, 2023 | Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering, Canada | |
| 29 | Win | 25–3–1 | Ryan Young | UD | 10 | May 27, 2023 | CAA Centre, Brampton, Canada | |
| 28 | Win | 24–3–1 | Vladimir Belujsky | UD | 10 | Nov 12, 2022 | CAA Centre, Brampton, Canada | |
| 27 | Win | 23–3–1 | Josué Castañeda Pérez | TKO | 7 (8), 0:53 | Sep 10, 2022 | CAA Centre, Brampton, Canada | |
| 26 | Win | 22–3–1 | Joaquín Murrieta Lucio | UD | 6 | May 21, 2022 | Bell Sports Complex, Brossard, Canada | |
| 25 | Loss | 21–3–1 | Mateusz Tryc | UD | 8 | Nov 30, 2019 | Nosalowy Dwór Hotel, Zakopane, Poland | |
| 24 | Win | 21–2–1 | Elio Germán Rafael | TKO | 10 (10), 2:34 | Jun 8, 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | For vacant WBC–NABF and IBF North American super middleweight titles |
| 23 | Win | 20–2–1 | Juan Carlos Raygosa | TKO | 5 (8), 1:26 | Mar 23, 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 22 | Draw | 19–2–1 | Dario Bredicean | MD | 10 | Dec 1, 2018 | Centre Vidéotron, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | For vacant IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Crispulo Javier Andino | TKO | 1 (8), 2:30 | Oct 20, 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Mirzet Bajrektarevic | TKO | 6 (8), 0:39 | Jun 9, 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Bartlomiej Grafka | UD | 8 | Apr 19, 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 18 | Loss | 16–2 | Ramón Aguiñaga | MD | 8 | Dec 7, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Mario Aguilar | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | Sep 28, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Bladimir Hernández Cazares | RTD | 4 (10), 3:00 | Aug 19, 2017 | Festival Arena, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas | KO | 2 (8), 1:18 | Jun 15, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Josué Aguilar | DQ | 10 (10), 1:45 | Mar 30, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Víctor Manuel Palacios | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | Feb 9, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Mehdi Madani | KO | 8 (8) | Dec 10, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Tom Vautour | TKO | 3 (6), 0:53 | Oct 15, 2016 | Aitken Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Janne Forsman | TKO | 3 (8), 1:01 | Sep 3, 2016 | Tohu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Jaudiel Zepeda | UD | 8 | May 24, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Guillermo Herrera Campos | TKO | 8 (8), 1:45 | Apr 12, 2016 | Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Paul Bzdel | UD | 10 | Feb 27, 2016 | Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Won vacant CPBC national super middleweight title |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Guillaume Tremblay-Coude | KO | 6 (6) | Nov 20, 2015 | Colisée Cardin, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Chris Aucoin | TKO | 3 (6), 2:21 | Dec 18, 2015 | Bains Mathieu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Colato Boakye | UD | 4 | Aug 11, 2015 | Woodbine Convention Hall, Toronto, Quebec, Canada | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Danny Waters | UD | 4 | Jul 9, 2015 | Tall Cedar's Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Roody Rene | UD | 4 | Apr 4, 2015 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Eddie Gates | TKO | 4 (4), 1:27 | Jan 31, 2015 | Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | |

## Personal life

He co-owns the Donnybrook Boxing Gym in Saint-Henri, Montreal with fellow pro fighter Ian MacKillop. Within a year of its opening, it housed more professional fighters than any other gym in the country.