# Ted Bami

Ted Bami Minsende (born 2 March 1978 in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)) is a former professional boxer. Nicknamed "Dangerous", Bami is a former European light welterweight champion and British light welterweight title challenger. He was until recently the trainer of his nephew, British boxer Isaac Chamberlain. Bami and Chamberlain parted ways following Chamberlain's accusations of theft; however, in May 2018, the Boxing Board of Control cleared Bami of all accusations and he remained Chamberlain's Manager until 2020.

## Biography

Bami was born in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) but has lived in Britain since the age of 12, having left Zaire to avoid the civil war in the country at that time. He was raised by his uncle who first introduced him to boxing at 15. Bami is self-managed and is trained by James Cook.

## Professional career

Bami made his professional boxing debut in September 1998, with a first round stoppage of Des Sowden. In his second professional fight, Bami knocked out Gary Reid in the 2nd round of a scheduled 4 round contest. Reid would go on to challenge for the commonwealth light welterweight title. Bami's first setback came when he was knocked out by Jacek Bielski in his fourth fight.

### Rise to prominence

On 17 August 2002, Bami knocked out the previously undefeated Bradley Pryce in the 6th round. Pryce has since gone on to challenge for the British welterweight title and win the Commonwealth title in the light middleweight division.
In April, 2003, Bami won the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) light welterweight title with a 9th round knockout of Vasile 'Laszlo' Herteg. On 26 July 2003, in his first defence of the title, Bami was knocked out by South African Samuel Malinga, who had previously defeated Colin Lynes.
Following the defeat to Malinga, Bami spent the next couple of years fighting mid-level European opposition. During this period his biggest wins were over Hungarian Jozsef Matolcsi, Russian Viktor Baranov and Poland's Rafał Jackiewicz.

### European title

On 14 September 2006, following an injury to Jason Cook, Bami received a late call to fight for the vacant European light welterweight title against Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who had previously lost against Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter. On 22 September 2006, despite having a point deducted for headbutting, Bami defeated Lauri via a unanimous points decision with scores of 117-112 twice and 118-111.
On 30 March 2007, Bami scored another unanimous points decision over Lauri in a rematch for the title. Bami vacated the title following an injury.

### British title

On 14 March 2008, Bami challenged David Barnes for the vacant British light welterweight title. Bami was defeated via a unanimous points decision, in a fight which Barnes controlled with his jab. In July, 2008, Bami returned to winning ways with a 7th round knockout of Stuart Elwell via a body shot.

### Prizefighter 3: The Welterweights

On 24 October 2008, Bami was defeated in the final of the 3rd Prizefighter tournament by Michael Lomax. Bami, favourite going into the tournament, defeated Andrew Ferrans via knockout and Mark Lloyd on points on his way to the final.

### Bami vs. Hatton

On 28 March 2009, Bami was defeated by Matthew Hatton in a 6th round stoppage in an eliminator for the IBO welterweight Title. After the fight, Bami announced that he would continue with his boxing career stating "People now think Ted Bami is over but I’m not over."

## Championships held

* European Light Welterweight title
* WBF Light Welterweight title

## Professional boxing record

| 33 fights | 26 wins | 7 losses |
| By knockout | 13 | 4 |
| By decision | 13 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 33 | Loss | 26–7 | Bradley Pryce | TKO | 2 (8), 3:00 | 9 Jul 2010 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 32 | Loss | 26–6 | Gavin Rees | UD | 3 | 4 Dec 2009 | Olympia, London, England | Prizefighter Light Welterweight Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 31 | Loss | 26–5 | Matthew Hatton | TKO | 6 (12), 2:03 | 28 Mar 2009 | Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England | |
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Michael Lomax | SD | 3 | 24 Oct 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter Welterweight Tournament Final |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Mark Lloyd | UD | 3 | 24 Oct 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter Welterweight Tournament Semi-Final |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Andrew Ferrans | TKO | 1 (3), 1:43 | 24 Oct 2008 | York Hall, London England | Prizefighter Welterweight Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Stuart Elwell | TKO | 7 (8), 2:42 | 4 Jul 2008 | Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | |
| 26 | Loss | 23–3 | David Barnes | UD | 12 | 14 Mar 2008 | George Carnall Leisure Centre, Manchester, England | For vacant British light welterweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Nicolas Guisset | PTS | 8 | 25 Jan 2008 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England | |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Giuseppe Lauri | UD | 12 | 30 Mar 2007 | K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley, England | Retained European light welterweight title |
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Giuseppe Lauri | UD | 12 | 22 Sep 2006 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant European light welterweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Maurycy Gojko | KO | 4 (6), 1:25 | 24 Feb 2006 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England | |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Silence Saheed | PTS | 6 | 21 Oct 2005 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Ricardo Daniel Silva | KO | 2 (10), 3:00 | 13 Feb 2005 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Rafał Jackiewicz | PTS | 8 | 8 Oct 2004 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 | Viktor Baranov | TKO | 2 (8), 2:05 | 8 May 2004 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England | |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | József Matolcsi | PTS | 6 | 31 Jan 2004 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Zoltán Surman | TKO | 3 (6), 1:24 | 9 Oct 2003 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 15 | Loss | 13–2 | Samuel Malinga | TKO | 3 (12), 1:45 | 26 Jul 2003 | The Pavilions, Plymouth, England | Lost WBF (Federation) light welterweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Vasile Herteg | TKO | 9 (12), 0:43 | 12 Apr 2003 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant WBF (Federation) light welterweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Andrey Devyataykin | TKO | 1 (8), 2:43 | 8 Mar 2003 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Sergey Starkov | PTS | 4 | 7 Dec 2002 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Adam Zadworny | PTS | 4 | 16 Oct 2002 | Leisure Centre, Maesteg, Wales | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Bradley Pryce | TKO | 6 (6), 2:58 | 17 Aug 2002 | Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Keith Jones | TKO | 4 (4), 1:07 | 23 Jun 2002 | Elephant & Castle Centre, London, England | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Michael Smyth | KO | 4 (6) | 19 Mar 2002 | Montem Leisure Centre, Slough, England | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Lance Crosby | PTS | 6 | 31 Jul 2001 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Francie Barrett | PTS | 6 | 5 May 2001 | Lee Valley Leisure Centre, London, England | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Keith Jones | PTS | 4 | 29 Mar 2001 | Novotel Hotel, London, England | |
| 4 | Loss | 3–1 | Jacek Bielski | KO | 4 (6) | 8 Sep 2000 | Novotel Hotel, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | David Kehoe | PTS | 4 | 10 Mar 2000 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Gary Reid | TKO | 2 (4), 0:53 | 11 Feb 1999 | Town Hall, Dudley, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Des Sowden | TKO | 1 (4), 1:26 | 26 Sep 1998 | Elephant & Castle Centre, London, England | |