# The Golden Contract

The Golden Contract is a professional boxing tournament created by boxing management and promotions company MTK Global. The tournament is held across three weight-classes with eight fighters in each class, competing in 10 x 3 minute rounds. The winners of each tournament secure a two-year, five-fight contract with MTK Global that guarantees a six-figure purse for each fight. The tournament is televised live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and streamed through ESPN+ in the United States.

## 2019/2020

The Golden Contract's inaugural tournament is being contested across the featherweight, super-lightweight and light-heavyweight divisions.

### Featherweight

Competitors in the featherweight edition are; Britain's Ryan Walsh, Leigh Wood, Jazza Dickens and Tyrone McCullagh; Ireland's David Oliver Joyce; Mexico's Carlos Araujo; Spain's Carlos Ramos; and Hairon Socarras of Cuba. With Britain's Razaq Najib and Jacob Robinson in reserve. The quarter-final bouts took place on 4 October 2019 at the York Hall, London, and the semi-finals on 21 February 2020 at the same venue. The final was originally set to take place in June, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the date was pushed back to 30 September.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ryan Walsh | TKO 8 | | |
| Hairon Socarras | | | |
| Hairon Socarras | | Ryan Walsh | UD |
| | | Tyrone Mccullagh | |
| Tyrone McCullagh | UD | Tyrone Mccullagh | |
| Razaq Najib | | | | | |
| Razaq Najib | | | | Ryan Walsh | – |
| | | | | Jazza Dickens | UD |
| Leigh Wood | TKO 9 | | | Jazza Dickens | UD |
| David Oliver Joyce | | | | | |
| David Oliver Joyce | | Leigh Wood | | | |
| | | Jazza Dickens | MD |
| Jazza Dickens | UD | Jazza Dickens | MD |
| Carlos Ramos | | | |
^Note 1 Araujo failed to make weight; Najib brought in as replacement

### Super-lightweight

Competitors in the super-lightweight edition are; Britain's Tyrone McKenna, Ohara Davies, Jeff Ofori, Darren Surtees, Kieran Gething and Mikey Sakyi; America's Logan Yoon; and France's Mohamed Mimoune. The quarter-final bouts took place on 22 November 2019 at the York Hall, London, and the semi-finals on 21 February 2020. The final was originally set to take place in June, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the date was pushed back to 30 September.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ohara Davies | RTD 7 | | |
| Logan Yoon | | | |
| Logan Yoon | | Ohara Davies | TKO |
| | | Jeff Ofori | |
| Kieran Gething | | Jeff Ofori | |
| Jeff Ofori | Draw | | | | |
| Jeff Ofori | Draw | | | Ohara Davies | MD |
| | | | | Tyrone McKenna | – |
| Tyrone McKenna | UD | | | Tyrone McKenna | – |
| Mikey Sakyi | | | | | |
| Mikey Sakyi | | Tyrone McKenna | UD | | |
| | | Mohamed Mimoune | |
| Mohamed Mimoune | TKO 5 | Mohamed Mimoune | |
| Darren Surtees | | | |
^Note 1 Ofori replaced Lewis Benson due to injury

### Light-heavyweight

Competitors in the light-heavyweight edition are; Britain's Hosea Burton, Steven Ward, Liam Conroy, Tommy Philbin, Andre Sterling and Bob Ajisafe; Germany's Serge Michel; and Latvia's Ričards Bolotņiks. The quarter-final bouts took place on 14 December 2019 at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood. The semi-finals were originally scheduled to take place on 20 March 2020 at the York Hall in London, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event was rescheduled to take place in September, being split over two nights; the first bout, featuring Bolotniks, took place in Bolotniks' hometown of Rīga, Latvia, on 26 September; the second bout will take place on the same card as the featherweight and super-lightweight finals on 30 September at the York Hall in London.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Bob Ajisafe | – | | |
| Hosea Burton | UD | | |
| Hosea Burton | UD | Hosea Burton | – |
| | | Ričards Bolotņiks | UD |
| Steven Ward | – | Ričards Bolotņiks | UD |
| Ričards Bolotņiks | TKO | | | | |
| Ričards Bolotņiks | TKO | | | Ričards Bolotņiks | TKO |
| | | | | Serge Michel | – |
| Andre Sterling | – | | | Serge Michel | – |
| Liam Conroy | UD | | | | |
| Liam Conroy | UD | Liam Conroy | – | | |
| | | Serge Michel | TKO |
| Tommy Philbin | – | Serge Michel | TKO |
| Serge Michel | UD | | |