# Josh Padley

Josh Padley (born 12 November 1995) is an English professional boxer. He is currently ranked as the Number 7 Contender at Lightweight by the WBO, Number 10 by the IBF and Number 12 by the WBC and has challenged once for the WBC lightweight title in 2025. He scored a notable victory over Contender Mark Chamberlain in 2024.

## Professional career
### Padley vs Chamberlain

Padley had the biggest fight of his career up to then against British lightweight Mark Chamberlain at Wembley. The fight took place on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois on September 21, 2024. Going into fight Chamberlain was a big favourite and was expecting to face lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk should he be victorious. The early rounds were close but as the fight went on Padley began to take over, dropping the Portsmouth man in the 8th round. After the fight Padley announced he was returning to the lightweight division.

### Padley vs Stevenson

After an injury to Floyd Schofield, Padley was given a shot at Shakur Stevensons WBC Lightweight title on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol. Despite being a huge underdog Padley put up a spirited performance before eventually being stopped in the ninth round. He was dropped three times leading to his corner throwing in the towel.

## Professional boxing record

| 16 fights | 15 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 4 | 1 |
| By decision | 11 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 16 | Loss | 15-1 | Shakur Stevenson | RTD | 9 (12) | 22 Feb 2025 | The Venue Riyadh Season, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | For WBC lightweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15-0 | Mark Chamberlain | UD | 10 | 21 Sep 2024 | Wembley Stadium, London, England, U.K. | |
| 14 | Win | 14-0 | Conner Lee Doherty | TKO | 4 (6), 0:54 | 2 Mar 2024 | LUFC Banqueting Suite Elland Road, Leeds, England, U.K. | |
| 13 | Win | 13-0 | Lydon Chircop | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 2 Dec 2023 | Hotel Intercontinental, St Julians, Malta | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Clayton Bricknell | TKO | 6 (8), 1:11 | 24 Nov 2023 | LUFC Banqueting Suite Elland Road, Leeds, England, U.K. | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Victor Julio | UD | 6 | 16 Jun 2023 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England, U.K. | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Jimmy First | UD | 10 | 11 Mar 2023 | The Bradford Hotel, Bradford, England, UK | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Mark Butler | TKO | 6 (8), 3:00 | 28 Oct 2022 | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England, U.K | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jordan Ellison | UD | 6 | 28 May 2022 | Platinum Suite, Bramall Lane, Doncaster, England, U.K | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Cristian Narvaez | UD | 6 | 25 Mar 2022 | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England, U.K | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Brayan Mairena | UD | 6 | 18 Feb 2022 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England, U.K | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ezequiel Gregores | UD | 4 | 20 Nov 2021 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England, U.K. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jordan Ellison | UD | 6 | 21 Feb 2020 | Hoilday Inn, Doncaster, England, U.K. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Liam Richards | UD | 6 | 23 Nov 2019 | North Notts Arena, Worksop, England, U.K. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Naeem Ali | UD | 4 | 13 Sep 2019 | Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England, U.K | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jamie Quinn | UD | 4 | 13 Apr 2019 | North Notts Arena, Worksop, England, U.K. | |