Cheavon Clarke

Cheavon Clarke (born 14 December 1990) is a Jamaican-British professional boxer. At regional level, he held the British cruiserweight title from 2024 to April 2025. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships; and bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth and 2019 European Games.

Cheavon Clarke
Born	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 34) Montego Bay, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican British
Statistics
Weight(s)	Cruiserweight
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Boxing record
Total fights	12
Wins	10
Wins by KO	7
Losses	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk[a] Heavyweight Representing  England European Championships 2017 Kharkiv Heavyweight EU Championships 2018 Valladolid Heavyweight Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Heavyweight

Amateur career

Clarke competed for Jamaica in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland.^[1] After changing allegiances to represent Great Britain and England,^[2] he won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships.^[3]

He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia^[4] and also won bronze at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.^[5]

Clarke competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia^[6] and the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics^[7] but failed to win a medal at either event.

Professional career

Clarke turned professional in January 2022, signing a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing^[8] and made his pro-debut on 27 February that year knocking out Croatia's Toni Visic in round two at The O2 Arena in London, England.^[9]

On 27 January 2024, he won his first professional title, claiming the vacant WBA cruiserweight Intercontinental belt with a fourth-round stoppage of Tommy McCarthy at Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.^[10]

In his next fight, Clarke won the vacant British cruiserweight title by knocking out Ellis Zorro in round eight of their contest at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England, on 25 May 2024.^[11]

Defending the WBA Intercontinental title, Clarke defeated Efetobor Apochi by majority decision at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, on 31 August 2024, with two ringside judges scoring the fight in his favour 98-92 and 97-93 respectively while the third had it a 95-95 draw.^[12][13]

Clarke fought unbeaten French boxer Leonardo Mosquea for the vacant European cruiserweight title in Monte Carlo on 14 December 2024, suffering his first loss as a professional by split decision with one judge scoring in his favour 117-113 but being overruled by the other two who had the bout 116-112 and 115-112 respectively for his opponent.^[14][15]

Clarke defended his British title against English cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn on 26 April 2025 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. ^[16] He lost by unanimous decision.^[17][18]

Professional boxing record

12 fights	10 wins	2 losses
By knockout	7	0
By decision	3	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
12	Loss	10–2	Viddal Riley	UD	12	26 Apr 2025	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England	Lost British cruiserweight title
11	Loss	10–1	Leonardo Mosquea	SD	12	14 Dec 2024	Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco
10	Win	10–0	Efetobor Apochi	MD	10	31 Aug 2024	Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, US	Retained WBA Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
9	Win	9–0	Ellis Zorro	KO	8 (12), 2:59	25 May 2024	First Direct Arena, Leeds, England	Won vacant British cruiserweight title
8	Win	8–0	Tommy McCarthy	TKO	4 (10), 1:28	27 Jan 2024	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
7	Win	7–0	Vasil Ducar	UD	10	30 Sep 2023	Wembley Arena, London, England
6	Win	6–0	David Jamieson	TKO	5 (10), 0:35	10 Jun 2023	Wembley Arena, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Israel Duffus	UD	10	18 Feb 2023	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
4	Win	4–0	Jose Gregorio Ulrich	TKO	2 (6), 0:32	26 Nov 2022	Wembley Arena, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Marcos Nicolas Karalitzky	TKO	4 (6), 2:21	24 Sep 2022	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
2	Win	2–0	Pawel Martyniuk	TKO	3 (6), 1:10	21 May 2022	The O2 Arena, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Toni Visić	KO	2 (6), 2:01	27 Feb 2022	The O2 Arena, London, England

Notes

1. Also designated as the 2019 men's European Championships