Shakiel Thompson

Shakiel Thompson (born 19 April 1997) is an English professional boxer. He has held the IBF European and WBO Global middleweight titles since April 2024.

Shakiel Thompson
Born	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 28)[1] Sheffield, Yorkshire, England[1]
Other names	Dr Steel[1]
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[2]
Total fights	14
Wins	14
Wins by KO	10

Career

Thompson made his professional boxing debut at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Sheffield on 12 October 2018, stopping Geiboord Omier just 42 seconds into the first of their scheduled four-round contest.^[3]

Having amassed a perfect record of 11 wins from 11 pro-fights, he claimed the vacant IBF European and WBO Global middleweight titles with an eighth round stoppage win over Bulgarian boxer Vladimir Georgiev at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on 20 April 2024.^[4][5]

Thompson made the first defense of his titles against River Wilson-Bent at Park Community Arena in Sheffield on 27 September 2024. He knocked his opponent to the canvas four times before the referee halted the bout in the third round.^[6][7]

Returning to Park Community Arena for his next outing, he stopped David Benitez in the fourth round of a non-title eight-round contest on 7 February 2025.^[8][9]