Thomas Patrick Ward

Thomas Patrick Ward (born 15 May 1994) is a British professional boxer. He has held the NABA super-bantamweight title since 2019,^[2] and previously held the British super-bantamweight title in 2017.^[3]

Thomas Patrick Ward
Born	(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 31) County Durham, England
Nationality	British
Other names	Taylor Ward[1]
Statistics
Weight	Super-bantamweight
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	34
Wins by KO	5
Losses	2
Draws	1

Professional career

Born in County Durham in 1994, and based in West Rainton, Ward had a junior amateur record of 60 wins from 64 fights, including winning a gold medal at the European under-17s championship in Ukraine, and was voted Best Junior Boxer by the ABA.^[4][5]

He turned professional at the age of 17 without having any senior amateur fights,^[4] and made his professional debut in July 2012 with a points win over Elemir Rafael.

By 2017 he had won 20 straight fights, including wins over former Ghanaian bantamweight champion Isaac Owusu, Nasibu Ramadhan, Everth Briceno, and Robbie Turley, leading to a British title shot.

Ward challenged for Jazza Dickens' British title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds in May 2017. An accidental clash of heads in the ninth round left Ward with a cut above his left eye that caused the fight to be stopped. Ahead on the scorecards at the time, Ward became British champion.^[6] He made one successful defence of the title in November, beating Sean Davis by unanimous decision.^[7][8]

Professional boxing record

36 fights	34 wins	1 loss
By knockout	5	1
By decision	29	0
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
35	Win	34–1–1	Amani Bariki	PTS	8	16 Mar 2024	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
35	Loss	33–1–1	Otabek Kholmatov	TKO	5 (12), 2:58	4 Mar 2023	Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England
34	Win	33–0–1	Ally Mwerangi	TKO	3 (10), 3:00	17 Jul 2022	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
33	Win	32–0–1	Alexis Boureima Kabore	PTS	10	25 Mar 2022	Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England
32	Win	31–0–1	Leonardo Padilla	UD	10	18 Dec 2021	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
31	Win	30–0–1	Edy Valencia Mercado	UD	10	12 Jun 2021	Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, England
30	Draw	29–0–1	Thomas Essomba	TD	8 (10), 3:00	17 Oct 2020	East of England Arena, Peterborough, England	Split TD after Ward cut from accidental head clash
29	Win	29–0	Martin Casillas	UD	8	22 Nov 2019	Caesars Palace, Dubai, UAE
28	Win	28–0	Yesner Talavera	PTS	10	28 Sep 2019	Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle, England
27	Win	27–0	Brayan Mairena	PTS	8	20 Jul 2019	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
26	Win	26–0	Jesse Angel Hernandez	UD	10	15 Feb 2019	Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane, Kansas, U.S.	Won vacant WBA-NABA super-bantamweight title
25	Win	25–0	Tom Tran	KO	1 (4), 2:58	13 Oct 2018	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
24	Win	24–0	Alvaro Rodriguez	UD	10	27 Jul 2018	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England	Won vacant IBF European super-bantamweight title
23	Win	23–0	Lesther Cantillano	TKO	5 (6), 2:05	10 Mar 2018	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
22	Win	22–0	Sean Davis	UD	12	11 Nov 2017	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	Retained British super-bantamweight title
21	Win	21–0	Jazza Dickens	TD	9 (12), 1:12	13 May 2017	First Direct Arena, Leeds, England	Won British super-bantamweight title; Unanimous TD after Ward cut from accidental head clash
20	Win	20–0	Simon Volosinas	PTS	6	4 Mar 2017	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
19	Win	19–0	Norbert Kalucza	KO	4 (6), 2:55	8 Oct 2016	Leisure Centre, Ashington, England
18	Win	18–0	Elvis Guillen	PTS	6	10 Jul 2016	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
17	Win	17–0	Robbie Turley	UD	10	5 Mar 2016	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
16	Win	16–0	Everth Briceno	PTS	6	20 Nov 2015	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
15	Win	15–0	Nasibu Ramadhani	PTS	10	19 Sep 2015	Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, England
14	Win	14–0	Dmitrijs Gutmans	PTS	6	5 Jul 2015	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
13	Win	13–0	Giorgi Gachechiladze	PTS	6	8 Mar 2015	Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, England
12	Win	12–0	Isaac Owusu	PTS	6	6 Feb 2015	Village Urban Resort, Blackpool, England
11	Win	11–0	Chris Adaway	PTS	6	13 Dec 2014	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England
10	Win	10–0	Jamie Quinn	PTS	4	12 Oct 2014	Temple Park Leisure Centre, North Shields, England
9	Win	9–0	Antonio Horvatic	PTS	4	6 Sep 2014	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
8	Win	8–0	Michael Ramabeletsa	PTS	6	7 Jun 2014	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
7	Win	7–0	Qasim Hussain	PTS	4	29 Mar 2014	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
6	Win	6–0	Qasim Hussain	PTS	4	7 Dec 2013	Centre for Sport, Newcastle, England
5	Win	5–0	Adrian Fuzesi	PTS	6	13 Sep 2013	Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, England
4	Win	4–0	Ben Morrish	PTS	4	7 Jul 2013	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
3	Win	3–0	Delroy Spencer	PTS	4	24 Nov 2012	02 Academy, Newcastle, England
2	Win	2–0	David Lake	TKO	4 (4), 2:27	9 Sep 2012	02 Academy, Newcastle, England
1	Win	1–0	Elemir Rafael	PTS	4	15 Jun 2012	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England