John McDermott (born 26 February 1980) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2013. He is a three-time challenger for the British heavyweight title and won the English heavyweight title on two occasions, in April 2008 and in his last fight in March 2013.
Professional career On 18 April 2008, McDermott won the vacant BBBofC English heavyweight title, knocking out Pele Reid in the second round. He had fought for the same title in 2004 losing on that occasion to Mark Krence.
In September 2007, he had also become the mandatory challenger for a second shot at the British title after beating Scott Gammer on points over 10 rounds. He had fought for the title once before in December 2005 losing in the 1st round to Matt Skelton.
McDermott faced Danny Williams at Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham on 18 July 2008 for the British Title, but was defeated controversially by a majority points decision. He was defeated again in the rematch on 2 May 2009, via a split points decision.
McDermott lost his English heavyweight title to future world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in another controversial decision on 11 September. Referee Terry O'Connor, scored the fight 98–92 in favour of Fury. After the referee handed the decision to Fury, Sky Sports commentator Jim Watt asked; "Has he [O'Connor] got the names mixed up?" Jim Watt along with other commentators Glenn McCrory, Johnny Nelson all scored the fight to McDermott, as did David Haye. Fury defeated McDermott in a rematch on 25 June 2010. McDermott won a unanimous points decision against Matt Skelton on 16 March 2013 to regain the English Heavyweight title. He never defended this belt and the vacant title was eventually contested in June 2018, when Daniel Dubois stopped Tom Little.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Win28–8Matt Skelton10 15 Mar 201335Win27–8Pavels DolgovsTKO4 (6), 24 Feb 201234Loss26–8David PriceKO1 (12), 21 Jan 201233Win26–7Larry OlubamiwoTKO1 (10), 19 Feb 201132Loss25–7Tyson FuryTKO9 (12), 25 Jun 201031Loss25–6Tyson FuryPTS10 11 Sep 200930Loss25–5Danny Williams12 2 May 200929Loss25–4Danny Williams12 18 Jul 200828Win25–3Pelé ReidTKO2 (10), 18 Apr 200827Win24–3Daniil PeretyatkoPTS6 1 Feb 200826Win23–3Scott GammerPTS10 29 Sep 200725Win22–3Luke SimpkinTKO2 (6), 15 Jun 200724Win21–3Paul KingPTS6 2 Mar 200723Win20–3Vitali ShkrabaTKO1 (6), 26 Jan 200722Loss19–3Matt SkeltonTKO1 (12), 10 Dec 200521Win19–2Alvin MillerKO1 (6), 8 Apr 200520Loss18–2Mark KrencePTS10 11 Dec 200419Win18–1Suren KalachyanTKO7 (8) 30 Jul 2004 18Win17–1James Zikic4 (6), 13 May 200417Loss16–1Nikolay PopovTKO2 (8) 18 Sep 200316Win16–0Kostyantyn PryziukPTS8 8 May 200315Win15–0Derek McCaffertyPTS4 15 Feb 200314Win14–0Jason BrewsterTKO1 (8), 14 Dec 200213Win13–0Mindaugas KulikauskasPTS6 12 Oct 200212Win12–0Oleksandr MileikoTKO2 (6), 14 Sep 200211Win11–0Martin RoodtmanTKO1 (6), 4 May 200210Win10–0Tony BoothTKO1 (6), 19 Jan 20029Win9–0Gordon MinortsTKO3 (6), 24 Nov 20018Win8–0Gary WilliamsTKO4 (4), 22 Sep 20017Win7–0Luke SimpkinPTS6 9 Jun 20016Win6–0Mal RiceTKO2 (6), 26 Mar 20015Win5–0Alexey OsokinPTS4 24 Feb 20014Win4–0Eamon Glennon1 (4), 27 Jan 20013Win3–0Geoff HunterTKO1 (4) 13 Nov 20002Win2–0Gary Williams4 21 Oct 20001Win1–0Alvin Miller1 (4)23 Sep 2000
References
External links
at BritishBoxing.net