Light heavyweight
- Rematch
- Disputed
First fight, 21 Sep 2024: Joshua Buatsi won on points (split decision)
Manchester Arena, Manchester
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Joshua Buatsi
Light heavyweight · 175 lb · 79.4 kg · 33 years old
- Wins
- 20
- Losses
- 1
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 13
65% of wins inside the distanceForm
- WBCNo. 3
- IBONo. 2
Fights
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Next fight
Last fight
W
vs Zach Parker
1 Nov 2025 · MD · 10
Judges' scorecards : 96-94 · 95-95 · 96-94 (WBA record)
Before that
- L22 Feb 2025Callum SmithUD
- W21 Sept 2024Willy Hutchinson*SD
- W3 Feb 2024Dan AzeezUD
- W6 May 2023Pawel StepienUD
- W21 May 2022Craig Richards*UD
- W14 Aug 2021Ricards BolotniksTKO
- W15 May 2021Daniel Blenda Dos SantosTKO
- W4 Oct 2020Marko CalicTKO
- W31 Aug 2019Ryan FordKO
11 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: No. 2
- WBC
3
No. 3
- IBO
2
No. 2
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 3 | · | · | · | · |
| IBO | 2 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 3tracked since Sep 2026
IBF
No longer ranked · best No. 2 (Aug 2021)tracked since Dec 2018
IBO
No longer rankedtracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | No. 3 |
| Dec 2018 | No. 12 |
| Feb 2019 | No. 11 |
| Mar 2019 | No. 9 |
| May 2019 | No. 5 |
| Jun 2019 | No. 4 |
| Nov 2019 | No. 3 |
| Aug 2021 | No. 2 |
| May 2022 | No. 3 |
| Oct 2022 | No. 12 |
| Jan 2023 | No. 14 |
| Mar 2023 | No. 13 |
| Apr 2023 | No. 4 |
| May 2023 | No. 3 |
| Jun 2024 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Nov 2025 | No. 14 |
| Jan 2026 | No. 15 |
| Feb 2026 | No. 9 |
| Mar 2026 | No. 10 |
| Apr 2026 | No. 7 |
| May 2026 | No. 6 |
| Aug 2026 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Sep 2026 | No. 2 |
| Sep 2026 | dropped out of the ranking |