Joshua Buatsi
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Just Business
Weight(s)	Light heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 1⁄2 in (187 cm)
Reach	74 1⁄2 in (189 cm)
Nationality	British Ghanaian
Born	(1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 26) Tema, Ghana
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	12
Wins	12
Wins by KO	10
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Light heavyweight European Amateur Championships 2015 Samokov Light heavyweight Representing  England English National Championships 2013 London Light-heavyweight 2014 Liverpool Light-heavyweight 2015 Liverpool Light-heavyweight

Joshua Buatsi (born 14 March 1993) is a Ghanaian-born British professional boxer. He has held the British light heavyweight title since March 2019. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1]

Early life

Buatsi was born on 14 March 1993 in Accra, Ghana.^[2] After his family moved to the UK, they resided in Croydon. Buatsi studied at Edenham High School. Buatsi graduated with a 2:1 degree in Management with Sports Science from St Mary's University, Twickenham, while also competing as an amateur boxer.^[3]

Amateur career

Joshua started his early boxing career at the South Norwood and Victory club, Charnwood Road, Crystal Palace, London, England. His trainer, Terry Smith, worked hard with Josh right up until he signed with Herne’s Matchroom Boxing. Mark Gillespie, the second coach at SNaV, followed Josh into the professional circuit both leaving their amateur roots.

At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Buatsi defeated Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak in his semifinal and Dutch boxer Peter Müllenberg in the final of the light-heavyweight tournament to secure his place in Rio as part of the Great Britain team.^[3][4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's light-heavyweight competition, he defeated Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan with a third round knock-out, to progress to the quarter finals.^[5]

Professional career

Early career

Buatsi made his professional debut on 1 July 2017, when he fought Carlos Mena at The O2 Arena. Buatsi won the fight by knockout in the second round. He next fought on 1 September against Baptiste Castegnaro, winning by knockout in the fifth round. On 28 October 2017, on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Buatsi fought Saidou Sall in a six round bout, winning the bout 60-54.

Buatsi’s first fight of 2018 was against Jordan Joseph, he won the bout by stoppage in the second round after Joseph’s corner threw the towel in. He went on to defeat Bartlomiej Grafka 60-54 over six rounds on 31 March and Stephane Cuevas by knockout in the fifth round on the undercard of Tony Bellew vs David Haye on 5 May.

On 23 March 2019, Buatsi defeated Liam Conroy via technical knockout in round three to claim the vacant British light heavyweight title at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
12	Win	12–0	Ryan Ford	KO	7 (12), 1:07	31 Aug 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England	Retained WBA International light heavyweight title
11	Win	11–0	Marco Antonio Peribán	TKO	4 (10), 1:39	1 Jun 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	Retained WBA International light heavyweight title
10	Win	10–0	Liam Conroy	TKO	3 (12), 1:53	23 Mar 2019	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Won vacant British light heavyweight title
9	Win	9–0	Renold Quinlan	TKO	1 (10), 1:50	22 Dec 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England	Retained WBA International light heavyweight title
8	Win	8–0	Tony Averlant	TKO	1 (10), 2:53	13 Oct 2018	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	Retained WBA International light heavyweight title
7	Win	7–0	Andrejs Pokumeiko	TKO	1 (10), 1:51	28 Jul 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England	Won vacant WBA International light heavyweight title
6	Win	6–0	Stephane Cuevas	TKO	5 (8), 0:50	5 May 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Bartlomiej Grafka	PTS	6	31 Mar 2018	Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
4	Win	4–0	Jordan Joseph	TKO	2 (6), 2:43	3 Feb 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Saidou Sall	PTS	6	28 Oct 2017	Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
2	Win	2–0	Baptiste Castegnaro	TKO	5 (6), 1:06	1 Sep 2017	York Hall, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Carlos Mena	TKO	2 (6), 1:19	1 Jul 2017	The O2 Arena, London, England

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Joshua Buatsi from BoxRec
• Joshua Buatsi at AIBA
• Joshua Buatsi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com