Nickname(s) The Hammer Wins by KO 9 Martial art Boxing Siblings Zac Burton | Nationality British Wins 18 Height 1.93 m Total fights 19 | |
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Similar Frank Buglioni, Scott Quigg, Callum Smith, Joe Gallagher, Dillian Whyte | ||
Hosea Burton (born 14 September 1988) is a British boxer who was ABA champion at middleweight as an amateur and as a professional became British light heavyweight champion in February 2016.
Career
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne and based in Manchester, Burton was successful as an amateur, winning the ABA senior middleweight title in 2009, beating Kirk Garvey in the final.
Trained by Joe Gallagher, he had his first professional fight in March 2012 at super middleweight, a first round stoppage of Viktor Tzonev. After winning all of his first 14 fights, he faced (the also unbeaten) Miles Shinkwin on 27 February 2016 at the Manchester Arena for the British light heavyweight title vacated by Bob Ajisafe. He had Shinkwin down in the second and fifth rounds and stopped him in the sixth to become British champion.
Burton is a cousin of Tyson Fury.
