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Gavin McDonnell

Gavin McDonnell (born 30 March 1986) is a British professional boxer who has challenged twice for a world super-bantamweight title: the WBC title in 2017, and the WBA title in 2018. He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Jamie McDonnell.

McDonnell fought Leigh Wood for the vacant British Super-Bantamweight title in Hull on 22 February 2014. McDonnell won the vacant title by TKO in the 6th round. McDonnell's first defense of the British Super-Bantamweight title would come against Josh Wale on 21 May 2014. The contest went the distance of 12 rounds and ended in a split draw, with the judges scoring the contest 115–114 Wale, 115–114 McDonnell and the final judge scoring the bout at 114–114, meaning McDonnell would hold on to the belt.

His next fight came in the form of Vusi Malinga on 25 October 2014 in a contest for the vacant WBO International Super-Bantamweight title. McDonnell dominated the fight from start to finish and also sent Malinga down in the 8th round with a beautiful right hand. The contest went the distance with McDonnell winning by Unanimous Decision. After the win McDonnell was projected to 4th in the British Rankings for the Super-Bantamweight division.

On 16 June 2018, McDonnell outpointed Stuart Hall, 117–111, 117-111 and 115–113 to a unanimous decision victory and successfully defended his WBC regional title.^[1]

On 6 October 2018, McDonnell fought Daniel Roman for the WBA super-bantamweight world title. Roman was winning the fight, ultimately dropping McDonnell in the tenth. McDonnell managed to beat the count, but the referee decided to stop the fight.^[2]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
27	Draw	22–2–3	Andoni Gago	TD	5 (12), 2:34	26 Mar 2021	Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain	For European featherweight title; Majority TD after McDonnell cut from accidental head clash
26	Win	22–2–2	Nathan Kirk	TKO	7 (8), 1:28	4 Oct 2019	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
25	Win	21–2–2	Jamie Speight	PTS	6	19 Jul 2019	Magna Centre, Rotherham, England
24	Loss	20–2–2	Daniel Roman	TKO	10 (12), 2:36	6 Oct 2018	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, US	For WBA super-bantamweight title
23	Win	20–1–2	Stuart Hall	UD	12	16 Jun 2018	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	Retained WBC International super-bantamweight title
22	Win	19–1–2	Gamal Yafai	UD	12	3 Mar 2018	FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England	Won WBC International super-bantamweight title
21	Win	18–1–2	Jozsef Ajtai	TKO	1 (6), 2:04	7 Oct 2017	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
20	Win	17–1–2	Simas Volosinas	PTS	6	1 Jul 2017	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
19	Loss	16–1–2	Rey Vargas	MD	12	25 Feb 2017	Ice Arena, Hull, England	For vacant WBC super-bantamweight title
18	Win	16–0–2	Robin Zamora	PTS	8	10 Sep 2016	The O2 Arena, London, England
17	Win	15–0–2	Jorge Sanchez	UD	12	27 Feb 2016	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England	Won vacant WBC Silver super-bantamweight title
16	Win	14–0–2	Jeromy Parodi	UD	12	24 Oct 2015	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England	Retained European super-bantamweight title
15	Win	13–0–2	Alexander Egorov	UD	12	28 Mar 2015	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England	Won vacant European super-bantamweight title
14	Win	12–0–2	Vusi Malinga	UD	12	25 Oct 2014	Ice Arena, Hull, England	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-bantamweight title
13	Draw	11–0–2	Josh Wale	SD	12	21 May 2014	First Direct Arena, Leeds, England	Retained British super-bantamweight title
12	Win	11–0–1	Leigh Wood	TKO	6 (12), 2:03	22 Feb 2014	Ice Arena, Hull, England	Won vacant British super-bantamweight title
11	Win	10–0–1	Josh Wale	UD	12	28 Sep 2013	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
10	Win	9–0–1	Ross Burkinshaw	TKO	2 (10), 3:00	6 Jul 2013	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England	Retained BBBofC Central Area super-bantamweight title
9	Win	8–0–1	Paul Economides	UD	10	19 Apr 2013	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
8	Win	7–0–1	Dean Anderson	RTD	8 (10), 3:00	1 Dec 2012	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
7	Win	6–0–1	Scott Gladwin	TKO	6 (10), 2:46	1 Sep 2012	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England	Won vacant BBBofC Central Area super-bantamweight title
6	Win	5–0–1	Elemir Rafael	PTS	4	8 Jun 2012	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
5	Draw	4–0–1	Ashley Lane	PTS	4	2 Mar 2012	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
4	Win	4–0	Ryan McNicol	PTS	4	4 Nov 2011	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
3	Win	3–0	Adam Hutchinson	PTS	4	8 Apr 2011	Metrodome, Barnsley, England
2	Win	2–0	Pavels Senkovs	PTS	6	4 Mar 2011	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
1	Win	1–0	Plamen Kostadinov	PTS	4	3 Dec 2010	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England

• Boxing record for Gavin McDonnell from BoxRec (registration required)
• Gavin McDonnell - Profile, News Archive & Current RankingsatBox.Live