Sam Eggington
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 Eggington in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | The Savage |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 October 1993 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 45 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Win by KO | 20 |
| Losses | 9 |
Sam Eggington (born 15 October 1993) is a British professional boxer. He has held the IBO super-welterweight title as well as the British, Commonwealth and European welterweight titles.
Eggington won the vacant Commonwealth welterweight title with seventh-round technical knockout success over Joseph Lamptey from Ghana on 9 May 2015 in Birmingham.[1]
He added the British welterweight title when he beat Glenn Foot by unanimous technical decision at Manchester Arena on 18 July 2015, when the ringside doctor called a halt to the contest at the end of the eighth-round due to a cut near Foot's right eye caused by an accidental head clash.[2]
Eggington lost both his titles to Bradley Skeete on 5 March 2016, going down by unanimous decision at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.[3]
A 10th round knockout of Spain's defending champion, Ceferino Rodríguez, saw Eggington become the European welterweight champion at Birmingham's Utilita Arena on 13 May 2017.[4]
He lost the belt via split decision to Mohamed Mimoune from France in his next fight on 17 October 2017 at Manchester Arena.[5]
Having moved up in weight divisions, Eggington won the vacant IBO super-welterweight World title on 25 June 2022, with a unanimous decision victory against Polish boxer Przemyslaw Zysk at Coventry Skydome.[6]
Once again his title reign was a short one as he lost in his first defence by majority decision to Ireland's Australia-based Dennis Hogan at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, on 8 October 2022.[7]
On 1 March 2024, Eggington failed in his bid to become a two-time European champion when he lost by majority decision to German Abass Baraou in a contest for the vacant super-welterweight title in Telford.[8]
He returned to winning ways with a six-round points success over Alan Sebastian Velazquez at The Premier Suite in Cannock on 28 November 2024.[9]
Eggington faced WBC International Silver super-welterweight champion Lee Cutler at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 20 April 2025.[10] At the start of the ninth round the fight was stopped on the advice of the ringside doctor due to a cut and swelling near the challenger's eye caused by an accidental clash of heads. As a result the contest went to the judges' scorecards with Eggington ruled the winner by unanimous technical decision.[11][12]
He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the WBC in November 2025.[13][14]
Egginton is scheduled to face Conah Walker in a non-title catchweight bout at University of Wolverhampton at The Halls in Wolverhampton on 2 May 2026.[15]