Danny Dignum
{{short description|English boxer}}
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| weight = Middleweight
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1992|3|17}}
| birth_place = Essex, England
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| style = Southpaw
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| total = 19
| wins = 16
| KO = 9
| losses = 2
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{{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Combat Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 St. Petersburg | Light-heavyweight}}
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Danny Dignum (born 17 March 1992{{Cite web |last=Astbury |first=Matt |date=21 May 2021 |title=Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Danny Dignum: Date, fight time, TV channel and live stream {{!}} DAZN News Mexico |url=https://www.dazn.com/en-MX/news/boxing/janibek-alimkhanuly-vs-danny-dignum-date-fight-time-tv-channel-and-live-stream/10pvhxdtcfy912yn4j3bwhdbp |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=DAZN |language=}}) is an English professional boxer who has held the WBO European middleweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Combat Games.
Early life
Danny Dignum was born on 17 March 1992 in Essex, England. He attended St. Margaret's primary school in his home town of Bowers Gifford before attending The Appleton School in South Benfleet. He worked alongside his dad and twin brother as a tarmacer and concreter before taking up boxing full time. After his parents became fed up of he and his twin brother fighting, both began boxing at the age of nine on their father's suggestion.{{Cite web|last=Lupton|first=James|date=22 March 2018|title=Climbing the ladder: Danny Dignum interview|url=https://www.boxingmonthly.com/stories/danny-dignum-interview/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605175627/https://www.boxingmonthly.com/stories/danny-dignum-interview/ |archive-date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020|website=Boxing Monthly|language=en-GB}}
Amateur career
During a career in which he had around 85 fights with approximately 70 wins, he won the 2012 ABA Championships,{{Cite web|last=Aldous|first=Ian|date=19 January 2020|title=On the verge of big things - Danny Dignum Interview ⋆ Boxing News 24|url=https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/01/on-the-verge-of-big-things-danny-dignum-interview/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605185502/https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/01/on-the-verge-of-big-things-danny-dignum-interview/ |archive-date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020|website=Boxing News 24|language=en-US}} a bronze medal at the 2013 World Combat Games{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 October 2013|title=Marshall takes World Combat Games gold|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/marshall-takes-world-combat-games-gold?name=marshall-takes-world-combat-games-gold|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605141515/https://www.teamgb.com/news/marshall-takes-world-combat-games-gold?name=marshall-takes-world-combat-games-gold |archive-date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020|website=www.teamgb.com|language=en}} and competed at the 2014 European Union Championships as part of the GB Boxing team.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 August 2014|title=Danny Dignum crashes out of the European Union of Boxing Championships event in Sofia|url=https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/sport/11426019.danny-dignum-crashes-out-of-the-european-union-of-boxing-championships-event-in-sofia/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605185501/https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/sport/11426019.danny-dignum-crashes-out-of-the-european-union-of-boxing-championships-event-in-sofia/ |archive-date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020|website=Thurrock Gazette|language=en}}
Professional career
Dignum made his professional debut on 26 November 2016, scoring a second-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Jimmy White at the Wembley Arena in London.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BoxRec: Danny Dignum vs. Jimmy White|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/741595/2116894|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 June 2020|website=boxrec.com}}
After compiling a record of 11–0 (5 KOs) he faced Conrad Cummings for the vacant WBO European middleweight title on 9 November 2019 at the York Hall in London. In a fight which saw Cummings receive a point deduction in the second round for repeated use of his elbow and suffer a cut in the fourth from an accidental head clash, Dignum captured the WBO European title via fifth-round TKO after referee Howard Foster stopped the contest to save Cummings from further punishment.{{Cite web|last=Fullerton|first=Gareth|date=9 November 2019|title=Conrad Cummings stopped by Danny Dignum at York Hall|url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/boxing/conrad-cummings-stopped-danny-dignum-17231356|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213010253/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/boxing/conrad-cummings-stopped-danny-dignum-17231356 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |access-date=5 June 2020|website=belfastlive|language=en}} He successfully defended the title four months later on 7 March 2020, defeating Alfredo Meli via ninth-round TKO at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex. Dignum dropped Meli three times with punches to the body – once in the seventh, again in the eighth and for the final time in the ninth – prompting Meli's corner to throw in the towel as the referee called a halt to the contest.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 March 2020|title=Danny Dignum Drops Alfredo Meli Three Times, TKO in Ninth|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/danny-dignum-drops-alfredo-meli-three-times-tko-results--147416|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 June 2020|website=BoxingScene.com|language=en-us}}
Professional boxing record
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| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |
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| 19
|{{no2}}Loss |align=left|{{nowrap|16–2–1}} |align=left|Denzel Bentley |TKO |2 |11 May 2024 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} |align=left|{{small|For vacant WBO international middleweight title}} |
| 18
|{{yes2}}Win |align=left|16–1–1 |align=left|Lukasz Maciec |PTS |8 |14 Apr 2023 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} |align=left| |
| 17
|{{yes2}}Win |15–1–1 |align=left|Dustin Ammann |TKO |3 (6), {{small|1:32}} |17 Mar 2023 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} | |
| 16
|{{no2}}Loss |14–1–1 | style="text-align:left;" |Janibek Alimkhanuly |KO |2 (12), {{small|2:11}} |21 May 2022 | align="left" |{{small|Resorts World Event Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.}} | style="text-align:left;" |{{small|For vacant WBO interim middleweight title}} |
| 15
|{{yes2}}Win |14–0–1 |align=left|Grant Dennis |TKO |6 (10), {{small|2:31}} |11 Feb 2022 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} |align=left|{{small|Retained WBO European middleweight title}} |
| 14
|{{draw}}Draw |13–0–1 |align=left|Andrey Sirotkin |{{abbr|SD|Split draw}} |10 |17 Apr 2021 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Whites Hotel, Bolton, England}} |align=left|{{small|Retained WBO European middleweight title}} |
| 13
|{{yes2}}Win |13–0 |align=left|Alfredo Meli |TKO |9 (10), {{small|0:39}} |7 Mar 2020 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} |align=left|{{small|Retained WBO European middleweight title}} |
| 12
|{{yes2}}Win |12–0 |align=left|Conrad Cummings |TKO |5 (10), {{small|0:21}} |9 Nov 2019 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} |align=left|{{small|Won vacant WBO European middleweight title}} |
| 11
|{{yes2}}Win |11–0 |align=left|Rafał Jackiewicz |PTS |8 |11 May 2019 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} | |
| 10
|{{yes2}}Win |10–0 |align=left|Gianni Antoh |PTS |4 |9 Mar 2019 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} | |
| 9
|{{yes2}}Win |9–0 |align=left|Alistair Warren |{{abbr|KO|Knockout}} |3 (6), {{small|1:56}} |14 Dec 2018 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |
| 8
|{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |align=left|Danny Shannon |TKO |4 (6), {{small|1:25}} |21 Sep 2018 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} | |
| 7
|{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |align=left|Konstantin Alexandrov |TKO |2 (4), {{small|2:39}} |13 Jul 2018 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |
| 6
|{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |align=left|Anthony Fox |PTS |6 |6 Jun 2018 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |
| 5
|{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |align=left|Darryl Sharp |PTS |4 |3 Feb 2018 |align=left|{{small|The O2 Arena, London, England}} | |
| 4
|{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |align=left|Lewis van Poetsch |PTS |4 |1 Sep 2017 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |
| 3
|{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |align=left|Yailton Neves |{{abbr|PTS|Points decision}} |4 |1 Jul 2017 |align=left|{{small|The O2 Arena, London, England}} | |
| 2
|{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |align=left|Iain Jackson |TKO |2 (4), {{small|1:41}} |17 Mar 2017 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |
| 1
|{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |align=left|Jimmy White |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |2 (4), {{small|0:56}} |26 Nov 2016 |align=left|{{small|Wembley Arena, London, England}} | |