Owen Cooper
{{short description|English boxer (born 2000)}}
{{for|the actor|Owen Cooper (actor)}}
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Owen Cooper (born 17 September 2000) is an English professional boxer. He is a former English and WBO European welterweight champion.
Career
A professional since 2019, Cooper signed a promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions two years later.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/owen-cooper-inks-with-frank-warren-fights-on-bentley-cash-card--157146|title=Owen Cooper Inks With Frank Warren, Fights on Bentley-Cash Card|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=6 March 2025}}
Unbeaten in his first six pro-fights, he dethroned Midlands Area welterweight champion Jamie Stewart on points at the International Centre in Telford on 19 November 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/owen-cooper-claims-midlands-area-title-decisions-stewart-telford--170574|title=Owen Cooper Claims Midlands Area Title, Decisions Stewart in Telford|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=6 March 2025}}
Cooper faced WBO European welterweight champion Eithan James at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 16 March 2024, with the vacant English welterweight title also on the line. He knocked his opponent to the canvas in the first round and won when James retired at the end of round nine.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbcolumn.com/post/cooper-claims-european-english-titles-in-epic-performance|title=Cooper Claims European & English Titles in Epic Performance|publisher=bbcolumn.com|accessdate=6 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://ringside24.com/en/124002-magnificent-seven-results-owen-cooper-beats-eithan-james|title=Magnificent Seven Boxing Results: Owen Cooper beats Eithan James, and more|publisher=ringside24.com|accessdate=6 March 2025}}
He lost his WBO European title in his first defense when he was stopped in the final round by Ekow Essuman at Manchester Arena on 20 July 2024. Although his English championship was not up for grabs, the defeat also saw that title made vacant due to British Boxing Board of Control rules regarding losses to other English fighters in non-title bouts.{{cite web|url=https://wbo-europe.com/news/essuman-stopped-owen-cooper-to-win-the-wbo-european-welterweight-title/|title=Essuman stopped Owen Cooper to win the WBO European welterweight title|publisher=WBO Europe|accessdate=6 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/24468149.owen-cooper-loses-welterweight-belt-ekow-essuman/|title=Owen Cooper loses welterweight belt to Ekow Essuman|publisher=Worcester News|accessdate=6 March 2025}}