Matt Skelton
| Matt Skelton | |
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| Born |
23 January 1967 Bedford, England |
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| Nationality | British |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
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| Style | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Team | Team Skelton |
| Years active |
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| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 37 |
| Wins | 28 |
| By knockout | 23 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 71 |
| Wins | 63 |
| By knockout | 57 |
| Losses | 8 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Matt Skelton (born 23 January 1967) is a British professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing he has held multiple regional heavyweight championships, including the English title from 2003 to 2004; the British and Commonwealth titles from 2004 to 2006; and the European title from 2008 to 2009. He also challenged once for the WBA heavyweight title in 2008. In kickboxing he held the IKF Pro Muay Thai super-heavyweight title from 2000 to 2001.
Skelton did not become a professional boxer until the age of 35. Prior to this he had been a professional kickboxer.
Skelton has a kickboxing/muay thai record of 63-8/57. He won the International Kickboxing Federation IKF World Title when he stopped Jeff Ford (USA) at 1:51 of the second round in Northampton, England on 26 November 2000.
In his first defense of the IKF World Title on 18 November 2001, in Northampton, England, he defeated Peter Varga (Hungary) by TKO at 53 seconds of round 3.
Skelton, in a K-1 primary tournament K-1 WORLD GP 2001 in Melbourne in Australia, 16 June 2001, knocked out Paris Vasilikos (Greece) at 2:05 of the first round in the quarter final match. And he also beat Michael McDonald (Canada) by third-round decision (3-0) in the semi-final match. He was beaten, however, by Ernesto Hoost of the Netherlands by a third-round decision (2-0) in the tournament final[1].
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