Willie Limond
| Willie Limond | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Rated at |
Lightweight Light welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
2 February 1979 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 45 |
| Wins | 40 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 5 |
Willie Limond (born 2 February 1979) is a British professional boxer from Scotland. He is the former British and Commonwealth light welterweight champion and also previously held the Commonwealth, WBU and IBO Inter-Continental lightweight titles. His only losses have come against current or former world champions Anthony Crolla, Eric Morales. Amir Khan and Alex Arthur.
Willie Limond's professional career began in 1999 with a win over journeyman Lenny Hodgkins, before proceeding to beat a number of superfeatherweights, including a notable win over future WBU featherweight champion and IBO world title challenger, Choi Tseveenpurev.
This led to a showdown with fellow Scotsman "Amazing" Alex Arthur for the British Superfeatherweight title on 12 December 2003 at the Braehad Arena, Glasgow. Both men went into the fight undefeated, and the bout was thought to be the biggest all-Scottish bout for the British title in some 30 years. Unfortunately Limond's hopes of becoming British champ were shattered as future-WBO World champ Alex Arthur was too much for him and he was defeated by TKO in the 8th round. There were rumours of a rematch following the bout, but it never happened.
Following his loss to Alex Arthur, Limond went on to pick up a few more wins before earning himself a shot at European Boxing Union Superfeatherweight title. He fought the French champion Youssouf Djibaba on 19 June 2004, at the Braehead Arena, the same venue where he had a lost to Alex Arthur almost a year earlier. Limond won the vacant belt via unanimous decision.
After a series of victories over journeyman and a successful defense of his newly won crown against Spain's Alberto Lopez, in subsequent bouts Limond moved on from the EU title. Looking to ascend further up the rankings, Limond went on to win the Celtic Superfeatherweight title against recent Commonwealth title challenger, Kevin O'Hara.
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