Esham Pickering was born on 7 August 1976 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014.
19 Facts About Esham Pickering
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Esham Pickering challenged once for the WBO bantamweight title in 2000.
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Esham Pickering challenged twice for the British featherweight title, in 1998 and 2008, and once for the EBU European featherweight title in 2009.
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Esham Pickering travelled to Sheffield to challenge holder Jon Jo Irwin in May 1998 and lasted the full 12 rounds in what was to be an unsuccessful attempt.
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Esham Pickering bounced back from his first career defeat to register six back to back wins including Chris Lyons, Marc Smith and Leeroy Williamson to line himself up for a shot at the World Boxing Organisation's version of the bantamweight title.
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In 2002 Esham Pickering fought Allen twice more again winning both times.
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On 8 February 2003 Esham Pickering fought for the vacant Commonwealth super bantamweight title and finally lifted a title defeating Kenyan Duncan Karanja to take the belt.
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Esham Pickering stopped Carr in the fourth round at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow to leave Scotland with both championships.
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One more defence of his Commonwealth title took place on 24 October 2003 with Esham Pickering retaining the belt by beating Ghana's Alfred Tetteh at the York Hall.
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On 16 January 2004 Esham Pickering travelled to the Town and Country club in Bradford to lift the European super bantamweight title.
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Esham Pickering would defend the belt twice more against Juan Garcia Martin in May 2004 and Miguel Mallon in June 2005, the latter victory taking place in Madrid.
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Esham Pickering put his belts on the line, when on 28 October 2005, he challenged new British champion Michael Hunter for the belt that he never lost in the ring.
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Esham Pickering rebounded from the defeat with a victory over French journeyman Frederic Bonifai and with Hunter choosing to challenge for the IBF World title he found himself challenging for the now vacant title.
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On 16 March 2007 Esham Pickering challenged for the now vacant British title and lifted the belt for the second time, defeating Marc Callaghan at the Norwich Showground.
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On 27 June 2008, Esham Pickering made his second defence and lost the title to prospect Matthew Marsh at the York Hall.
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Esham Pickering's next fight saw a move up to featherweight and another chance at a British title against another prospect in Scotland's Paul Appleby only to drop another 12-round decision in Glasgow for the 8th defeat of his career.
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Esham Pickering returned to the ring on 23 May 2009 to defeat journeyman Sid Razak in Sleaford, Lincolnshire and followed this by traveling to Ukraine for an unexpected chance to regain the European title.
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Esham Pickering returned once more on 29 May 2010 this time to compete in the Prizefighter series held at the York Hall in Bethnal Green.
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Esham Pickering faced Josh Wale in the quarter final of the tournament, losing on a split decision to the younger man.