Lee Haskins was born on 29 January 1983 and is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2003 and February 2020.
22 Facts About Lee Haskins
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Lee Haskins held the IBF bantamweight title from 2015 to 2017, and the IBF interim title in 2015.
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Lee Haskins was born in Lockleaze, a district of Bristol.
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Lee Haskins stopped Mathias in the 2nd round at The Pavilions in Plymouth to pick up his second career title.
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In October 2006 Lee Haskins chose to move up a weight division and compete for the Commonwealth Bantamweight title.
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On 11 December 2009 Lee Haskins added the Commonwealth Super Flyweight title to his collection after defeating the unbeaten Don Broadhurst on points in Newport, Wales and becoming a two weight Commonwealth champion.
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Lee Haskins claimed the belt having scored a unanimous points victory on all three judges scorecards in what was described as a 'scrappy' contest.
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The delays meant that Lee Haskins was out of the ring for over a year until on 30 April 2011 he met Bulgarian boxer Fikret Remziev over six rounds, scoring a fourth round stoppage, at the Olympiad Leisure Centre in Chippenham.
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On 14 July 2011, Lee Haskins travelled to Morocco to accept a short notice challenge for the WBA Inter continental and the IBF International bantamweight titles.
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Lee Haskins won a victory over 12 rounds, including two knockdowns, and said that the victory represented that he was now ready for the world stage.
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In October 2011 Lee Haskins became Prizefighter champion, without losing a single round throughout the tournament.
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On 14 December 2012, Lee Haskins had a big chance to step closer to a world title shot by facing Stuart Hall for the EBU European bantamweight title.
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Lee Haskins won the fight and became European bantamweight champion.
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Lee Haskins's next fight after that was to defend the title against Belgium fighter 'Stephane Jamoye' in Belgium.
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Lee Haskins lost the fight along with his European title, but the fight was rated by many critics as "one of the most entertaining fights of 2012".
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In February 2015 Lee Haskins earned another opportunity to fight for the vacant EBU European title against French fighter 'Omar Lamiri' in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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In March 2015, Lee Haskins received a call from the IBF confirming that he is to fight Japan's Ryosuke Iwasa, for the Interim world title due to the current champion Randy Caballero suffering from injury.
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Lee Haskins put on a remarkable display in his fight for the IBF world interim bantamweight title against Ryosuke Iwasa, and knocked out his opponent inside six rounds.
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Lee Haskins was set to fight Randy Caballero on 21 November 2015, however Caballero failed to make weight, and Haskins was promoted to full champion by the IBF.
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On 15 December 2016, Lee Haskins made a successful second defence of his IBF World Bantamweight title on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs Kell Brook bill at The O2 against Stuart Hall.
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On 27 April 2017 it was announced that Lee Haskins would make his third IBF Title defence against Ryan Burnett in Belfast at the Odyssey Arena.
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Lee Haskins started well, dominating the first two rounds, but was stopped by Joyce at the end of the fifth round.