1. Viddal Ethan Danso Riley was born on 7 July 1997 and is an English professional boxer, rapper and internet personality.
24 Facts About Viddal Riley
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Viddal Riley was born on 7 July 1997 in Hackney, London.
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Viddal Riley attended Northumberland Park Community School in the Northumberland Park area of Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, England.
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Viddal Riley started his boxing career at six years old when he was introduced to the sport by his father Derrick Viddal Riley.
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Viddal Riley went on to collect eight national championships, as well as winning a European Junior Silver Medal in Anapa, Russia.
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Viddal Riley became a 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympian for Team GB.
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Viddal Riley first entered the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas in 2018 in preparation for KSI's second amateur fight with Logan Paul.
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Viddal Riley made his professional debut on 30 November 2018 at the Big Punch Arena in Tijuana, Mexico against Julio Manuel Gonzalez, beating Gonzalez by knockout in the first round.
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Viddal Riley recorded another first-round knockout in his next fight, against Mitchell Spangler at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on 19 January 2019, on the undercard of the WBA welterweight championship bout between Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner.
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Viddal Riley's third fight was a unanimous decision victory against Austine Nnamdi in Dubai on 3 May 2019, in which he headlined as the main event.
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In November 2019, fellow countryman Lawrence Okolie, who would later become WBO world cruiserweight champion, praised Viddal Riley, stating that Viddal Riley "is in the top 5 [people] I've sparred".
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Viddal Riley had been scheduled to fight on the undercard of the WBA lightweight title fight between Gervonta Davis and Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2019, in addition to fighting Rashad Coulter on the undercard of Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr.
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In November 2021, Viddal Riley signed a multi-fight deal with the promotional company Boxxer.
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On 11 February 2022 on Twitter, Viddal Riley had announced his opponent as Namibian boxer Willbeforce Shihepo.
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Viddal Riley defeated the previously unbeaten boxer Nathan Quarless for the vacant English cruiserweight championship as the co-feature to Caroline Dubois vs Magali Rodriguez on 30 September 2023 at the York Hall in London.
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Viddal Riley defeated Quarless via unanimous decision, winning all ten rounds on all three judges' scorecards.
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Viddal Riley called out newly crowned British cruiserweight champion Isaac Chamberlain after his victory over Mikael Lawal the same night in a post-fight interview.
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On February 16,2024, it was announced that Viddal Riley will defend his English cruiserweight championship against former British cruiserweight champion Mikael Lawal on the undercard of Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke on 31 March at The O2 Arena in London.
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At the press conference, Viddal Riley claimed that he had faced bigger punchers and labelled Lawal as a bully.
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Viddal Riley defeated Garber via technical knockout in the second round.
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Viddal Riley went on to win the fight by unanimous decision and won the British cruiserweight title whilst retaining the English title.
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Viddal Riley maintains a strong social media presence: he has a YouTube channel with over one million subscribers as of April 2021, and releases original music independently on online streaming services Spotify and Apple Music.
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Viddal Riley is the founder and owner of RIL Athletics, his own clothing brand.
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Viddal Riley is a supporter of his local football club Tottenham Hotspur FC.