willie limond

Although Willie Limond has been beaten in his career, with a fight count of 44 fights and a 16 year long career he approaches the end of his career with a record of 39-5-0. He made his debut in November 1999 at the age of 20. The longest KO streak that Limond has ever had is 3 throughout his 44 fights and his longest winning streak is 18 wins. This started on November 1999 and came to an end on March 2003.

Early Career

Starting as he means to go on, Limond got off to an explosive start in his debut, defeating Lenny Hodgkins in 1 rounds and becoming the only person to have stopped Hodgkins to date. Following on from his debut, Limond continued his mostly successful career by fighting in a further 22 fights. In this time he fought Danny Connelly, Choi Tseveenpurev and Marcus Portman to name just a few, fighting 2 times in 1999, 7 times in 2000 and 13 times between 2001 and 2004 in this period.

Willie Limond Vs Alex Arthur

Limond went into his next fight against Alex Arthur on July 12th, 2003 with a career record of 18 wins. Limond faced the first defeat of his career against Alex Arthur in the 8th round of a 12 round fight via TKO. Limond then went on to win a further 10 fights taking his record to 28 wins, 1 losses and 0 draws.

Willie Limond Vs Amir Khan

Taking a knock to his career, Limond fought and was defeated by Amir Khan on July 14th, 2007 taking his record to 28-2-0. Khan upset Limond in a 12 round fight, stopping him in the 8th round and becoming only the 2nd person to stop Limond. 5 wins followed where Limond went on to be the 6th person to beat Ryan Barrett, 5th person to beat Martin Watson and 10th person to beat Harry Ramogoadi.

Willie Limond Vs Erik Morales

Erik Morales was next in line for Limond where unfortunately, he was defeated on September 11th, 2010 taking his record to 33-3-0. Limond was stopped by Erik Morales in the 6th round of a 12 round fight via KO. It was Limond's 3rd stoppage defeat in his career. Fights against boxers including William Warburton and Arek Malek followed where he won 3 fights taking his winning streak to 35 wins.

Willie Limond Vs Eddie Doyle

Eddie Doyle was Limond's next fight on January 21st, 2013 and also the next win in his career via TKO. This took his record to 36-4-0 showing a mainly successful career to date. Doyle proved to be no match for Limond, and Limond became the first person to stop Doyle via TKO during round 1. Limond's winning streak went from 36 wins to 38 after he then defeated boxers including Mitch Prince and Curtis Woodhouse.

Willie Limond Vs Zaurs Sadihovs

Pushing his career further, Limond fought Zaurs Sadihovs on January 30th, 2016 adding to his winning record. Sadihovs was a worthy challenger but Limond was too much and became the first person to stop Sadihovs via TKO during round 1.

Latest Fight

The next defeat of Limond's career came against Tyrone Nurse on May 28th, 2016. This took his career record to 39-5-0. Out for his 44th career fight, Limond was once again outmatched where he suffered a 9th round TKO loss in only his 4th stoppage defeat to date. Another blow for the talented Limond.