Danny McIntosh


Danny McIntosh is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2014. He held the European light-heavyweight title in 2011 and competed in the 30th Prizefighter series.

Professional career

McIntosh's first professional fight took place in April 2005 at the Sports Village in Norwich and resulted in a six-round points victory over Omid Bourzo. He fought twice more in 2005 winning on both occasions leaving him with a record of 3-0 at the end of his first year. McIntosh then had a full year away from the ring before returning in October 2006 with a win over the then unbeaten Matty Hough in Walsall. Only two fights followed in 2007 with victories over experienced journeyman Rob Burton and a career best performance ending the unbeaten record of Joey Vegas. One more victory in February 2008 enhanced his record to 7-0 and set him up for a shot at the English light heavyweight title.

English Champion

Danny's first professional title win came on the undercard of Jonathon Thaxton's European title victory over Juan Diaz Melero at the Norwich Showground on 4 October 2008. The experienced Steve Spartacus represented a step up for McIntosh but he won in the 7th round to claim the title. McIntosh has since made two defences of the belt beating Nottingham's Rod Anderton on 6 December 2008 and Southampton's Matthew Barney on 28 March 2009.
On 18 July 2009 McIntosh challenged Commonwealth champion Nathan Cleverly for the vacant British title in what was only his 11th fight as a professional. He was defeated for the first time when, having been knocked down on four occasions, the fight was stopped in the 7th round. Following the fight McIntosh said he would learn from the "nightmare", saying that Cleverly had taught him a boxing lesson. His next fight on 19 February 2010 saw him put that night behind him with a third successful defence of his English title. The fight, on the undercard of a Ricky Hatton promoted bill, saw him retain the title with a 2nd round stoppage over former British champion Tony Oakey. McIntosh stepped up to cruiserweight in his next fight at the Castle Leisure Center in Bury on 6 November 2010 beating journeyman Hastings Rasani in the 3rd round of what was a non-title contest.

European Title challenge

On 22 January 2011 McIntosh traveled to France to challenge Thierry Karl for the vacant European title. Despite being behind on points, McIntosh was able to take control of the fight in the 11th round prompting the referee to stop the fight and hand the title to McIntosh. The first defence of the title was, however, to end in defeat when on 7 May 2011 McIntosh traveling to Germany to defend against local boxer Eduard Gutknecht, losing in the 8th round.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
20Loss14–6Travis DickinsonTKO3, 1:1622 Mar 2014Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, EnglandFor vacant English light-heavyweight title
19Loss14–5Hari MilesUD318 May 2013York Hall, London, EnglandPrizefighter 30: cruiserweight semi-final
18Win14–4Neil Dawson318 May 2013York Hall, London, EnglandPrizefighter 30: cruiserweight quarter-final
17Loss13–4Eleider Álvarez8, 2:0214 Dec 2012Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFor WBO–NABO light-heavyweight title
16Loss13–3Tony BellewTKO5, 0:3827 Apr 2012Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandFor British light-heavyweight title
15Loss13–2Eduard GutknechtTKO8, 1:287 May 2011Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, GermanyLost European light-heavyweight title
14Win13–1Thierry KarlTKO11, 1:2422 Jan 2011Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, FranceWon vacant European light-heavyweight title
13Win12–1Hastings RasaniTKO3, 0:556 Nov 2010Castle Leisure Centre, Bury, England
12Win11–1Tony OakeyTKO2, 2:2219 Feb 2010Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandRetained English light-heavyweight title
11Loss10–1Nathan CleverlyTKO7, 1:3018 Jul 2009York Hall, London, EnglandFor Commonwealth and vacant British light-heavyweight titles
10Win10–0Matthew Barney5, 2:4628 Feb 2009Norwich Showground, Norwich, EnglandRetained English light-heavyweight title;
Barney disqualified for repeated holding
9Win9–0Rod AndertonTKO1, 1:176 Dec 2008Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, EnglandRetained English light-heavyweight title
8Win8–0Steve SpartacusTKO7, 1:354 Oct 2008Norwich Showground, Norwich, EnglandWon vacant English light-heavyweight title
7Win7–0Nick OkothTKO3, 2:1022 Feb 2008York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0Joey VegasPTS64 Oct 2007Hotel Café Royal, London, England
5Win5–0Rob BurtonPTS416 Mar 2007Norwich Showground, Norwich, England
4Win4–0Matty Hough6, 0:267 Oct 2006Town Hall, Walsall, England
3Win3–0Michael BanbulaPTS66 Oct 2005Thistle Heathrow Hotel, London, England
2Win2–0Howard ClarkePTS43 Sep 2005Carrow Road, Norwich, England
1Win1–0Omid Bourzo69 Apr 2005Sports Village, Norwich, England