Reece Bellotti


Reece Bellotti is an English professional boxer. He is a former British and Commonwealth super-featherweight champion and Commonwealth featherweight title holder. As an amateur, Bellotti won two ABA national championships, one at bantamweight in 2012 and the 2013 featherweight title.

Early life

Reece Bellotti was born on 7 December 1990 in Watford, Hertfordshire. His father, like himself, is an electrician working in lighting in the film industry, while his mother is a manager at a pre-school. Bellotti started boxing at age 15 as a means to keep fit at the South Oxhey Boxing Club in Watford. He had his first amateur fight at the age of 17, and under the tutelage of amateur trainer Mick Courtney, Bellotti went on to win the ABA bantamweight championships in 2012, and again at featherweight in 2013.

Professional career

Bellotti made his professional debut on 28 May 2015, at the York Hall in London, beating Joe Beeden by knockout in the first round. After winning his first nine fights, eight by stoppage, Bellotti's first title shot came against Jamie Speight on 1 July 2017, at the O2 Arena, London, on the undercard of the Frank Buglioni vs. Ricky Summers British light-heavyweight title fight. Bellotti defeated Speight by technical knockout in the eighth round to capture the WBC International Silver featherweight title.
On 13 October 2017, he challenged Jason Cunningham for the Commonwealth featherweight title at the York Hall, London. The fight was the main event on a card televised on Sky Sports. In a back and forth contest, Bellotti dropped Cunningham in the fifth round with a right hook to the head. Cunningham made it to his feet and saw out the remainder of the round, only to be stopped by a barrage of punches in the sixth, giving Bellotti the TKO win and Commonwealth featherweight title. He would defend his Commonwealth title against Ben Jones on 2 February 2018, at the O2 Arena, London, again winning by sixth-round TKO, only to lose the title in his second defence against Ryan Doyle on 6 June 2018, suffering his first professional defeat via TKO in the fifth-round.
On 22 December 2018, Bellotti challenged British featherweight champion Ryan Walsh at The O2 Arena. Bellotti went the distance for the third time in his career, losing by split decision, with one judge scoring the bout 116–113 in Bellotti's favour, while the other two scored it 116–112 to Walsh.
Bellotti once again fought for the vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title on 11 October 2019, against Italian Francesco Grandelli at the PalaTrento in Trento, Italy. Bellotti lost the fight via SD over ten rounds. One judge had Bellotti winning with 96–95, while the other two scored the bout 96–95 and 96–94 for Grandelli.
Bellotti became a two-time Commonwealth champion when he won the vacant title via eighth-round stoppage against Aqib Fiaz at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 21 October 2023.
On February 10, 2024 in London, Bellotti was scheduled to face Liam Dillon for the British super featherweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
He retained his titles on 15 February 2025 at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, when challenger Michael Gomez Jr retired at the start of round 10.
Bellotti faced European super-featherweight champion Ryan Garner at the Bournemouth International Centre on 26 July 2025, losing by 12th-round stoppage.
He is scheduled to face Josh Padley at Sheffield Arena on 11 October 2025.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
27Loss20–7Josh PadleyUD1011 Oct 2025Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
26Loss20–6Ryan GarnerTKO12, 0:4526 July 2025Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, EnglandLost Commonwealth and British super featherweight titles; for European super-featherweight title
25Win20–5Michael Gomez JrRTD10, 0:0115 Feb 2025Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained Commonwealth and British super featherweight titles
24Win19–5Levi GilesUD126 Jul 2024Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandRetained Commonwealth and British super featherweight titles
23Win18–5Liam DillonUD1210 Feb 2024Indigo at The O2, Greenwich, EnglandRetained Commonwealth super featherweight title;
Won British super featherweight title
22Win17–5Aqib FiazRTD8, 3:0021 Oct 2023Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon vacant Commonwealth super featherweight title
21Win16–5Youssef KhoumariUD1010 Jun 2023Wembley Arena, London, England
20Win15–5Dean DodgeTKO7, 0:4222 Apr 2022York Hall, London, England
19Loss14–5Raymond FordTKO3, 0:3914 Aug 2021Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
18Loss14–4Jordan Gill101 Aug 2020Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England
17Loss14–3Francesco GrandelliSD1011 Oct 2019PalaTrento, Trento, ItalyFor WBC International Silver featherweight title
16Win14–2Josue BendanaKO4, 2:1321 Jun 2019York Hall, London, England
15Loss13–2Ryan Walsh1222 Dec 2018The O2 Arena, London, EnglandFor British featherweight title
14Win13–1Brayan MairenaPTS627 Oct 2018Copper Box Arena, London, England
13Loss12–1Ryan DoyleTKO5, 1:026 Jun 2018York Hall, London, EnglandLost Commonwealth featherweight title
12Win12–0Ben JonesTKO6, 0:193 Feb 2018The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained Commonwealth featherweight title
11Win11–0Jason CunninghamTKO6, 0:4013 Oct 2017York Hall, London, EnglandWon Commonwealth featherweight title
10Win10–0Jamie SpeightTKO8, 0:581 July 2017The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title
9Win9–0Dai DavisKO3, 2:5217 Mar 2017York Hall, London, England
8Win8–0Ian BaileyRTD7, 3:0026 Nov 2016Wembley Arena, London, England
7Win7–0Rafael CastilloTKO3, 2:1429 Sep 2016York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0Julio Buitrago6, 3:002 Apr 2016Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
5Win5–0Elvis GuillenTKO7, 2:4130 Jan 2016Copper Box Arena, London, England
4Win4–0Feycal MessaoudeneTKO3, 1:5910 Oct 2015York Hall, London, England
3Win3–0Adel Hadjouis612 Sep 2015The O2 Arena, London, England
2Win2–0Aron Szilagyi2, 1:184 Jul 2015York Hall, London, England
1Win1–0Joe Beeden1, 0:5028 May 2015York Hall, London, England