Shakan Pitters


Shakan Pitters is an English professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2020.

Professional career

Pitters made his professional debut on 18 March 2017 as a cruiserweight, scoring a four-round points decision victory over Remigijus Ziausys at the Holte Suite in Villa Park, Birmingham. he secured three more PTS victories in 2017; Over Jevgenijs Andrejevs in June; Dmitrij Kalinovskij in September; and Jiri Svacina in November.
He began 2018 with a PTS win over Elvis Dube in March, followed by stoppage wins over Kent Kauppinen in May and Imantas Davidaitis in September. In August, Pitters was announced as a contestant in the second edition of the Ultimate Boxxer tournament. The eight-man tournament was contested over 3 rounds, taking place on 2 November at the indigo at The O2 in London. Pitters' first fight of the night came against Sam Smith, winning by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the bout 30–25 and the third scoring it 29–26. Next up he defeated Georgii Bacon via second-round knockout. His final fight of the night was a UD win against Dec Spelman with scores of 30–26 twice and 29–27, becoming the Ultimate Boxxer II champion.
Following his success in the Ultimate Boxxer, Pitters kicked off 2019 with a first-round KO victory against Norbert Szekeres in March and a six-round PTS win against Dmitrij Kalinovskij in May. His final fight of 2019 was a rematch against newly crowned English light-heavyweight champion Dec Spelman. The bout took place on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London, with Pitters defeating Spelman via UD over ten rounds to capture his first professional title. All three judges scored the bout 97–92.
Pitters was due to challenge European light-heavyweight champion Daniel Blenda Dos Santos at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield on 7 February 2025, but the fight was postponed when Dos Santos failed a brain scan. It was rescheduled to take place at York Hall in London on 4 April 2025, however, Pitters suffered an injury in training camp and the contest was cancelled.
He faced Bradley Rea for the vacant European light-heavyweight title at Connexin Live Arena in Hull on 28 June 2025, losing by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
23Loss20–3Bradley ReaUD1228 Jun 2025Connexin Live Arena, Hull, EnglandFor the vacant European light-heavyweight title
22Win20–2Bahadur KaramiTKO2, 2:137 Feb 2025Park Community Arena, Sheffield, England
21Win19–2Darryl SharpPTS628 Sep 2023The Premier Suite, Cannock, England
20Win18–2Joel McIntyrePTS86 May 2023Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England
19Loss17–2Dan AzeezUD123 Sept 2022M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, EnglandBritish light-heavyweight title
18Win17–1Reece CartwrightTKO8, 3:0013 Nov 2021Skydome, Coventry, EnglandWon vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title
17Win16–1Farouk DakuPTS810 Sep 2021Skydome, Coventry, England
16Win15–1Jermaine SpringerTKO5, 2:5522 May 2021Skydome, Coventry, England
15Loss14–1Craig RichardsTKO9, 2:4218 Dec 2020Fly By Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch, EnglandLost British light-heavyweight title
14Win14–0Chad SugdenUD1222 Aug 2020Production Park Studios, Redditch, EnglandWon vacant British light-heavyweight title
13Win13–0Dec SpelmanUD1014 Sep 2019York Hall, London, EnglandWon English light-heavyweight title
12Win12–0Dmitrij KalinovskijPTS610 May 2019indigo at The O2, London, England
11Win11–0Norbert SzekeresKO1, 2:3029 Mar 2019Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
10Win10–0Dec SpelmanUD32 Nov 2018indigo at The O2, London, EnglandUltimate Boxxer II – final
9Win9–0Georgii BaconKO2, 2:132 Nov 2018indigo at The O2, London, EnglandUltimate Boxxer II – semi-final
8Win8–0Sam Smith32 Nov 2018indigo at The O2, London, EnglandUltimate Boxxer II – quarter-final
7Win7–0Imantas Davidaitis2, 0:498 Sep 2018Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England
6Win6–0Kent Kauppinen1, 2:0419 May 2018Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
5Win5–0Elvis DubePTS424 Mar 2018Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England
4Win4–0Jiri SvacinaPTS418 Nov 2017Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
3Win3–0Dmitrij KalinovskijPTS416 Sep 2017Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
2Win2–0Jevgenijs AndrejevsPTS424 Jun 2017Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England
1Win1–0Remigijus Ziausys418 Mar 2017Holte Suite at Villa Park, Birmingham, England