Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals.
Custio Clayton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Custio Clayton October 5, 1987 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Other names | War Machine |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 22 |
| Wins | 20 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
Amateur career
editClayton began training at his great-uncle's gym, City of Lakes Boxing Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and fought his first amateur bout at the age of 11. He took a break from boxing for two years at the age of 17 to finish high school.[1] The 24-year-old Nova Scotian Olympian Clayton, along with Simon Kean, were the only two Canadian male boxers to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.[2]
Clayton was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at welterweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at welterweight and Custio qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner Myke Carvalho.[3] Qualification being dependent on how the winning opponents performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) Clayton became the first Canadian to win a boxing bout in 8 years when he beat Óscar Molina in the opening round.[5] Then he beat the Australian Cameron Hammond, before losing to Fred Evans in the quarterfinal.[6]
Professional career
editClayton officially joined the Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) in November 2014. The Nova Scotia boxer has indeed accepted a contract with a maximum duration of three years, the latest of which is an option. His first professional fight took place on December 19, 2014 at division light middleweight in gala undercard featuring Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.[7]
On 28 January 2020, Clayton scored an eighth-round knockout of Diego (El Chacarero) Ramirez and retain his WBA title.[8]
Professional boxing record
edit| 21 fights | 19 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 12 | 1 |
| By decision | 7 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Courtney Pennington | SD | 10 | Feb 2, 2024 | Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | Jaron Ennis | KO | 2 (12), 2:49 | May 14, 2022 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. | |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Cameron Krael | UD | 10 | Dec 11, 2021 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, US | |
| 19 | Draw | 18–0–1 | Sergey Lipinets | MD | 12 | Oct 24, 2020 | Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, US | For IBF interim welterweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Diego Ramirez | KO | 8 (10), 0:26 | Jan 28, 2020 | Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Retained WBA-NABA welterweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Johan Pérez | UD | 10 | Jun 29, 2019 | Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, Canada | Won vacant WBA-NABA and WBO International welterweight titles |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | DeMarcus Corley | KO | 6 (8), 0:36 | Mar 29, 2019 | The Mattamy Events Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Stephen Danyo | UD | 12 | May 26, 2018 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Retained WBO International welterweight title; Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Gabor Kovacs | KO | 1 (10), 0:28 | Mar 31, 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Cristian Rafael Coria | UD | 10 | Dec 16, 2017 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant WBO International welterweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Johnny Navarrete | UD | 10 | Jun 15, 2017 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant WBC Continental Americas and IBF International welterweight titles |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Alfredo Chávez | KO | 1 (8), 3:00 | Apr 15, 2017 | Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ramses Agaton | KO | 8 (10), 2:47 | Oct 20, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Silverio Ortiz | UD | 6 | Jul 29, 2016 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | José Emilio Perea | KO | 10 (10), 0:45 | May 24, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Hector Munoz | TKO | 9 (10), 2:54 | Mar 17, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Stanislas Salmon | TKO | 2 (8), 0:49 | Jan 21, 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ivan Pereyra | TKO | 2 (8), 1:20 | Nov 28, 2015 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Zaurs Sadihovs | TKO | 1 (6), 2:46 | Jun 26, 2015 | Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ronald Berti | TKO | 2 (6), 1:48 | Apr 4, 2015 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Eduards Gerasimovs | TKO | 1 (6), 0:50 | Jan 31, 2015 | Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Sophyan Haoud | UD | 4 | Dec 19, 2014 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
References
edit- ^ Barrs, Rory. "Clayton's ring appetite whetted at early age". National Post. Retrieved 21 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=395808 [dead link]
- ^ "TSN". Ctvolympics.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ "CANOE -- SLAM! Sports: G Boxing - Two Canadian male boxers earn berths to London Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Clayton picks up Canada's 1st boxing win in 8 years". CBC Sports. July 29, 2012.
- ^ "Custio Clayton Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "Canadian boxer Custio Clayton anxious for first pro fight | Metro News". Metronews.ca. 2014-11-28. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ "North Preston's Clayton KOs Ramirez for 18th pro boxing victory | Saltwire". www.thechronicleherald.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Custio Clayton from BoxRec (registration required)