John Keeton

“Buster”

Boxing

28-17-0RECORD

20WINS BY KO / TKO

8WINS BY DECISION

45PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Buster
Date of birth	19 May 1972
Nationality	British
Birthplace	Sheffield, England
Based in	Not added yet
Weight classes	Cruiserweight, Heavyweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	183 cm (6′0″)
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1993–2009
Status	Retired
Pro debut	11 Aug 1993
Last fight	Loss vs Ovill McKenzie, 19 May 2009

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Titles and honours

British cruiserweight champion (2006–2007)
WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight champion (1999)
WBF cruiserweight champion (2002)

Background

British cruiserweight from Sheffield who won the vacant British cruiserweight title in 2006 and lost it to Mark Hobson in 2007. He retired after reaching the final of the 2009 Prizefighter cruiserweight tournament.

Fight history

45 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Ovill McKenzie	Decision (unanimous)	3		19 May 2009	Earls Court Arena, London, England	Prizefighter cruiserweight tournament final
Win	Dean Francis	KO	1	2:35	19 May 2009	Earls Court Arena, London, England	Prizefighter cruiserweight tournament semi-final
Win	Bruce Scott	Decision (unanimous)	3		19 May 2009	Earls Court Arena, London, England	Prizefighter cruiserweight tournament quarter-final
Loss	Mark Hobson	TKO	4	1:00	29 Sep 2007	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England	Lost British cruiserweight title
Loss	Troy Ross	KO	2	2:08	19 Mar 2007	Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada	For vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight title
Win	Lee Swaby	TKO	7	2:29	20 Oct 2006	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England	Won vacant British cruiserweight title
Loss	Mark Hobson	TKO	4	2:50	1 Jun 2006	Metrodome, Barnsley, England	For British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
Loss	Don Diego Poeder	KO	1	1:00	10 Sep 2005	Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands	For vacant Dutch cruiserweight title
Loss	Krzysztof Włodarczyk	TKO (corner retirement)	3	3:00	11 Jun 2005	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland	For WBC Youth cruiserweight title
Win	Paul Bonson	Decision (points)	4		14 May 2005	Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland
Win	Paul Bonson	Decision (points)	4		16 Apr 2004	Town and Country Club (Penningtons), Bradford, England
Win	Butch Lesley	Decision (points)	12		19 Mar 2002	Montem Leisure Centre, Slough, England	Won vacant WBF cruiserweight title
Win	Radcliffe Green	Decision (points)	4		21 Jul 2001	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
Loss	Bruce Scott	KO	6		16 Dec 2000	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England	For vacant British cruiserweight title
Win	Tony Booth	TKO	2		29 Feb 2000	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
Win	William Barima	TKO (corner retirement)	3	3:00	15 May 1999	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
Win	Garry Delaney	Decision (split)	12		23 Jan 1999	Grundy Park Leisure Centre, Cheshunt, England	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
Win	Kelly Oliver	TKO	2	0:50	18 Jul 1998	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
Loss	Jacob Mofokeng	TKO (corner retirement)	4		16 May 1998	Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, South Africa
Loss	Kelly Oliver	TKO	8	1:29	11 Oct 1997	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England	For vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
Win	Nigel Rafferty	TKO	6	0:48	12 Apr 1997	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England
Win	Nigel Rafferty	TKO (corner retirement)	3		14 Dec 1996	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
Win	John Pierre	Decision (points)	4		14 Sep 1996	Concord Centre, Sheffield, England
Loss	Terry Dunstan	TKO	1		11 May 1996	York Hall, London, England	For British cruiserweight title
Win	Cesar Kazadi	TKO	3		30 Jan 1996	Lille, France
Win	Denzil Browne	TKO	4	2:06	11 Nov 1995	North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, England
Win	Monty Wright	TKO	4		3 Nov 1995	Town Hall, Dudley, England
Win	Nicky Wadman	TKO	1		27 Oct 1995	Metropole Hotel, Brighton, England
Win	Steve Osborne	TKO	4		15 Sep 1995	Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
Loss	Nicky Piper	TKO (corner retirement)	2	3:00	7 Jul 1995	National Ice Rink, Cardiff, Wales
Win	Simon McDougall	TKO	5		6 Mar 1995	Mayfair Marriott Hotel, London, England
Loss	Rüdiger May	Decision (unanimous)	6		11 Feb 1995	Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Loss	Bruce Scott	KO	2		9 Dec 1994	York Hall, London, England
Win	Lee Archer	Decision (points)	6		26 Oct 1994	European Sporting Club, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Loss	Dirk Wallyn	KO	3		24 Sep 1994	Middelkerke, Belgium
Win	Mark Walker	TKO	5		6 Sep 1994	European Sporting Club, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Win	Devon Rhooms	TKO	2		2 Jun 1994	Tooting Leisure Centre, London, England
Win	John Rice	TKO	5		11 May 1994	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
Win	Eddie Knight	TKO (corner retirement)	5		9 Apr 1994	Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
Loss	Dermot Gascoyne	TKO	1		17 Feb 1994	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
Win	Dennis Bailey	TKO (corner retirement)	2		19 Jan 1994	European Sporting Club, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Loss	Julius Francis	Decision (points)	4		1 Dec 1993	York Hall, London, England
Win	Darren McKenna	TKO	3		27 Oct 1993	European Sporting Club, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Loss	Val Golding	Decision (points)	6		15 Sep 1993	Stour Centre, Ashford, England
Win	Tony Colclough	TKO	1		11 Aug 1993	Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England	Pro debut

Record source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).