Reece Bellotti

Reece Bellotti (born 7 December 1990) is an English professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth featherweight title from 2017 to 2018, and challenged once for the British featherweight title in 2018. As an amateur, he won two ABA national championships, one at bantamweight in 2012 and a second at featherweight in 2013.

Reece Bellotti
Statistics
Nickname(s)Bomber[1]
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[2]
NationalityEnglish
Born (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[3]
Total fights18
Wins14
Wins by KO12
Losses4

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,[4] and again at featherweight in 2013.[5][6]

Professional career

Bellotti made his professional debut on 28 May 2015, at the York Hall in London, beating Joe Beeden by knockout (KO) in the first-round.[7] 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 (TKO) in the eighth-round to capture the WBC International Silver featherweight title.[8]

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.[9] He would defend his Commonwealth title against Ben Jones on 2 February 2018, at the O2 Arena, London, again winning by sixth-round TKO,[10] 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.[11]

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 (SD), with one judge scoring the bout 116–113 in Bellotti's favour, while the other two scored it 116–112 to Walsh.[12]

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.[13]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
18 fights 14 wins 4 losses
By knockout 12 1
By decision 2 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
18 Loss 14–4 Jordan Gill UD 10 1 Aug 2020 Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England
17 Loss 14–3 Francesco Grandelli SD 10 11 Oct 2019 PalaTrento, Trento, England For WBC International Silver featherweight title
16 Win 14–2 Josue Bendana KO 4 (6), 2:13 21 Jun 2019 York Hall, London, England
15 Loss 13–2 Ryan Walsh SD 12 22 Dec 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England For British featherweight title
14 Win 13–1 Brayan Mairena PTS 6 27 Oct 2018 Copper Box Arena, London, England
13 Loss 12–1 Ryan Doyle TKO 5 (12), 1:02 6 Jun 2018 York Hall, London, England Lost Commonwealth featherweight title
12 Win 12–0 Ben Jones TKO 6 (12), 0:19 3 Feb 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England Retained Commonwealth featherweight title
11 Win 11–0 Jason Cunningham TKO 6 (12), 0:40 13 Oct 2017 York Hall, London, England Won Commonwealth featherweight title
10 Win 10–0 Jamie Speight TKO 8 (10), 0:58 1 July 2017 The O2 Arena, London, England Won vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title
9 Win 9–0 Dai Davis KO 3 (10), 2:52 17 Mar 2017 York Hall, London, England
8 Win 8–0 Ian Bailey RTD 7 (10), 3:00 26 Nov 2016 Wembley Arena, London, England
7 Win 7–0 Rafael Castillo TKO 3 (8), 2:14 29 Sep 2016 York Hall, London, England
6 Win 6–0 Julio Buitrago RTD 6 (8), 3:00 2 Apr 2016 Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
5 Win 5–0 Elvis Guillen TKO 7 (8), 2:41 30 Jan 2016 Copper Box Arena, London, England
4 Win 4–0 Feycal Messaoudene TKO 3 (6), 1:59 10 Oct 2015 York Hall, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Adel Hadjouis PTS 6 12 Sep 2015 The O2 Arena, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Aron Szilagyi TKO 2 (4), 1:18 4 Jul 2015 York Hall, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Joe Beeden KO 1 (4), 0:50 28 May 2015 York Hall, London, England

References
  1. "BoxRec: Reece Bellotti". boxrec.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. "BoxRec: Reece Bellotti". boxrec.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. "Boxing record for Reece Bellotti". BoxRec.
  4. "ABA Bantamweight Champions - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. "ABA Featherweight Champions - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. Flexen, Danny (16 April 2018). "Who is Reece Bellotti? | British Boxing News". britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. "BoxRec: Reece Bellotti vs. Joe Beeden". boxrec.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. Gray, Harry (1 July 2017). "Bellotti claims maiden title with dominant display". Watford Observer. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. Khagram, Neel (13 October 2017). "NXTGEN: Reece Bellotti crowned Commonwealth champion after stopping Jason Cunningham". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. "BoxRec: Reece Bellotti vs. Ben Jones". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. "BoxRec: Reece Bellotti vs. Ryan Doyle". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. Horan, Matt (23 December 2018). "Whyte vs Chisora 2: Ryan Walsh dominates Reece Bellotti to defend British title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  13. "Tommy McCarthy Shocks Fabio Turchi With Split Nod Verdict". BoxingScene.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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