How many times has Josh Warrington lost?

Josh Warrington is a 32-year-old professional boxer from Leeds, England, who is a former two-time IBF featherweight champion. He had his first title reign from May 2018 to February 2021 and the second from March 2022 to December 2022. Starting his professional career in 2009, Warrington has had 35 bouts.

On April 11, 2015, Josh Warrington won the vacant WBC International featherweight title via a unanimous decision against Dennis Tubieron. The fight occurred at First Direct Arena in Leeds, England, and Warrington was undefeated with a 21-fight win streak back then. He also did defend the title twice before going for the IBF title.

Josh Warrington won the IBF featherweight title for the first time on May 19, 2018, against Lee Selby via a split decision. The fight took place at Elland Road in Leeds, England, and Warrington was still undefeated with 27 27-fight win streak in his career back then. Warrington has defended the title thrice before losing it to Mauricio Lara in 2021. The 32-year-old had his first IBF title defense against Carl Frampton in 2018. He won the bout via a unanimous decision, followed by his second title defense against Kid Galahad via a split decision on June 15, 2019. For his third title defense, Warrington faced Sofiane Takoucht and won the bout via TKO at 2:54 in the second round of a twelve-round professional fight in Leeds on October 12, 2019.

Josh Warrington Losses

Josh Warrington has had three losses in his career. Warrington started competing professionally in 2009 and was undefeated up until making his fourth IBF featherweight title defense against Mauricio Lara in 2021. Warrington immediately had a rematch against Lara, but the bout got drawn after Lara had an accidental cut from a headclash.

Later, ‘The Leeds Warrior’ won the vacant title by TKO’ing Kiko Martinez on March 26, 2022. However, his second loss came from Luis Alberto Lopez in 2022, when he lost his IBF featherweight title to Lopez via a majority decision.

Josh Warrington vs. Mauricio Lara 1

Josh Warrington had his first professional loss from Mauricio Lara via TKO at 0:54 in the ninth round of a twelve-round bout. The fight took place on February 13, 2021, at Wembley Arena in London, England, and Warrington lost the IBF featherweight title for the first time.

Josh Warrington vs. Luis Alberto Lopez

For his last outing, Josh Warrington had a majority decision loss against Luis Alberto Lopez, where he lost his IBF featherweight title for the second time. The fight occurred on December 10, 2022, at First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.

Josh Warrington vs. Leigh Wood

Josh Warrington had his third career loss against Leigh Wood on October 7, 2023, via TKO. Even though Warrington made significant rounds in his favor, Wood was able to stop him in the seventh round and defend the WBA featherweight title.

Has Josh Warrington retired?

No. Josh Warrington has not retired from professional boxing. Warrington has yet to make any outings since losing his IBF title to Luis Alberto Lopez in December 2022. Hence, the boxing world was curious to know whether the 32-year-old had already retired or not.

However, Josh Warrington came public, shutting down all the speculations related to his retirement. He mentioned losing sleep over Alberto Lopez's loss in his hometown. Warrington is about to make his next outing against Leigh Wood for the WBA featherweight championship in England on October 7, 2023.

What belts does Josh Warrington have?

Josh Warrington does not hold any active belts for himself currently. Warrington is a two-time International Boxing Federation featherweight title holder from May 2018 to October 2019 and March to December 2022. Before IBF, Warrington held the WBC International featherweight title, the British featherweight title, the Commonwealth featherweight title, and the English featherweight title.

*Last updated on October 9, 2023.