Rocky Fielding retires at the age of 35
Former World Champion Rocky Fielding (30-3, 18KO) has announced his retirement from boxing.
The 35-year-old made the difficult decision after losing to Dan Azeez in December.
Rocky from Stocky released the following statement on January 12: “Today, I am announcing my retirement from the sport. 26 years in boxing, from walking into the Stocky ABC gym at age nine just to keep fit for football, to winning National titles.”
“I dreamed of being a world champion and fighting in Madison Square Garden with Michael Buffer calling my name. That came true,” he added in his retirement announcement.
He suffered his first loss in a British title challenge against Callum Smith in 2015, then went on a five-fight win streak from 2016-18, including a split decision victory over John Ryder in 2017 to win the British title, and a stoppage over Tyron Zeuge in Germany in 2018, where Fielding picked up the WBA’s secondary “world” title.
That win over Zeuge set Fielding up for the biggest fight of his career, when he was Canelo Alvarez’s first super middleweight opponent in Dec. 2018, traveling to Madison Square Garden. Canelo demolished him, to be candid, putting Fielding down once in round one, again in round two, and two more times in the third frame before the bout was stopped.
Fielding’s career never really got back on track after that. He was out 11 months before a tune-up return in Liverpool, his home city, and he won three fights before a loss to prospect and top domestic light heavyweight Dan Azeez this past December. Fielding failed to make weight for the fight and was stopped in the eighth round.
Roll of Honour
Prizefighter Champion
English Champion
WBA International Champion
2x WBC International Champion
2x Commonwealth Champion
British Champion
WBA World Champion
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