Luke Campbell is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on September 27, 1987 in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom. He was an English amateur boxer and won a gold medal in the London Olympics. In 2013, he became a professional boxer.
He was paired with He competed in the 2013 season of Dancing on Ice with singer Shayne Ward. in the 2013 Dancing on Ice season.
On 1 August, Campbell claimed the vacant WBC International lightweight title by defeating fellow Hullensian Tommy Coyle (21-2, 10 KOs) via 10-round TKO at the KC Lightstream Stadium. This was also a WBC lightweight eliminator. Coyle was knocked down once in round 2 following a left to the body and three times in round 12 before the referee waved off the fight. Only four months later in December, Campbell lost the title and mandatory status in a split decision loss to French boxer Yvan Mendy (32-4-1, 16 KOs) at The O2 Arena in London on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte. Campbell was floored for the first time in his professional career in a ragged defensive display as Mendy received a split decision with scores of 115-112, 115-113, while the third judge scored it 115-113 for Campbell.
On 10 April 2017, Eurosport and Sky Sports announced that Campbell would be involved in a WBA Lightweight title eliminator against former interim WBA lightweight titlist Darleys Pérez (33-2-2, 21 KOs) on the Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko undercard at the Wembley Stadium on 29 April 2017. The winner would be in the number one position to challenge champion Jorge Linares. Pérez weighed over the limit at 136.3 pounds, so had he won the bout, he would not have been eligible for the mandatory spot. Campbell racked up the win via a 9th round stoppage win, which was due to injury. It was said that Pérez hurt his left arm after a throwing a left hook. He signaled to the referee that he could not continue and the fight was stopped at 1 minute 28 seconds into the round. Although Pérez started the fight well, enough to win the first three rounds, he physically looked gassed by the later rounds where Campbell took over. With the win, Campbell was made the new mandatory challenger to WBA champion, held by Jorge Linares. Eddie Hearn said he would speak to Golden Boy Promotions to push things forward for the fight to be made.
He was married to Kristin Thompson in 2008. He has a brother, Kane.
