Daniel Pitt
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| Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Daniel Thomas Pitt 8 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Cruiserweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Brecon Phoenix ABC | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Pitt (born 8 February 2006) is a Welsh amateur boxer. He won the gold medal in the 86 kg division at the 2024 World Boxing Under-19 Championships, becoming his country's first male global amateur champion.
Career
[edit | edit source]Having started boxing aged 13, Pitt was recruited onto the Welsh development squad at 16 and two years later was promoted to the national elite team.[1]
A four-time Welsh champion and two-time Tri-Nations winner, he was selected to represent his country in the 86 kg category at the inaugural World Boxing Under-19 Championships held in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, in November 2024.[1] After beating Aryan Aryan from India in the semi-finals, Pitt defeated Kazakhstan's Danial Raimbekov by unanimous decision in the final to claim the gold medal.[1][2][3][4] In doing so he became Wales' first male world amateur champion,[1] and only the second in total after Lauren Price who won middleweight gold at the 2019 Women's World Championships.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Away from the boxing ring, Pitt is a student at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1][3]
References
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