{{short description|English boxer (born 1993)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox boxer | name = Brad Pauls | realname = | nickname = The Newquay Bomb<ref name=pauls/> | image = | caption = | weight = Middleweight | height = 5ft 10in<ref name=pauls/> | reach = | nationality = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|11|df=yes}}<ref name=pauls>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/224521-brad-pauls-the-newquay-bomb|title=Brad Pauls|publisher=tapology.com|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = Newquay, Cornwall, England<ref name=pauls/> | death_date = | death_place = | style = Orthodox | boxrec=736106 | total =24 | wins =21 | KO =12 | losses =2 | draws =1 | no contests = }}
'''Brad Pauls''' (born 11 April 1993) is an English professional boxer who is a former British middleweight champion. He has also held the English and IBF International middleweight titles as well as challengeling for the European championship in the same weight division.
==Career== A professional since 2015, Pauls won the vacant English middleweight title on 23 September 2023, thanks to an eighth round stoppage of Mitchell Frearson at York Hall in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/sport/other-sport/cornish-boxer-targets-british-title-8778708|title=Cornish boxer targets British title after winning English belt|publisher=Cornwall Live|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/66927575|title=Brad Pauls: New English middleweight champion targets British title|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref>
In his next fight he challenged British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 16 March 2024. The bout ended in a split draw with one ringside judge giving it 115–114 to Pauls, another favouring Heaney by 116–113 and the third seeing the contest as a 114–114 tie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/nathan-heaney-brad-pauls-finish-thriller-all-square-on-scorecards--182178|title=Nathan Heaney And Brad Pauls Finish Thriller All Square On The Scorecards|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vavel.com/en/more-sport/2024/03/17/1176519-nathan-heaney-retains-british-title-after-an-action-packed-draw-with-brad-pauls.html|title=Nathan Heaney retains British title after an action-packed draw with Brad Pauls|publisher=Vavel|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/68624710|title=Brad Pauls wants British middleweight title rematch with Nathan Heaney after draw|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref>
A rematch took place at the same venue on 20 July 2024. Pauls knocked Heaney to the canvas in the fourth round and then stopped him in the final round to claim the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/brad-pauls-stops-nathan-heaney-12th-win-british-title--184933|title=Brad Pauls stops Nathan Heaney in the 12th to win British title|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/boxing/brad-pauls-knocks-out-nathan-heaney-in-final-round-to-win-the-british-middleweight-title._sto10245548/story.shtml|title=Brad Pauls knocks out Nathan Heaney in final round to win the British middleweight title|publisher=TNT Sports|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref>
Pauls lost the championship in his first defence against Denzel Bentley via unanimous decision at Wembley Arena in London on 17 December 2024, in a fight which was also for the vacant European title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cjr28j54121o|title=Pauls will 'get more belts' after Bentley defeat|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/42838659/denzel-bentley-beats-brad-pauls-middleweight-title-thriller|title=Denzel Bentley beats Brad Pauls in middleweight title thriller|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref>
Pauls was scheduled to face Shakiel Thompson at Co-op Live in Manchester on 26 January 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c8r07vd7vd1o|title=Pauls and Thompson winner to get title shot - Warren|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=22 November 2025}}</ref> However, the fight was postponed when headliner, Moses Itauma, suffered an injury less than two weeks before the event, with the entire card being put back to take place at the same venue on 28 March 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/boxing/shakiel-thompson-stays-patient-after-january-fight-collapse-5476317|title=Shakiel Thompson stays patient after January fight collapse|publisher=Sheffield Star|accessdate=16 January 2026}}</ref> When the bout eventually took place, Pauls won by stoppage in the ninth round to claim the vacant IBF International middleweight title in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/brad-pauls-crushes-shakiel-thompson-world-title-dream-with-comeback-win|title=Brad Pauls crushes Shakiel Thompson world title dream with comeback win|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=28 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://talksport.com/boxing/4147220/shakiel-thompson-ko-upset-moses-itauma-card/|title=6ft3ins middleweight Shakiel Thompson knocked out in big upset to lose unbeaten record on Moses Itauma bill|publisher=Talksport|accessdate=28 March 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pauls studied fitness and personal training at Southampton Solent University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxingnewsonline.net/brad-pauls-i-was-looking-for-boxing-without-knowing-i-was-looking-for-it/|title=Brad Pauls: 'I was looking for boxing without knowing I was looking for it'|publisher=Boxing News Online|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref>
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