John
Hedges

Decorated amateur star, John Hedges has all the ingredients to be a nightmare at Super-Middleweight. The elusive 6’5” southpaw won four National and seven International titles during a glittering spell in the unpaid code in which he amassed an extremely impressive record of 44 fights and 40 wins fighting all over Europe.

Known as ‘Gentleman John’, the gifted 21-year-old prospect fights out of the Hoddesdon Boxing Academy and shares the Matchroom stable with two undefeated Super-Middleweight World Champions in Callum Smith and Billy Joe Saunders.

Based in Takeley, Essex Hedges has made London a fighting home with five straight wins in the capital taking him to 8-0 as a professional, most recently landing a dream slot on the undercard of Anthony Joshua in April 2023.

Hedges needed hand surgery after moving to 8-0 that kept him sidelined for 10 months before returning in February 2024 up at Cruiserweight. Hedges produced a clinical second round stoppage of Erdogan Kadrija.

Hedges returned on the undercard of stablemate Johnny Fisher in July and picked up his first professional title, the Southern Area Cruiserweight strap with a technical decision victory over 5-0 Lewis Oakford.

Hedges made the decision to leave trainer Mark Tibbs and move up to Manchester to work with Ricky Hatton at the start of 2025 and made his first outing under his new coach in May on the Fisher-Allen 2 card in London. Hedges won a wide decision win over 13-1 Nathan Quarless to win the English Cruiserweight Title.