Ashley Lane (born 1 October 1990) is an English professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title from 2017 to 2019 and challenged for the British super-bantamweight title in 2019.

Professional career

Lane made his professional debut on 1 April 2011, fighting to a second-round technical draw in a four-round bout against Ryan McNicol at the Park Inn Hotel in Northampton. The contest was stopped after Lane suffered a cut due to an accidental clash of heads.^[2] Lane defeated McNicol in an immediate rematch at the same venue in the following July, winning by points decision (PTS) over four-rounds.^[3] In his next fight he suffered the first defeat of his career, losing by third-round technical knockout (TKO) against Jonathan Fry in October,^[4] before fighting to a draw against future world title challenger, Gavin McDonnell, in March 2012.^[5]

After two more wins and another loss, he faced future British bantamweight champion, Josh Wale, for the vacant British Masters super-bantamweight title on 29 March 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome. After being knocked down twice in the ninth, Lane quit on his stool at the end of the round to suffer the third defeat of his career, losing via ninth-round corner retirement (RTD).^[6]

After three more fights – two wins and a stoppage loss to future world champion Kal Yafai^[7] – Lane stepped in as a late replacement to face Dai Davies after his original opponent, Kris Jones, pulled out due to suffering from the flu. The bout took place on 24 October 2014 at the Rhydycar Leisure Centre in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, with the vacant International Masters featherweight title on the line.^[8] Lane suffered his fifth professional defeat, losing via PTS over ten rounds.^[9]

In his next fight he suffered his second consecutive defeat and the sixth of his career, losing by seventh-round TKO to Ryan Farrag for the vacant English bantamweight title on 13 December 2014 at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield.^[10] He came back from defeat to capture the vacant Midlands Area bantamweight title by defeating Brett Fidoe via PTS on 27 March 2015 at the City Academy Sports Centre in Bristol,^[11] before failing in his second attempt for the vacant English title, losing to Jason Cunningham via ten-round unanimous decision (UD) on 27 February 2016 at the Doncaster Dome.^[12]

Six fights later – with four wins and one loss – he fought Michael Ramabeletsa on 23 September 2017 in a rematch of their 2012 bout, in which Ramabeletsa won, for the vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title. Lane got his revenge over Ramabeletsa, winning by UD to capture the Commonwealth title at the PlayFootball Arena in Swindon. The judges scorecards reading 117–112, 116–112 and 116–113.^[13] After two PTS wins in non-title fights, he faced British super-bantamweight champion, Brad Foster, on 18 May 2019 at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage. After being knocked down once in the first round and again in the twelfth, Lane lost by TKO after the referee called a halt to the contest with just two seconds remaining of the final round.^[14]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
26	Loss	14–10–2	Qais Ashfaq	TKO	4 (8), 0:20	12 Dec 2020	The SSE Arena, London, England
25	Win	14–9–2	Jose Aguilar	PTS	6	19 Jul 2019	Cheese and Grain Hall, Frome, England
24	Loss	13–9–2	Brad Foster	TKO	12 (12), 2:58	18 May 2019	Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England	Lost Commonwealth super-bantamweight title; For British super-bantamweight title
23	Win	13–8–2	Ricky Leach	PTS	4	27 Oct 2018	Newport Centre, Newport, Wales
22	Win	12–8–2	Isaac Quaye	PTS	8	16 Mar 2018	Dolman Exhibition Centre, Bristol, England
21	Win	11–8–2	Michael Ramabelesta	UD	12	23 Sep 2017	PlayFootball Arena, Swindon, England	Won vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title
20	Win	10–8–2	Andy Harris	PTS	6	30 Jun 2017	Cheese and Grain Hall, Frome, England
19	Win	9–8–2	Paul Economides	PTS	6	27 May 2017	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
18	Win	8–8–2	Thomas Kindon	PTS	6	13 May 2017	First Direct Arena, Leeds, England
17	Loss	7–8–2	Josh Wale	PTS	10	1 Oct 2016	Dearne Valley Leisure Centre, Denaby Main, England
16	Win	7–7–2	Craig Derbyshire	PTS	6	8 Jul 2016	Dolman Exhibition Hall, Bristol, England
15	Loss	6–7–2	Jason Cunningham	PTS	10	27 Feb 2016	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England	For vacant English bantamweight title
14	Win	6–6–2	Brett Fidoe	PTS	10	27 Mar 2015	City Academy Sports Centre, Bristol, England	Won vacant Midlands Area bantamweight title
13	Loss	5–6–2	Ryan Farrag	TKO	7 (10), 2:03	13 Dec 2014	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England	For vacant English bantamweight title
12	Loss	5–5–2	Dai Davies	PTS	10	24 Oct 2014	Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales	For vacant International Masters Gold featherweight title
11	Win	5–4–2	Anwar Alfadli	PTS	4	1 Mar 2014	City Academy Sports Centre, Bristol, England
10	Loss	4–4–2	Kal Yafai	TKO	4 (6), 2:59	14 Dec 2013	ExCel Arena, London, England
9	Win	4–3–2	James Ancliff	RTD	3 (4), 2:00	3 May 2013	The Venue, Dudley, England
8	Loss	3–3–2	Josh Wale	RTD	9 (10), 3:00	29 Mar 2013	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England	For vacant British Masters super-bantamweight title
7	Win	3–2–2	Harvey Hemsley	PTS	4	8 Sep 2012	Park Inn Hotel, Northampton, England
6	Loss	2–2–2	Michael Ramabelesta	PTS	6	7 Jul 2012	Hand Arena, Clevedon, England
5	Win	2–1–2	Delroy Spencer	PTS	4	16 Mar 2012	Civic Hall, Bedworth, England
4	Draw	1–1–2	Gavin McDonnell	PTS	4	2 Mar 2012	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England
3	Loss	1–1–1	Jonathan Fry	TKO	3 (4), 0:56	15 Oct 2011	Liquid & Envy Nightclub, Portsmouth, England
2	Win	1–0–1	Ryan McNicol	PTS	4	2 Jul 2011	Park Inn Hotel, Northampton, England
1	Draw	0–0–1	Ryan McNicol	TD	2 (4)	1 Apr 2011	Park Inn Hotel, Northampton, England	Fight stopped after Lane cut from accidental head clash

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