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
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
Away from the boxing ring, Pitt is a student at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Reasons to be cheerful in Welsh amateur boxing this year". Boxing News Online. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Brecon's Dan Pitt crowned U19 World Boxing Champion in Colorado". Brecon and Radnor Express. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Cardiff Met student becomes world boxing champion". Wales247. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Historic Week for Welsh Boxing in Colorado". Welsh Boxing. Retrieved 12 September 2025.