Rendall Munroe

Rendall Munroe (born 1 June 1980) is an English former professional boxer. He held the European, Commonwealth and English super-bantamweight titles. Known as 'The Boxing Binman' due to his dayjob as a binman, Munroe and his corner men used to make their ring walk wearing fluorescent yellow binman jackets.

With an amateur record of 30 wins and 10 losses, Munroe had his first professional fight on 20 September 2003, when he stopped Joel Viney in the third round at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham.^[3]

After 10 wins, he challenged Andy Morris for the British featherweight title but lost by unanimous decision in Edinburgh.^[4]

Munroe's first title win came three fights later when he beat Marc Callaghan for the vacant English super-bantamweight championship.^[3][5]

Munroe defeated European super-bantamweight champion, Kiko Martínez, by majority decision again at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre on 7 March 2008.^[6][7]

He successfully defended the title three times during 2008, against Salem Bouaita,^[8][9] Arsen Martirosian, ^[10][11] and Fabrizio Trotta.^[12][13]

On 27 February 2009 at Barnsley Metrodome, Munroe faced a rematch with Kiko Martínez, who had been installed as the mandatory challenger, and defeated the Spaniard once more, this time by unanimous decision.^[14][15]

On 2 May 2009, Munroe captured the Commonwealth title with a unanimous decision victory over Ghanaian boxer Isaac Nettey at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland.^[16][17]

Back at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre on 20 November 2009, he defeated Simone Maludrottu by unanimous decision to retain his European title.^[18][19]

On 23 April 2010 at Coventry Skydome, Munroe stopped Victor Terrazas in the ninth round of an eliminator to challenge WBC super-bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka.^[20][21]

He lost to Nishioka by unanimous decision on 24 October 2010 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, with all three judges scoring the fight 119–109.^[22][23]

On 17 January 2011, Munroe received an Honoured Citizen Award in his home city of Leicester,^[24] from Lord Mayor Colin Hall, in recognition of his work in promoting the city.

In March 2011, Munroe, who had previously been promoted by Frank Maloney, signed an 18-month deal^[25] with Hatton Promotions for forthcoming fights,^[26] the first being at the MEN Arena where he captured the vacant WBA international super-bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Andrei Isaeu on 16 April 2011.^[27]

Munroe fought against Scott Quigg for the WBA Interim super-bantamweight title at Manchester Velodrome on 16 June 2012. However, the fight was ruled a technical draw in the third round after Munroe suffered a cut over his right eye from an accidental clash of heads.^[28][29]

A rematch took place at Manchester Arena on 24 November 2012. Quigg won by stoppage in the sixth round.^[30][31]

On 13 December 2012, Munroe announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference at King Power Stadium in Leicester.^[3][32][33]

He made a return to the ring on 12 May 2013 with a first-round stoppage of Laszlo Fekete at Club Republic in Leicester.^[34][35]

Munroe challenged British featherweight champion Lee Selby at Cardiff International Arena on 1 February 2024 with the vacant European featherweight title also up for grabs. He lost by technical knockout in the sixth round.^[36][37]

On 19 April 2014, he took on Commonwealth featherweight title holder, Josh Warrington, at Manchester Arena. Munroe quit on his stool at the end of the seventh round.^[38] He announced his second, and final, retirement from professional boxing immediately after the fight.^[39][40]

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