Daniel Pitt
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| Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Daniel Thomas Pitt 8 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]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]
In September 2025, he was one of six international boxers elected onto the World Boxing Athlete Committee.[5]
Pitt was selected to represent Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[6] Competing in the 80 kg division, he defeated Dee Ioapo of Samoa[7] and Kua Gunua Mua from Papua New Guinea to make it through to the quarterfinals,[8] where he lost 4:1 to Australia's Paul Trainor.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Away from the boxing ring, Pitt is a student at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1][3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
- 1 2 "Cardiff Met student becomes world boxing champion". Wales247. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Historic Week for Welsh Boxing in Colorado". Welsh Boxing. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Brecon boxer elected to join World Boxing Athlete Committee". Beacon and Radnor Express. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "Brecon boxer Daniel Pitt named in Wales Commonwealth Games squad". Beacon and Radnor Express. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ↑ "Boxer Pitt starts Team Wales campaign with victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Boxer Pitt wins to continue Wales unbeaten run". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Brecon's Dan bows out of Commonwealth Games with head held high". Beacon and Radnor Express. Retrieved 30 July 2026.