UK's youngest pro boxer Callum Dan already 5-0 with a middleweight title at 16

Published On Tuesday, February 24, 2026By Tim Rickson

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UK's youngest pro boxer Callum Dan reveals his start in boxing and how he ended up having his debut 6,000 miles away from home

Plymouth's prospect Callum Dan (5-0, 5 KOs) has already had his professional boxing debut, won a middleweight title, and reached 5-0 all within eight months of turning 16-years-old.

The undefeated super-welterweight prospect has won all five pro bouts by knockout between April to October 2025, and is now about to fly back out to Thailand for his sixth professional contest on February 28, 2026.

While the British Boxing Board of Control do not license boxers under the age of 18, teenager Dan gained his status at an earlier age under the Thai Federation, which licences boxers from 15 and over.

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Speaking exclusively to BBN's YouTube reporter, Ethan O'Connor, aspiring youngster Callum Dan shared his story on how he first got started in the sport of boxing, "From the age of around 10 or 11, I was an amateur for a few years, boxed at quite a high level until I was about 14 or 15, then I stopped for a few months, and kind of before my 16th birthday I got back into it and we had a few options with paths to go down, but after a lot of back and forth, we did decide to go out to Thailand to have my professional debut, so yeah we went through with that and probably the best decision we made in a long time."

An elite amateur, Callum Dan turned 16 in March 2025 and stopped Thai boxer Noy Vongsoudounag inside two rounds in his pro boxing debut in Thailand on April 6, whilst in the middle of studying for his GCSE exams.

He remained in Thailand for a further three weeks to squeeze in another contest in the same month, this time winning within just 44 seconds against Sittikorn Treenit in Bangkok, returning to Plymouth as a 2-0 pro within one month of turning 16.

Trained by Marlee Dan, Callum signed with India‑based boxing organisation Marine Pro Boxing in the New Year after winning his first pro title in October last year, claiming the Asian Boxing Federation middleweight belt via third-round stoppage in Bangkok. His five knockouts have all come within rounds one, two and three, catching the eye of Asia's fastest growing sports company founded by Devraj Das.

"So the contract with Marine [Pro Boxing] only come about in the past few months after my fight in October or November, I'm pretty sure it was," he reflected. "But that was kind of a no-brainer to get on board with Vijay [Patel] and Dev [Das] now doing massive things for me and its been onwards and upwards, so taking that deal with them was not even a thought."

Backed by such big business, undefeated in five with a perfect record, Dan is assured and confident with the base he has already established in boxing, all before his 17th birthday.

"Yeah, kind of does give you a lot of confidence," he agreed, "Puts you on that step above with the competition you're in with, obviously five fights, five wins, five knockouts, just keep on going in there with the same intentions every time we fight, just looking for the same outcome every time now."

When quizzed if that was indeed his intentions, to secure a knockout every fight, he answered, "Kind of depends, obviously we set out a different plan every time we fight, but kind of we haven't really been able to get the rounds in and get rounds under my belt and the experience we needed as they [opponents] kind of just fall apart after a few rounds, for the minute we're just getting them out of there after three or four [rounds], but hopefully over time we can start getting six, eight, 10 rounds straight through."

Competing 6,000 miles from home in a tropical climate couldn't be any further apart from the other young prospects training in England - where it has rained every day this year - and fighting in their local halls.

Callum calculated those contrasts, "It's a long distance. It's not too bad, to be honest, it's more fun than, like, mentally challenging; obviously the time difference and the weather is a big problem, apart from that it's quite fun just getting there, fighting, and to fly home with a win."

When Dan returns to England, hopefully at 6-0 with another win added to his record, he will still be a whole year away from the prospect of fighting professionally in his home country.

He looked ahead at when that dream could finally take place, "Yes, I turn 18 on March 2027, so hopefully looking at signing with someone big, one of the top three [promoters], if we can get some attention drawn towards them."

And when that finally happens, he immediately admitted that he would be nervous at the prospect of making his long awaited UK debut, "No, it will be nerve-racking, first time since the age of 14 I would have fought in front of everyone, my friends, my family; it's been a long time since I boxed back home."

Callum concluded, "Obviously, the dream is world champion, but I can't get too far ahead of myself, got to take steps, so maybe a British title before I turn 20, something like that, and see what's on the card in the next few years."