{"id":7169,"date":"2023-01-13T13:02:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/rocky-fielding-announces-retirement-from-boxing-at-35\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:02:13","slug":"rocky-fielding-announces-retirement-from-boxing-at-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/rocky-fielding-announces-retirement-from-boxing-at-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Fielding announces retirement from boxing at 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3821893\" data-slug-id=\"1363153\">\n<p>Michael &#8216;Rocky&#8217; Fielding, former WBA super-middleweight and Commonwealth super-middleweight, is 35 years old and has his gloves on.<\/p>\n<p>The British boxer has announced his retirement, writing on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Today, I am announcing my retirement from the sport. After 26 years of boxing, from stepping into the Stocky ABC gym at the age of 9 simply to stay fit for football, to winning a national title. until you get<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fielding (30-3) turned professional in October 2010 and won the Commonwealth super-middleweight title against Mohammed Akron in the third year of his professional career. After losing to fellow Liverpool native Callum Smith, &#8220;Rocky&#8221; won a split decision with John Ryder to win his British super middleweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool native challenged Tyrone Zegg for the WBA super-middleweight title in June 2018 and won by knockout. <\/p>\n<p>Following his championship win, the Englishman faced Mexican boxing sensation Canelo Alvarez for his newly won WBA title. Alvarez won the match by TKO. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rocky&#8217; then went on a three-game winning streak, defeating Abdallah Pajwa Pazi, Emmanuel Danso and Timo Laing. He then faced undefeated fighter Dan Azzies for the Commonwealth and British titles in his final fight, losing by TKO.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old fighter spoke about fulfilling his dream of fighting at the famous Madison Square Garden and getting his name called out by famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer. In his statement he further wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI dreamed of becoming a world champion, I dreamed of Michael Buffer calling my name and fighting at Madison Square Garden.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Rocky Fielding&#8217;s best moments<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rocky Fielding at Echo Arena Liverpool\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/01\/c60d9-16736123967520-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1419\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/01\/c60d9-16736123967520-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky Fielding at Echo Arena Liverpool\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/01\/c60d9-16736123967520-1920.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201419%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Rocky Fielding at Echo Arena Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>18 of Rocky&#8217;s 30 wins have been by KO\/TKO. <\/p>\n<p>With big moments like slamming Bryan Vera with an uppercut or an incredibly powerful hook to the body that won the WBA World Title against Tyrone Zegg, &#8220;Rocky&#8221; is in a square circle. had a natural strength.<\/p>\n<p><em>Check out some of Fielding&#8217;s best moments in the ring below<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DnTwy0Z07k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DnTwy0Z07k<\/a><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/youtube\" data-embed=\"-DnTwy0Z07k\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/01\/7c94b-16736124529901-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/01\/7c94b-16736124529901-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">quick link<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\"\/><\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other stickers from Sportskeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><template id=\"gif-box-template\"><br \/>\n<\/template><\/div>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><template id=\"gif-box-template\"><br \/>\n<\/template>\n<\/div>\n<p><script> \nvar fbPixelFired = false;\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\ndocument.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\nfunction loadFBPixel() {\nif(fbPixelFired) {\nreturn;\n}\nfbPixelFired = true;\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? 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