Nicholas John Webb[1] (born 23 September 1987) is a British professional boxer who has held the IBO International heavyweight title since March 2021.

[3][4] Nicholas John Webb was born on 23 September 1987 and grew up in a council house in Chertsey, Surrey, England, the eldest child raised by a single mother Wendy.

[7] He spoke of such a single parent household having had a large impact in his youth, whilst describing it as the worst thing he experienced as a child: "I think not having a dad, just growing up, I sort of depended on myself always [...]".

[10][11][12] When Webb was growing up he enjoyed watching boxing,[13] and spoke of admiring Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and David Haye.

[14][15] Webb competed for Woking Amateur Boxing Club in a number of tournaments,[16] and as such had reached the Under 10's Novice ABAs finals within a few fights, whilst securing the gold medal in 2012.

[24][25] He followed up his defeat by Joyce with a second placing at the 2013 English National Championships at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring by progressing through the quarter-finals by way of walkover and followed by outpointing Osamuede Omoregie in semi-finals.

[32] After winning his bronze medal, Webb spoke of his ambition to secure a place on the GB Boxing squad to eventually partake in the 2012 London Olympics, however, after three trials and his loss to Joyce at the English National Championships he decided to turn professional.

"[37] Additionally, Welsh stated that Webb had developed an amateur style akin to "hitting bags alongside dozens of other kids [...]", and that he'd had very little one-to-one tuition.

[37] On 25 March 2015, Webb made his professional debut at York Hall as part of the undercard to Ovill McKenzie vs. Matty Askin, defeating Hrvoje Kišiček (10–15–0) with a first-round knockout.

[38][39] After knocking out Kišiček, Webb explained his intention of looking to put on a good start for the people watching him, in which he stated: "I just let me hands go and I could see him going so I finished the job.

"[40] He then had six more fights in the space of twelve-months, defeating Martin Szatmári (2–1–1), Ferenc Zsalek (15–46–6), Angel Angelov (2–2–0), and Zoltán Csala (9–5–0) all via first-round knockout.

"[55] On 11 September, it was announced that Webb would box in a six-round contest live on Spike UK, as part of the undercard to George Groves vs. Eduard Gutknecht at The SSE Arena, Wembley 18 November.

[60] Webb battered Gospić around the ring trapping him on the ropes and working him over with heavy rights and left, which eventually lead to a head-jerking uppercut wherein referee John McGuire stopped the fight.

[68] On 17 February, Cyclone Promotions announced that Webb would face Dorian Darch in an eight-round contest at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff on 11 March, as part of the undercard for Craig Kennedy's vacant British cruiserweight title fight with Matty Askin.

[77][78][79] On 9 November, the British Boxing Board of Control ordered a fight between unbeaten Daniel Dubois (5–0–0) and Webb for the vacant English heavyweight title.

[82] On 26 January 2018, it was announced that Webb was added to the 'British Beef' card at The O2 Arena, as part of the undercard to Lawrence Okolie's cruiserweight grudge match against Isaac Chamberlain on 3 February.

[89] Joyce later released a statement affirming that he won't fight until he replaces his former trainer, Ismael Salas, who moved to Doha into semi-retirement.

[90] However, Joyce stated that he's ready to accept any advances from promoter Hearn to face Webb on the Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin undercard on 22 September.

[112] Darch was hurt from the opening bell with heavy shots to the head, which led to Webb finishing him off in the second round with a left-hook to the body.

[113] On 7 November, British Boxing News revealed that Webb would return to York Hall on 15 December in an eight-round fight with the premise that the bout would provide the rounds to get him back into title contention in early 2019.

[121][122] Webb was revealed as one of the eight, including Sean Turner, Mark Bennett, Jonathan Palata, Josh Sandland, Jay McFarlane, Kamil Sokołowski and Chris Healey.

[129] A right uppercut followed by a left hook dropped the hurt Whittaker, and as he tottered back to the ropes,[129] which resulted in referee John Latham calling a halt to the contest.

[9] He used to live and train in Brighton during weekdays with manager Scott Welch and boxers such as Lloyd Ellett and Nick Jenman, and is very close to Chris Eubank Jr. and Grant Ely.