James Todd, alias The Sandman, is a welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It is thought that James Todd is a member of the Swansea runners aka Swansea Run sway, recent exploits of this relatively unknown group includes the canton mile and St Helen road ethnic beats. James Todd is also a keen salsa dancer.

Professional career

Todd made his professional debut against another debuting fighter, Adam Cummings, in December 2008 - that fight was judged by the referee as a draw. Todd won his next two bouts, against 7-82-2 Jason Nesbitt and 0-1 Adam Farrell, before traveling to the US to further his career. There Todd faced amateur standout Dean Peters Jr and lost by unanimous decision. As of November 1, 2009 Todd had a professional record of 2-1-1.

On October 20, 2009 it was announced that Todd would get a surprise shot at a minor world title, the IBA welterweight belt. Todd opponent will be Mohammed Kayongo

Mohammed Kayongo

Mohammed Kayongo, alias The Dark Destroyer or The African Assassin, is a welterweight professional boxer from the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Personal life:Kayongo was born in Kampala, Uganda...

 (14-2 with 10 knockouts

Knockouts

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