Kevin Lueshing

Binor 17 Sep,2017

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Kevin Lueshing is a former British boxer who was once the British welterweight champion and the IBO World welterweight champion in 1996. The 49 years old British boxer is indeed a rich man with a net worth of $1 million.

Early Life

Kevin Lueshing was born on 17 April 1968 in Beckenham, London and his parents are George Luishing and Barbara Lueshing. He had a harrowing childhood, during his childhood, he was regularly beaten by his father and sexually abused by a man he calls 'Derek’. He belongs to British nationality.

Boxing Career

At the age of 22, Kevin Lueshing made his professional debut in boxing in September 1991 with a second round stoppage of John McGlynn at the Royal Albert Hall. Right from his debut he was unstoppable, didn't loose any game until 2004. He experienced his first defeat in March 1994 when Chris Saunders stopped him in the fourth.

His next five-match win led him to a challenge for Saunders' British welterweight title in February 1996. Lueshing defeated Saunders by stopping him in the third round which made the new British champion.

Kevin Lueshing challenged Nino Cirilo for IBO World welterweight title in New York in July 1996. Nino was holding the IBO title at the time. Lueshing Defeated Cirilo in the second round to snatch the title.

He challenged for Harry Simon's WBO World super welterweight title in 1999. He lost the match in the third round and match was proved to be Lueshing's final fight. He had 25 fights throughout his career and won 21 of them and lost the remaining 4. Seventeen of his wins were from Knockouts.

Personal Life

The 49 years old former boxer is currently dating Zoe Floyd, a television personality since 2016. Zoe is a phlebotomist and is currently residing in Sussex with her fiance Lueshing. They knew each other through an online dating site in May 2013 and started dating sometime later.

He was previously married to Jackie in 1992 after known each other two years before but the relationship did not last long. They separated from each other in 1997. Lueshing has two children; 23 years old April and 19 years old Louie She also has a 17 years old daughter Morgan from her previous marriage and was divorced from her ex-husband 4 years before.

He published an autobiographical book named The Belt Boy in In 2016, detailing his troubled early life including the physical and sexual abuse he received as a child, and resulting suicide attempts, and how boxing changed his life.

Net Worth and Endorsements

Kevin Lueshing has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He earned over $80k from his boxing prize money. His average annual income is $40,000. The only source of his earning is boxing and earned a certain amount through his autobiography.

During his career, he had several sponsors who paid huge money, bought cars, house for him to get him into boxing.

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