From
Barnsley, Wale won a NABC schoolboy title and represented England as an amateur, and attended the National Boxing Academy at East Durham and Houghall Community College in Peterlee, where he also studied
hairdressing. He made his professional debut in October 2006 with a first-round stoppage if Neil Read. In his fifth fight, in December 2007, he stopped Mo Khaled in the fourth round to take the vacant
BBBofC Central Area bantamweight title. He won his next two fights but suffered a first defeat in September 2008 when he was forced to retire in the corner due to severe damage to the right eye. In September 2009 he faced Matthew Marsh at the
York Hall,
Bethnal Green, in what should have been a fight for the vacant English
super bantamweight title, but Marsh failed to make the weight and despite beating Wale on points, the title remained vacant. In 2010 Wale entered the
Prizefighter tournament, beating
Esham Pickering in the first round, yet losing to
Willie Casey in the semi-finals. A year later he challenged for
Craig Lyon's English bantamweight title; A clash of heads stopped the fight in the third round, with the fight declared a draw. In May 2012 he challenged
Kid Galahad for the
WBC International super bantamweight title, Wale again forced to retire in the 9th round due to severe eye damage. Six months later he faced
Stuart Hall for the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title, losing by a wide points margin. He again moved up to super bantamweight, and in September 2013 lost a British title eliminator to
Gavin McDonnell. McDonnell went on to win the title, and in May 2014 defended against Wale, the fight ending a controversial draw. Many believed Wale had done enough to secure the title, whilst asking for a trilogy, McDonnell relinquished the belt. Wale got another shot in March 2015, facing
Jazza Dickens for the vacant title at the
Echo Arena, Liverpool. Dickens took a unanimous points decision, despite being deducted 2 points for deliberate use of the shoulder and holding. In July 2016, Wale challenged for
Gamal Yafai's Commonwealth title, again losing on points. Wale dropped back down to bantamweight, and in March 2017 beat Ramesh Ahmadi via a split decision to take the English title. In September 2017 he knocked out former Commonwealth and English Super Flyweight champion
Don Broadhurst in his first defence of the British title, and impressively stopped
Bobby Jenkinson in the ninth round in February 2018 in his second defence. ==References==