O'Neil Bell (27-4-1, 25) was born in Jamaica on December 29, 1974. At the age of 23 years on February 19, 1998, he made his professional boxing debut against William Holyfield, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 26th career fight at 30 years old, Bell became a cruiserweight world champion on May 20, 2005 after defeating Dale Brown via 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF title.
Bell's last fight was a 1st-round TKO win against Rico Cason at age 36 on December 17, 2011. He was on a 1-fight winning streak by his last fight.
Some of O'Neil Bell's best fights have been against Jean-Marc Mormeck, Arthur Williams, Derrick Harmon and Tomasz Adamek.
Bell has 4 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | Dec 17, 2011 36 years, 11 months 27-4-1 (25) | Rico Cason | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
31  | Jun 4, 2011 36 years, 5 months 26-4-1 (24) | 39 years, 7 months 29-8 (27) | 2 | TKO | LOSS | |
30  | Apr 19, 2008 33 years, 3 months 26-3-1 (24) | 31 years, 4 months 33-1 (22) | 8 | TKO | LOSS | |
29  | Mar 17, 2007 32 years, 2 months 26-2-1 (24) | 34 years, 9 months 32-3 (22) | CR | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA (Unified), WBC, The Ring |
28 | Jan 7, 2006 31 years 26-1-1 (24) | 33 years, 7 months 31-2 (21) | CR | 10 | KO | WIN Won WBA (Unified), WBC, The Ring Defended IBF |
27 | Aug 26, 2005 30 years, 7 months 25-1-1 (23) | Sebastiaan Rothmann | CR | 11 | KO | WIN Defended IBF |
26 | May 20, 2005 30 years, 4 months 24-1-1 (22) | Dale Brown | CR | 12 | UD | WIN Won IBF Vacant |
25 | Sep 4, 2004 29 years, 8 months 23-1-1 (22) | Ezra Sellers | 2 | KO | WIN | |
24  | Dec 19, 2003 28 years, 11 months 22-1-1 (21) | 33 years, 10 months 23-4 (11) | CR | 8 | TKO | WIN |
23 | May 23, 2003 28 years, 4 months 21-1-1 (20) | Kelvin Davis | CR | 11 | TKO | WIN |
22  | Nov 8, 2002 27 years, 10 months 20-1-1 (19) | 37 years, 11 months 36-7-1 (26) | CR | 9 | TKO | WIN |
21 | Jun 28, 2002 27 years, 5 months 19-1-1 (18) | Eric Davis | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
20 | Apr 26, 2002 27 years, 3 months 18-1-1 (17) | Ernest Mateen | 3 | TD | DRAW | |
19 | Apr 9, 2002 27 years, 3 months 18-1 (17) | Ka-Dy King | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Sep 7, 2001 26 years, 8 months 17-1 (16) | 36 years, 9 months 34-5-1 (24) | CR | 11 | TKO | WIN |
17 | Jul 3, 2001 26 years, 6 months 16-1 (15) | Jason Robinson | 10 | UD | WIN | |
16 | May 10, 2001 26 years, 4 months 15-1 (15) | Jose Luis Rivera | CR | 11 | TKO | WIN |
15 | Jan 18, 2001 26 years 14-1 (14) | James Walton | CR | 10 | TKO | WIN |
14 | Oct 19, 2000 25 years, 9 months 13-1 (13) | Michael Rush | CR | 5 | KO | WIN |
13 | Oct 13, 2000 25 years, 9 months 12-1 (12) | Eric Davis | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Jun 2, 2000 25 years, 5 months 11-1 (11) | Jose Hiram Torres | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Apr 22, 2000 25 years, 3 months 10-1 (10) | John Moore | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Jan 27, 2000 25 years 9-1 (9) | Wes Taylor | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Sep 3, 1999 24 years, 8 months 8-1 (8) | George Holder | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Aug 11, 1999 24 years, 7 months 7-1 (7) | Carl Handy | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Mar 3, 1999 24 years, 2 months 6-1 (6) | John Battle | 2 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Jan 22, 1999 24 years 5-1 (5) | Cliff Nellon | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Nov 13, 1998 23 years, 10 months 4-1 (4) | John Carter | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Jul 30, 1998 23 years, 7 months 3-1 (3) | Larry Donnell | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Jun 26, 1998 23 years, 5 months 2-1 (2) | James Sealey | 1 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Apr 11, 1998 23 years, 3 months 1-1 (1) | Mahamed Benguesmia | 4 | KO | LOSS | |
1 | Feb 19, 1998 23 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | William Holyfield | 1 | TKO | WIN |
