Career
He is a former holder of both the English and European light heavyweight titles and a former challenger for the British and Commonwealth titles. McIntosh"s first professional fight took place in April 2005 at the Sports Village in Norwich and resulted in a six round points victory over Omid Bourzo. He fought twice more in 2005 winning on both occasions leaving him with a record of 3-0 at the end of his first year.
Only two fights followed in 2007 with victories over experienced journeyman Rob Burton and a career best performance ending the unbeaten record of Joey Vegas (then 10-0).
One more victory in February 2008 enhanced his record to 7-0 and set him up for a shot at the English light heavyweight title. McIntosh has since made two defences of the belt beating Nottingham"s Rod Anderton on 6 December 2008 and Southampton"s Matthew Barney on 28 March 2009.
He was defeated for the first time when, having been knocked down on four occasions, the fight was stopped in the 7th round. Following the fight McIntosh said he would learn from the "nightmare", saying that Cleverly had taught him a boxing lesson.
His next fight on 19 February 2010 saw him put that night behind him with a third successful defence of his English title.
McIntosh stepped up to cruiserweight in his next fight at the Castle Leisure Center in Bury on 6 November 2010 beating journeyman Hastings Rasani in the 3rd round of what was a non-title contest. European Title challenge
On 22 January 2011 McIntosh traveled to France to challenge Thierry Karl for the vacant European title. Despite being behind on points, McIntosh was able to take control of the fight in the 11th round prompting the referee to stop the fight and hand the title to McIntosh.