Career
He is the brother of Darren and Steve Gethin, both of whom are also professional boxers. Although Gethin lost the title in his first defence, he regained it in January 2010. Gethin made his debut in November 2004 beating journeyman Kristian Laight stopping him in the 4th round.
In his 10th fight he fought for the vacant Midlands Area lightweight title beating Craig Johnson on points over 10 rounds.
An exciting fighter he received a great opportunity just two fights later to fight in Las Vegas at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand. On returning to the United Kingdom, Gethin treaded water beating Carl Allen and Ali Wyatt until the opportunity arose for him to fight the unbeaten Nadeem Siddique.
In September 2008 Gethin fought touted prospect John Fewkes for the vacant English lightweight title and forced the referee to wave it off in the 4th round. Fewkes came into the contest with a 17-0 record and with wins over Scott Haywood and Craig Watson on his record but had only fought once in the year and was also having problems making the weight.
Gethin"s first defence ended in disappointment however when he was defeated by Stoke"s Scott Lawton at Nottingham"s Trent FM Arena on 6 December 2008.
In March 2009 Gethin tried to shake off the disappointment of defeat by taking part in an eliminator for the British title, this time meeting Liverpool"s John Watson at the city"s Echo Arena. He was to lose for the second time despite putting his opponent down in the last round he"d left it too late and lost on points. Gethin suffered his third defeat in a row when on 18 May 2009 he lost to journeyman Chris Long at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham, losing on points after being put down by Long in the last round.
A victory the following month against another journeyman boxer, Jason Nesbitt, put Gethin back on winning ways before on 15 January 2010 he got the opportunity to once more fight for the English title.
The fight, at the leisure centre in Altrincham, resulted in a 10 round points victory over challenger Graeme Higginson to become a two time holder of the title.
