at Alexandra Palace in April 2010. Sprott was leading the bout on all three scorecards before Harrison knocked out Sprott with seconds remaining of round 12. On 9 October 2010, a 35-year-old Sprott competed in Sky's 'PrizeFighter' series (Heavyweights), reaching the final where he fought Matt Skelton. It was third time lucky for Sprott, who had lost his previous 2 contests with the 43-year-old Skelton, Winning on a split decision (29-28 Skelton 29-28 sprott 29-28 sprott) after the 3 round contest and winning £32,000 in 'winner take all' prize money. In September 2011, he suffered a third defeat in a European heavyweight title bout when he lost a unanimous points decision to Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko in Hamburg. Outside the ring Michael Sprott has a son called Darnell born around 2001. Darnell's name is stitched on the shorts Sprott wears for his professional contests. In recent contests Sprott's shorts have also displayed the name of his late sister Ginette, who took her own life in September 2009 after a long battle with depression. He lists his hobbies as weights, travelling and meeting new people. Outside boxing, Sprott enjoys rugby and the Wimbledon Championships. His favourite football teams are Reading FC and Arsenal F.C. Professional boxing record |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|42 Wins (17 knockouts), 29 Losses (18 knockouts), 0 Draws |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res. | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |- align=center |Loss |42-29 |align=left| Lukasz Rozanski |TKO |2 |2018-06-02 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-28 |align=left| Ali Eren Demirezen |TKO |5 |2017-12-23 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-27 |align=left| Marcin Siwy |UD |6 |2016-11-05 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-26 |align=left| Christian Hammer |KO |1 |2016-03-18 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-25 |align=left| Adrian Granat |KO |1 |2015-12-05 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-24 |align=left| Carlos Takam |KO |5 |2015-06-13 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-23 |align=left| Anthony Joshua |TKO |1 |2014-11-22 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42-22 |align=left| Kali Meehan |KO |1 |2014-06-04 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |42-21 |align=left| Anthony Nansen |UD |3 |2014-06-04 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |41-21 |align=left| Martin Rogan |MD |3 |2014-06-04 |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |40-21 |align=left| Jason Gavern |UD |3 |2013-11-14