Influencer boxing · Saturday, August 29 · Kia Center, Orlando
Duel: Arena 1 · 29 AugustInfluencer boxing
Shane King vs Thomas Phillips at Duel: Arena 1
This one landed in the early hours of 25 August, four days before the card, and it is the hardest bout on the bill to write about honestly — because almost nothing about the two men is on public record. No fight databases list them. No combat record exists for either. So rather than pad this page with invented biography, below is exactly what is confirmed and exactly what is not. For the rest of the card, start at our Duel: Arena 1 hub.
✅ FinalThomas Phillips beat Shane King by unanimous decision after 3 rounds.
📌 Card is doneDuel: Arena 1 is over. The promotion has said from the start that it intends to run more — when Arena 2 is announced, we will cover it here.
⚖️ Weigh-in · Fri 28 AugShane King 111.2 lb (50.4 kg) · Thomas Phillips 115.0 lb (52.2 kg). A difference of 3.8 lb.
The bout was announced by Duel: Arena in the early hours of Monday 25 August, four days before the card, and co-posted with Shane King's own Instagram account. It is billed as an influencer boxing bout — the third on a card that also features Ryan Pownall against Patrick Clark Jr and Jack Grady against Wade Stokan.
Shane King
Instagram: @shnacckk
Confirmed on the card by the promotion, which co-posted the announcement with his account
No combat sports record on any public database
Weighed in at 111.2 lb on Friday 28 August
Thomas Phillips
Known as "Tiny Tom" · @tinytomsadventures
Confirmed on the card; responded publicly to the announcement
No combat sports record on any public database
Weighed in at 115.0 lb on Friday 28 August
What we still could not verify. How large either man's following is, what either is best known for, whether they have any history with each other, and whether either has boxed before. The weigh-in answered the weight question and nothing else: neither man appears in any fight database. We would rather leave those lines blank than fill them with guesses.
Where this sits on the card
Duel: Arena 1 has now added four bouts in the eighteen days before it happens: Manuwa's opponent was replaced, a featherweight MMA fight appeared, a catchweight MMA fight appeared, and now this. That is not a sign of chaos so much as a sign of how debut promotions work — you announce a headline act to sell tickets, then spend the following weeks filling the hours around it.
A card that is still growing four days out is a card being built to fill a broadcast window, not a card built around rankings. Read the undercard accordingly.
Practically, that has one consequence worth knowing: bouts added this late tend to open the show. If you specifically want to watch this one, be in your seat or on the stream from the first bell at 7:00 PM ET rather than turning up for the main event.
Who wins
We are not going to pretend to know. Neither man has a record, a tape, or a public history of fighting anybody — there is genuinely nothing to analyse, and any preview claiming otherwise is filling space.
What we can say is what usually decides bouts like this one, because influencer boxing has a strong pattern to it. Conditioning decides most of them. Both men are likely to throw everything they have in the opening ninety seconds; whoever can still lift their hands in round two generally wins. Actual boxing technique matters less than whether someone did the roadwork.
The first genuinely informative moment will be Friday's weigh-in, when the agreed weight becomes public and both men are seen on camera side by side. That is free to watch on the promotion's YouTube and Facebook channels, and for a fight with no form to go on it is worth more than any preview — including this one.
How you called it
The poll is closed — this is how it stood when the bell rang.
Only 9 votes were cast before the bell, too few to read anything into.
You called it. Thomas Phillips won by unanimous decision.
Duel: Arena is run by Duel — the casino and sportsbook are the same operator.
King vs Phillips was on the Duel: Arena 1 undercard. Duel: Arena 1 ran on Saturday, 29 August at the Kia Center in Orlando — doors at 6:00 PM ET, first fight at 7:00 PM ET.
The card was pay-per-view at $29.99, ordered through DuelArena.tv and streamed worldwide via PlayLive. Fight week was free — the Thursday press conference and both Friday weigh-ins went out on the promotion's own YouTube and Facebook channels. The promotion has not said whether a replay will be sold or made free.
Full card and every result on the Duel: Arena 1 hub. If you came at this from a betting angle instead, our Duel sportsbook page covers the combat-sports markets and the licensing picture.
The other influencer bouts were Ryan Pownall vs Patrick Clark Jr and Jack Grady vs Wade Stokan. If you want the fights with actual professionals in them, Cunningham vs Penafiel and Anthony vs Morrow are the two to turn up early for.
The bout was announced in the early hours of 25 August by @duelarena_, co-posted with Shane King's account. Neither man appears in Tapology, Sherdog or any other fight database at the time of writing, and we have not found a verifiable combat record for either. Everything on this page comes from the promotion's own announcement. Betting the card? Our sportsbook page covers the terms, then Duel.com.
Things people actually ask
Who are Shane King and Thomas Phillips?
Both are internet personalities rather than professional fighters. Shane King posts on Instagram as @shnacckk and co-posted the promotion's announcement of the bout. Thomas Phillips goes by Tiny Tom and posts as @tinytomsadventures. Beyond that, neither man has a public profile that we have been able to verify, and neither appears in any fight database.
Do either of them have a boxing or MMA record?
Not one that exists on public record. Tapology, Sherdog and the other fight databases have no listing for either man, which means this is either a debut for both or their previous bouts were unsanctioned. The promotion has not described either as an experienced fighter.
What weight is the bout contested at?
Both men weighed in on Friday 28 August: Shane King at 111.2 lb and Thomas Phillips at 115.0 lb, a difference of 3.8 lb. That is one of the tighter matchups on the card — the co-feature, by comparison, has a 32.8 lb gap.
When was Shane King vs Thomas Phillips?
Saturday, August 29, 2026 at the Kia Center in Orlando. Doors opened at 6:00 PM ET and the first fight was at 7:00 PM ET. The running order was never published, but bouts added this late typically open the card.
How was it shown?
Duel: Arena 1 was pay-per-view at $29.99, ordered through DuelArena.tv and streamed worldwide via PlayLive. The same purchase covers the whole card. Fight week itself — the press conference and both weigh-ins — was free on the promotion's YouTube and Facebook channels.
Why was a bout added four days before the event?
It was normal for a debut promotion. Undercards get filled late because fighters fall out, budgets settle and the promotion works out how long the broadcast needs to run. Duel: Arena 1 added four bouts in the eighteen days before the card.
