<sod>Theophane made his professional debut at the [[York Hall]], [[London]] on 3 June 2003 defeating Lee Bedell, he beat an experienced journeyman, Brian Coleman, in his next fight on 22 July 2003 and won a further five contests throughout 2004 giving him a record of 7-0 at the end of the year.  In his first fight of 2005 on 26 March, Theophane suffered his first defeat to Judex Meema at the Empire Theatre in Hackney, losing on points over six rounds. The rest of the year had mixed results with four more wins including two contests with journeyman David Kehoe and a win each over Duncan Cottier and Jus Wallie but with another defeat, this time to Oscar Milkitas on 18 November, again on points although this time over 4 rounds.<ref name=boxrec>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=199642&cat=boxer |title=Ashley Theophane |publisher=BoxRec |date=1980-08-30 |accessdate=2016-03-31}}</ref>  In his first fight of 2006 and now with a record of 11-2 Theophane drew with Daniel Thorpe at the Excel Arena in [[London Docklands|Londons Docklands]]. The rest of the year saw six more fights and six more wins including three victories fighting in [[Germany]], the latter a win on 2 December against Omar Siala, was for the lightly regarded Global Boxing Council welterweight title at the IFCO Arena in [[Berlin]].  At the end of the year Theophane's record stood at 17-2-1 and on the verge of a challenge for the British title.<ref name=boxrec/><eod>
<sod>Theophane made his professional debut at the [[York Hall]], [[London]] on 3 June 2003, defeating Lee Bedell. He beat an experienced journeyman, Brian Coleman, in his next fight on 22 July 2003, and won a further five contests throughout 2004 giving him a record of 7-0 at the end of the year. In his first fight of 2005 on 26 March, Theophane suffered his first defeat to Judex Meema at the Empire Theatre in Hackney, losing on points over six rounds. The rest of the year had mixed results with four more wins including two contests with journeyman David Kehoe and a win each over Duncan Cottier and Jus Wallie but with another defeat, this time to Oscar Milkitas on 18 November, again on points although this time over 4 rounds.<ref name=boxrec>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=199642&cat=boxer |title=Ashley Theophane |publisher=BoxRec |date=1980-08-30 |accessdate=2016-03-31}}</ref>  In his first fight of 2006 and now with a record of 11-2 Theophane drew with Daniel Thorpe at the Excel Arena in [[London Docklands|Londons Docklands]]. The rest of the year saw six more fights and six more wins including three victories fighting in [[Germany]], the latter a win on 2 December against Omar Siala, was for the lightly regarded Global Boxing Council welterweight title at the IFCO Arena in [[Berlin]].  At the end of the year Theophane's record stood at 17-2-1 and on the verge of a challenge for the British title.<ref name=boxrec/><eod>