Smasher:Professor Pro

Professor Pro is an English smasher from London who mains in Melee, currently ranked 1st on the London Power Rankings, 1st on the United Kingdom Melee Power Rankings, 5th on the European Melee Power Rankings, and 49th on the SSBMRank 2022. He quit maining in 2008 and has gone on to main Fox exclusively. Since then, he became known as one of the best Fox players in Europe, as well as one of the most technical. He had a notable set win at against, winning 2-1, and also defeated  3-2 in winners finals of Kickstart 7, although he lost the following two sets in Grand Finals. His other notable wins include, , , , , and.

Professor Pro is also well known around the world for his performance with his in Project M, achieving strong tournament placings and pushing the PM Snake metagame. He is considered to be the best Project M player outside the United States. Professor Pro was formerly ranked 12th on the PMRank 2016.

He started playing Melee when the game came out with his friend Andre, but when he found out the advanced techniques in around April 2007, his friend decided to retire from Smash, while he carried on playing it and joined in with the competitive side of the game. He has caught the eyes of VwS Gaming (previously known as Reign eSports) and they have picked him up on their team, where he hopes to expand his Smash career. He left VwS Gaming on January 3rd, 2017.

Professor Pro retired from active competition on August 6th, 2023.

Tournament history
Professor Pro gained recognition as a top professional Project M player at B.E.A.S.T 4, where he took 2nd place in the Project M tournament after defeating 3-2 in losers' finals and bringing  to game 5 in grand finals before losing the set 2-3. He then became the first player ever to take a set off of Armada in a Project M tournament during Smash or DI winners' finals, which he won 3-1, although Armada still ended up defeating him 3-1 in two consecutive sets of grand finals to take the tournament.

Professor Pro later attended his first North American tournament at SKTAR 3, where he took 3rd place in Project M singles, defeating players such as and  in winners' bracket, and also taking out  3-2 in winners' semis, before losing to  1-3 in winners' finals and then to Mew2King 0-3 in a rematch in losers' finals. He also placed 7th in Project M doubles with Strong Bad. One notable event that occurred at the tournament was a $100 money match between Professor Pro and, in which Professor Pro ended up winning 4-2, solidifying his position as the best Project M Snake player in the world at the time. In addition, he managed to place 17th in Melee, defeating, and.

Professor Pro's second North American tournament was The Big House 4 five months later. In the top 32 bracket of Project M singles, he swept through winners', defeating 2-0,  3-0,  3-2, and Mew2King 3-0 to make it to grand finals against ZeRo. After losing a very close first set 2-3, he lost the second set 0-3, placing 2nd in the tournament. In Project M doubles, he teamed with Armada and made it to the top 8 bracket from winners' before losing to &  0-2 and then to Oro?! & 0-2, placing 5th. In Melee he notably defeated in winners before losing to  and.

Trivia

 * Professor Pro is well recognized for his proficiency in the matchup in Melee, with a 3-1 set record in his favor against, as well as wins over , , , and.
 * Up until his retirement in August 2023, Professor Pro was continuously ranked 1st on the United Kingdom Melee Power Rankings since December 2014, a testament to his longevity as a competitor.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * Paragon LA - Liquid | Hungrybox (Jigglypuff) vs VWS | Professor Pro (Fox)
 * Paragon LA - FE | Nintendude (Ice Climbers) vs VWS | Professor Pro (Fox)
 * Kickstart 7 Winners Finals - Leffen (Fox) vs Professor Pro (Fox)

Project M

 * SKTAR 3 - Professor Pro vs Rolex - Money Match - Project M
 * SKTAR 3 - P4K EMP Mew2King vs Reign Professor Pro - Winners Semis - Project M
 * BEAST#4 - Professor Pro vs Leffen - Losers Final P:M