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List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight title, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929.
This is a list of British boxers who have won a world championship by one of the four major sanctioning organisations – the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) – as well as those awarded by The Ring.
Alan Sydney Minter (17 August 1951 – 9 September 2020) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1981. He held the undisputed middleweight title in 1980, having previously held the British middleweight title from 1975 to 1976, and the European middleweight title twice between 1977 and 1979.
Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Michael Spinks and Marvis Frazier. Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. [1] Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent ...
George Gilbody (born 1 January 1955) is a British boxer.He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]Gilbody was the National Champion in 1974 after winning the prestigious ABA featherweight title, he was also a four times National Champion in the lightweight division (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981) boxing out of St. Helens Star ABC. [2]
The Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight was the first time that two British boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title. [4] Lewis beat Bruno on a stoppage in round seven, Bruno again failing to take his title chance after leading the contest on points up until what proved the final round. [citation needed]
This is a list of notable male boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers A. Ricky Anderson ...
British boxing biography stubs (1 C, 215 P) Pages in category "British boxers" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.