Ady Lewis

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Ady Lewis
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Real nameAdrian Lewis
Nickname(s)Mighty Atom
Weight(s)
Height4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)
NationalityBritish
Born (1975-05-31) 31 May 1975 (age 46)
Bury, England
Boxing record
Total fights25
Wins19
Wins by KO12
Losses5
Draws1

Adrian "Ady" Lewis (born 31 May 1975) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2001. He challenged once for the IBO bantamweight title in 2001. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles in 1997, and the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles in 2000.

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Career

Born in Bury, Lewis fought out of the Bury ABC as an amateur and was runner-up in the ABA Junior Class-B bantamweight championship against Spencer Oliver. [1]

He began his professional career in 1994. Standing 4 ft 10in tall and weighing 8 stones, Lewis was the smallest British professional boxer at the time. [2] After winning his first ten fights he took his first title when he beat Louis Veitch on points in December 1996 to become BBBofC Central Area flyweight champion.

In January 1997 he beat Keith Knox to take the vacant British flyweight title, defending it successfully four months later against Mark Reynolds. [3] In his second defence in September 1997, Peter Culshaw's Commonwealth title was also at stake; Lewis stopped Culshaw in the eighth round to retain his British title and become commonwealth champion.

In November 1997 Lewis challenged for David Guerault's EBU European flyweight title in Manchester. Guerault stopped Lewis in the fourth round, inflicting Lewis' first defeat as a professional. [4]

Lewis subsequently moved up to bantamweight, and in June 1999 fought Noel Wilders in a final eliminator for the British title, losing after being stopped in the sixth round. [5] In April 2000 he faced Francis Ampofo for the vacant British and commonwealth titles at the York Hall, winning both titles by unanimous decision. [6] He defended both titles in September 2000, but lost to Tommy Waite after a cut forced the fight to be stopped. [7] [8] In February 2001 he challenged Nicky Booth for both titles but was stopped in the seventh round. [2]

Lewis' final fight was against Jose Sanjuanelo in October 2001 for the IBO bantamweight title, losing after being stopped in the second round. [2] [9]

Lewis went on to run the Dynamics gym in Radcliffe. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "1991 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Moon dream in ruins", Liverpool Echo , 8 October 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  3. ↑ "Bury's best of British Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine ", Lancashire Telegraph , 6 February 1997. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  4. ↑ "Boxing: Tees ace spars with champion", Evening Gazette , 7 June 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  5. ↑ "Boxing: Ady loses title bid Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine ", Lancashire Telegraph , 25 June 1999. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  6. ↑ Harrison, Lindsay (2000) "Klitschko's injury hands title to Byrd", The Independent , 3 April 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  7. ↑ "Results", The Daily Telegraph , 11 September 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  8. ↑ "Battling Booth doubles up", BBC, 10 October 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  9. ↑ "Boxing: Lewis down after defeat", Manchester Evening News , 17 February 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2015
  10. ↑ "Dynamics lads put on super sell-out show", Bury Times , 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015
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