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Rodney William Carr is an Australian professional welter/light middle/middle/super middle/light heavy/cruiserweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super middleweight title, Trans-Tasman super middleweight title, Australian super middleweight title, and inaugural Commonwealth super middleweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight title against Rick Thornberry, and inaugural Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) light heavyweight title against Anthony Bigeni, his professional fighting weight varied from 164 lb, i.e. super middleweight to 180+1⁄2 lb, i.e. cruiserweight.
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Steve Aczel is an Australian professional light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s who won the Australasian light heavyweight title, Australian light heavyweight title, Australian heavyweight title, Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) heavyweight title, Queensland State (Australia) heavyweight title, and Commonwealth light heavyweight title, drew with Maile Haumona for the South Pacific heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the Australian cruiserweight title against Tony Mundine, and Commonwealth cruiserweight title against Stewart Lithgo, his professional fighting weight varied from 172 lb, i.e. light heavyweight to 203+1⁄2 lb, i.e. heavyweight. He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.
Dominic "The Dominator" Vea is an Australian professional cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) cruiserweight title, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental cruiserweight title, and Commonwealth cruiserweight title, and was a challenger for the Australian cruiserweight title against Daniel Ammann, his professional fighting weight varied from 188+1⁄2 lb, i.e. cruiserweight to 220+3⁄4 lb, i.e. heavyweight.
Johnny "Playboy" Prescott born in Birmingham was an English professional cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Midlands Area heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British heavyweight title, and British Commonwealth heavyweight title against Henry Cooper, the outdoor bout at Birmingham City's St Andrew's stadium was postponed for a day because of bad weather, his professional fighting weight varied from 13 st, i.e. cruiserweight to 14 st, i.e. heavyweight, he died in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. Johnny Prescott was an orphan, and was resident at Josiah Mason's Orphanage, Orphanage Road, Erdington, he later lived with his grandmother on William Henry Street, Nechells, he was a fan of Birmingham City, i.e. a Bluenose, as a boxer he was managed by George Biddles.
Crawford "Chilling" Ashley (born Gary Crawford, 20 May 1964 in Leeds is an English professional super middle/light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control Central Area light heavyweight title, BBBofC British light heavyweight title, European Boxing Union light heavyweight title, and Commonwealth light heavyweight title, drew with Yawe Davis for the vacant European Boxing Union light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union light heavyweight title against Graciano Rocchigiani, World Boxing Association World super middleweight title against Michael Nunn, World Boxing Association World light heavyweight title against Virgil Hill, and World Boxing Union cruiserweight title against Sebastiaan Rothmann, his professional fighting weight varied from 163 lb, i.e. super middleweight to 211 lb, i.e. heavyweight.
David Aloua is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Anthony McCracken is a retired Australian professional boxer.
Daniel Ammann is a former Australian professional boxer.
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