John Pearce (boxer)

John Pearce

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	April 1971 Teesside
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Wellington ABC
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur middleweight

John Darren Pearce (born 1971) is a male English former middleweight boxer from the Wellington ABC.

Boxing career

Pearce was a double National champion after winning the prestigious ABA middleweight title in 1996 and 1998. ^{[1] [2]}

He represented England in the middleweight (-75 Kg) division and won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He defeated Jitender Kumar (India) in the final. ^[6]

Personal life

Pearce from Middlesbrough was at the time MD of his own double glazing company. ^[7]

References

1. "ABA Middleweight Champions - BoxRec".
2. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
3. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
4. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. "XVI Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 98 - Boxing from Sadec Online". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
7. "Boxing: Silver voice, golden gloves; THE INTERVIEW; AUDLEY HARRISON" . Independent.co.uk . 7 August 1999. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022.