Personal information | |
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Full name | Joseph Michael Frost |
Nickname(s) | Joey |
Nationality | British |
Born | Liverpool, England | 14 July 1960
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Joseph Michael Frost (born 14 July 1960) is a British boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]
Frost was born in Liverpool, England, where he still resides to this day. At the age of 10 he started amateur boxing winning 269 out of 287 fights.
At the age of 19 in 1979 he won the ABA Welterweight Championship beating Lloyd Honeyghan in the semi-finals who later became the WBA world champion. In the finals he KO'd Alan Mann in the first round making it last only 15 seconds. [2]
In 1980 he competed in the men's welterweight 1980 Summer Olympics defeating Outsana Dao and Peter Talanti but then losing to german boxer Karl-Heinz Krüger in the quarter-finals. [3] [4]
Frost turned professional in 1981 with fighting Kevin Walsh winning first round KO marking his first win. [5]
11 fights | 9 wins | 2 losses |
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By knockout | 7 | 2 |
By decision | 2 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Date | Location | Notes |
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11 | Win | 9-2 | ![]() | KO | Jun 15, 1984 | ![]() | |
10 | Win | 8–2 | ![]() | TKO | Feb 24, 1983 | ![]() | Retained BBBofC Central Area Welter Title |
9 | Loss | 7–2 | ![]() | TKO | Jan 24, 1983 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() | TKO | Nov 25, 1982 | ![]() | Won vacant BBBofC Central Area Welter Title |
7 | Loss | 6–1 | ![]() | TKO | Jun 24, 1982 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 6-0 | ![]() | TKO | May 20, 1982 | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 5-0 | ![]() | PTS | May 20, 1982 | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 4-0 | ![]() | KO | Dec 21, 1981 | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3-0 | ![]() | PTS | Oct 13, 1981 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2-0 | ![]() | TKO | Sep 28, 1981 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1-0 | ![]() | KO | Sep 24, 1981 | ![]() |
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