Related Research Articles
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. In most sports that use it, welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight.
Colin Raymond Jones is a Welsh former boxer, who became British, Commonwealth and European welterweight champion. Before turning professional he represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Colin had a trainer by the name of Gareth Bevan, also helped out by his son John Bevan.
Light middleweight, also known as super welterweight or junior middleweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Alexander Ireland was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s. He fought under the name of Alex Ireland.
Nicolo Gargano was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He fought as Nicky Gargano.
Brian Nancurvis, who fought under the name Brian Curvis as a professional, was a boxer from Swansea, Wales who was active from 1959 to 1966. He fought as a Welterweight, becoming British welterweight champion in 1960. He retired as undefeated champion and is the only welterweight to have won two Lonsdale Belts outright. The four defeats in his professional career were all to foreign boxers; he was never beaten by a British boxer.
Walter Seaforth Pack was a British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He fought as Wally Pack.
David Edward McCleave was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Battersea. He fought as Dave McCleave.
Peter Waterman was an English boxer and a British and European welterweight champion.
Cliff Curvis, was a champion welterweight boxer from Swansea, Wales. Curvis fought professionally from the mid-1940s until 1953, winning both the British and Commonwealth titles when he beat Wally Thom in 1952. Curvis was one of four brothers who boxed, most notably British and Commonwealth champion Brian Curvis.
Pat Ford is an Australian professional light/welterweight boxer of the 1950s who won the Australian lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 133+1⁄2 lb, i.e. lightweight to 138 lb, i.e. welterweight. He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.
Aschel Joseph, better known as Young Joseph or Young Josephs, was a British boxer who was British welterweight champion between 1908 and 1912 and European welterweight champion between 1910 and 1911.
Maximilian Baldwin Shacklady was a British boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He fought as Max Shacklady.
John Patrick Maloney was a British boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics and fought as Johnny Maloney.
Michael Andrew Varley was a British boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Terence Leslie Waller is a retired British boxer. He fought as Terry Waller.
Mark Conrad Elliott is a former British boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost to Ludovic Proto of France.
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Light-Welterweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Welterweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
References
- ↑ "Summary of boxing career". Johnny Owen. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ "Biography". BoxRec. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ "Midlanders fail to win a title" . Sports Argus. 25 April 1953. Retrieved 2 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
 | This biographical article related to boxing in Wales is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |