Mark Rowe | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | Mark W. Rowe 12 July 1947 Camberwell, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 December 2021 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | light middle/middle/light heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 47 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 38 (KO 28) | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 8 (KO 5) | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Mark Rowe (born 12 July 1947 [1] in Camberwell) is an English amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s.
As an amateur he was runner-up for the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association of England Light middleweight (71 kg) title, against Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Bucchleuch BC), [2] boxing out of Fitzroy Lodge ABC.
He represented England and won a gold medal at light middleweight beating Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Scotland) in the boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica. [3] [4] [5]
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title against Bunny Sterling, his professional fighting weight varied from 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162 lb (73 kg; 11 st 8 lb), i.e. light heavyweight. [6]
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