Peter Richardson (boxer)

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Peter Richardson
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1970-06-24) 24 June 1970 (age 52)
Middlesbrough, England
Sport
Sport Boxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria Light welterweight

Peter Richardson (born 24 June 1970) is a retired British boxer.

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Boxing career

He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He beat Vernon Forrest in the first round. [1]

He represented England in the lightweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and reached the quarter-finals. [2] Four years later he won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [3] [4] [5]

Boxing for the Philip Thomas School of Boxing ABC, Richardson won the prestigious ABA featherweight championship in 1989. Four years later he won the 1993 ABA light-welterweight championship. [6]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Richardson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.