Tuesday, March 19, 2013

BOXING CHAMPIONS of the COMMONWEALTH

COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONS : by Brian Zelley

Introduction:

Commonwealth  Champions which
were at first the British Empire Champions
have a rich history over the decades of in
all the weight divisions including the
new ones that have been added from 
time-to-time.

Looking far and wide they have come
from all regions of the world from Encland, Canaada, Ausralia
and other parts of the Commonwealth.  Take the bantamweight
division that had the likes of Alan Rudkin of England and
Lionel Rose of Australia and the many others.

The Bantamweights
1969 to 2013"
Lionel Rose
Alan Rudkin
Paul Ferreri
Sulley Shittu
Johnny Owen
Ray Minus
Johnny Armour
Paul Lloyd
Adey Lewis
Tommy Waite
Nicky Booth
Steve Molitor
Joseph Agbeko
Tshifhiwa Munya
Jason Booth
Jamie McDonnell
Stuart Hill




THE HEAVYWEIGHTS:

One could go back to the earlier days with heavyweights
that were also world stars such Henry Cooper and George Chuvalo  
but looking back to the eighties there have been some standouts
on the world stage:



The Heavyweights:
1981 to 2013
Trevor Berbick
Horace Notice
Derek Williams
Lennox Lewis
Henry Akinwande
Scott Welch
Julius Francis
Danny Williams
Michael Sprott
Matt Skelton
Martin Rogan
Sam Sexton
Dereck Chisora 
Tyson Fury
David Price







Lennox Lewis

The Lennox Lewis  story is 
of interest to both the
Canadians and the English.
English born Lewis would
move to Canada has a chile
and begin amateur boxing
in the Province of Ontario.
He would have an excellent 
amateur record which 
would include two trips to
the Olympic Games 
in 1984 and 1988.  In the
'88 Games,  Lennox would
win gold.  But, to begin his
professional journey, Lewis
would return to London,
England to work his way
up the ladder to win a 
Commonwealth  title 
and then he would earn a world heavyweight title.


THE LINKS amd THE STORIES:

http://zelleysround.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/commonwealth-professional-boxing-champions/

The above starts with a brief introduction and then touches on the first boxer being
ALAN RUDKIN.  Alan had an interesting boxing journey, and won the 
British Empire/Commonwealth bantamweight title with a victory of 
JOHNNY CALDWELL  who had won the vacant title with a victory over
GEORGE BOWES in 1964. An earlier champion of the bantamweight title
was FREDDIE GILROY.































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