Drew Docherty

Drew Docherty (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish former boxer who was British champion at both bantamweight (1992–1997) and super bantamweight (1999). Married to Caroline Bradshaw and has two children.

Career[]

Born in Glasgow and based in Condorrat, Docherty represented Scotland as an amateur,^[1] and made his professional debut in September 1989 with a points win over Gordon Shaw. Unbeaten in his first 8 fights, in June 1992 he stopped defending champion Joe Kelly in the fifth round to become British bantamweight champion. He made a successful defence in January 1993 against .

In February 1994 he made an unsuccessful attempt at 's European title at the Kelvin Hall, losing a unanimous points decision.^[2] In November he made a second successful defence of his British title against , and in February 1995 challenged for Alfred Kotey's WBO World bantamweight title, the defending champion stopping him in the fourth round.^[3]

In October 1995 Docherty made the third defence of his British title against James Murray. Murray collapsed in the twelfth of sheer exhaustion in the final round and Docherty won the Lonsdale Belt outright, but Murray required brain surgery and died the next day.^[4][5][6] Docherty considered quitting boxing and sought counselling but decided to fight on.^[3][4]

Docherty returned in January 1996 to challenge WBO champion Daniel Jiménez, but was again unsuccessful with the unanimous decision going to Jiminez.^[5][7] Two months later Docherty attempted to win the European bantamweight title, but was stopped in the third round by defending champion Johnny Bredahl. He was due to defend his British title against Paul Lloyd in October 1997 but a knee ligament injury caused the fight to be called off and Docherty was controversially stripped of the title he had held for more than five years.^[8][9] Lloyd went on to take the title, and in September 1998 Docherty faced him at the Barbican Centre in York with Lloyd's Commonwealth title also at stake; LLoyd won on points to retain both titles, with referee Roy Francis scoring it 118-113.

Docherty then moved up to super bantamweight and in April 1999 beat Patrick Mullings to become British champion at a second weight.^[10] In October that year he challenged unsuccessfully for Michael Brodie's European title at the York Hall, Bethnal Green.^[11] Having relinquished the British title he attempted to regain it from Michael Alldis in November 2000, but was knocked out in the sixth round, and subsequently retired from boxing.^[12][13]

Drew's younger brother was also a boxer, winning the World Boxing Board featherweight title in 1994 and going on to fight for British and Commonwealth titles.^[4]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
24	Loss	16–7–1	Michael Alldis	KO	6 (12)	2000-11-04	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	Lost BBBofC British super bantamweight title.
23	Loss	16–6–1	Michael Brodie	KO	6 (12), 3:00	1999-10-01	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	For EBU European super bantamweight title.
22	Win	16–5–1	Patrick Mullings	PTS	12	1999-04-24	Planet Ice Rink, Peterborough, England	Won BBBofC British super bantamweight title.
21	Loss	15–5–1	Paul Lloyd	PTS	12	1998-09-26	York Barbican, York, England	For Commonwealth (British Empire) bantamweight title. Lost BBBofC British bantamweight title.
20	Loss	15–4–1	Johnny Bredahl	TKO	3 (12), 2:36	1997-03-14	Odense Sports Park, Odense, Denmark	Retained EBU European bantamweight title.
19	Loss	15–3–1	Daniel Jiménez	UD	12	1996-01-20	Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England	For WBO bantamweight title.
18	Win	15–2–1	James Murray	KO	12 (12), 2:26	1995-10-13	Hospitality Inn, Glasgow, Scotland	{{small|Retained BBBofC British bantamweight title. Murray died the following day from injuries sustained in this fight.
17	Loss	14–2–1	Alfred Kotey	TKO	4 (12), 0:50	1995-02-17	Tryst Sports Centre, Cumbernauld, Scotland	For WBO bantamweight title.
16	Win	14–1–1	Adey Benton	PTS	12	1994-11-23	Magnum Centre, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland	Retained BBBofC British bantamweight title.
15	Win	13–1–1	Miguel Matthews	PTS	8	1994-09-20	Brunton Memorial Hall, Musselburgh, Scotland
14	Win	12–1–1	Conn McMullen	PTS	8	1994-07-09	Earls Court Exhibition Hall, Kensington, England
13	Loss	11–1–1	Vincenzo Belcastro	UD	12	1994-02-02	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	For EBU European bantamweight title.
12	Win	11–0–1	Peter Buckley	PTS	8	1993-10-25	St. Andrew's Sporting Club, Glasgow, Scotland
11	Win	10–0–1	Russell Davison	PTS	8	1993-04-26	St. Andrew's Sporting Club, Glasgow, Scotland
10	Win	9–0–1	Donnie Hood	PTS	12	1993-01-25	St. Andrew's Sporting Club - Albany Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained BBBofC British bantamweight title.
9	Win	8–0–1	Joe Kelly	TKO	5 (12)	1992-06-01	Forte Crest Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland	Won BBBofC British bantamweight title.
8	Win	7–0–1	Peter Buckley	PTS	8	1992-04-27	Forte Crest Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
7	Win	6–0–1	Neil Parry	TKO	4 (6), 2:10	1992-01-27	Forte Crest Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
6	Win	5–0–1	Stevie Woods	TKO	1 (8), 2:58	1991-11-14	St. Andrew's Sporting Club - Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
5	Win	4–0–1	Peter Buckley	PTS	8	1990-11-21	Conference Centre, Solihull, England
4	Win	3–0–1	Steve Robinson	PTS	8	1990-10-03	Conference Centre, Solihull, England
3	Draw	2–0–1	Rocky Lawlor	PTS	8	1990-05-09	Conference Centre, Solihull, England
2	Win	2–0	Chris Clarkson	PTS	6	1989-11-23	Motherwell Civic Centre, Scotland
1	Win	1–0	Gordon Shaw	PTS	6	1989-09-14	Motherwell Civic Centre, Scotland	Professional debut.

References[]

External links[]

• Career record at Boxrec.com