John Pearce (boxer)
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 1971 Teesside | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
| Club | Wellington ABC | |||||||||||||
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John Darren Pearce (born 1971) is a male English former middleweight boxer from the Wellington ABC.
Boxing career[]
Pearce was a double National champion after winning the prestigious ABA middleweight title in 1996 and 1998.[1][2]
He represented England in the middleweight (-75 Kg) division and won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5][6] He defeated Jitender Kumar (India) in the final.[7]
Personal life[]
Pearce from Middlesbrough was at the time MD of his own double glazing company.[8]
References[]
- ^ http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/ABA_Middleweight_Champions
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/sport/Boxing.cfm
- ^ http://www.sadec.com/Kl98/event4.html
- ^ "Boxing: Silver voice, golden gloves; THE INTERVIEW; AUDLEY HARRISON". Independent.co.uk. 7 August 1999.
Categories:
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- English male boxers
- 1971 births
- Living people
- England Boxing champions
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Middleweight boxers