Ralph Charles

Ralph Charles
Ralph Charles
Statistics
Weight(s)	light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	English
Born	5 February 1943 (age 78); England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	43
Wins	39 (KO 33)
Losses	4 (KO 3)

Ralph Charles (born 5 February 1943) is an English amateur welterweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against "Ken"/"" J. Cooper [1] (Warley ABC),^[1] boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1960 Junior Class-B title against J. Harwood (National Association of Boys Clubs),^[2] boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, and was runner-up for the 1963 Amateur Boxing Association of England welterweight title, against Johnny Pritchett (Bingham & District ABC),^[3] boxing out of West Ham ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title, and World Boxing Association (WBA) World welterweight title against José Nápoles, his professional fighting weight varied from 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb), i.e. middleweight.^[4]

References[]

^ "1959 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "1960 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "1963 76th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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[1959_ABAE_National_Championship-1] "1959 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[1960_ABAE_National_Championship-2] "1960 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[1963_76th_ABAE_National_Championship-3] "1963 76th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[Statistics_at_boxrec.com-4] "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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