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Alan Richardson (boxer)

Alan Richardson
Statistics
Real name Alan Richardson
Weight(s) featherweight
Nationality English
Born (1948-11-04) 4 November 1948 (age 68)
Fitzwilliam, England
Boxing record
Total fights 27
Wins 17
Wins by KO 5
Losses 9
Draws 1
No contests 0

Alan Richardson (born 4 November 1948 in Fitzwilliam) is an English amateur and professional featherweight boxer of the 1960s, and '70s, he was the 1969 Amateur Boxing Association of England featherweight boxing champion, won bronze medals in both the 1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships and the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, and was British professional featherweight boxing champion from Tuesday 15 March 1977 to Thursday 20 April 1978.

Alan Richardson trained at the White Rose Boys' Club Amateur Boxing Club [1] in Wakefield, and won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title against Brian Harding[2] (St George's Stepney ABC) at RAF Stanmore Park Sports Arena, Middlesex on Thursday 27 May 1965, was runner-up for the Senior featherweight title against Johnny Cheshire[3] (Repton ABC) at the 81st ABAE National Championship at Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on Friday 10 May 1968, won the Senior featherweight title against Eddie Pritchard (Llangefni ABC) at the 82nd ABAE National Championship at Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on Friday 9 May 1969, won a bronze medal losing on points in the semi-final to eventual gold medalist László Orbán at featherweight in the 1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Bucharest, Romania on Sunday 8 June 1969, and won a bronze medal losing on points in the semi-final to eventual gold medalist Philip Waruinge at featherweight in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games at Edinburgh on 22 July 1970.


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