Chris Finnegan
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Christopher Martin Finnegan |
| Rated at |
Light Heavyweight Middleweight |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
5 June 1944 Iver, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 2 March 2009 (aged 64) Uxbridge, Hillingdon |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 37 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
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Chris Finnegan MBE (5 June 1944 – 2 March 2009) was a British professional boxer of Irish descent born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.
Finnegan was one of eight children; his father was from Liverpool and his mother from Newry, Northern Ireland. Finnegan always wore a Union Flag and a Shamrock on his boxing trunks to signify his joint heritage. Finnegan was introduced to boxing at a young age by his elder brother Terence. His younger brother Kevin also boxed professionally, winning the British and European middleweight titles, and fighting such opponents as Marvin Hagler and Alan Minter.
Juggling his amateur boxing career with his work as a hod carrier, Finnegan was the 1966 ABA middleweight champion, but he considered retiring from the sport after John Turpin, the man he had beaten in the ABA finals, was chosen ahead of him to represent England at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. Finnegan competed at the 1967 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Rome, where he lost on points to Jan Hejduk of Czechoslovakia.
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