David Pearce (boxer)
| David Pearce | |
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Pearce in 1983
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | 'Bomber' |
| Weight(s) |
Heavyweight Cruiserweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Born |
8 May 1959 Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK |
| Died | 20 May 2000 (aged 41) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
David 'Bomber' Pearce (8 May 1959 – 20 May 2000) was a British heavyweight boxing champion.
He was one of a quartet of exciting British heavyweights in the 1980s, along with Frank Bruno, John L. Gardner and Noel Quarless, who held out the possibility of a future British heavyweight world champion.
Pearce defeated a number of top heavyweights, by knockout, in his career, including Mal Tetley, Winston Allen, Denton Ruddock, Larry McDonald, Ishaq Hussain, Dennis Andries, Gordon Ferris, Albert Syben, Neville Meade and John Tate.
Pearce, born in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire, was one of nine children: seven brothers, six of whom boxed professionally, and one who was a professional dancer, and two sisters.
He boxed out of St Josephs ABC in Pillgwenlly, Newport and coached junior and senior boxers at Alway ABC in Newport before his death.
Soon after his final fight, against Percell Davies in Michigan, Pearce became ill, developing epilepsy, David 'Bomber' Pearce died 10 years later due to SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome). The South Wales Argus described him as "Newport's most famous boxer." Around 2,000 people attended his funeral in Newport at Stow Hill Cemetery.
Pearce knocked out John Tait, and Mary Kanoute, in 1 and 3 rounds respectively, in Bakersfield, California in 1994. This was reported by Mr John Francis of the South Wales Argus.
Pearce has been name-checked in a number of books, including Diana Dors' A-Z of Men, Bartley Gorman and Peter Walsh's King of the Gypsies and Leighton Frayne's The Frayne Brothers. Paddy Monaghan's "TheSunshine in my life".
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