Robert Dickie
| Robert Dickie | |
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| Statistics | |
| Rated at | Featherweight |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Born |
23 June 1964 Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Died | 28 October 2010 (aged 46) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 28 |
| Wins | 22 |
| Wins by KO | 15 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 4 |
| No contests | 0 |
Robert Dickie (23 June 1964 – 28 October 2010) was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight. He was Scottish champion at featherweight, British champion at both weights and became WBC International super-featherweight champion in 1988. He is one of only four Welshmen to hold a British boxing title at different weights, the others being Johnny Basham, Pat Thomas and Jack Petersen.
Dickie turned professional in 1983, and fought his first pro bout, at bantamweight, against Billy Hough in Swindon in March of that year. The six round fight went the distance, and Dickie took the result on a points decision. He won his next three bouts, held in Scotland, England and then Wales, stopping all three opponents via technical knockout. His fifth match, against Danny Flynn at St. Andrew's Sporting Club in Glasgow, ended in a points draw. Just four months later, Dickie was again facing Flynn, this time for the vacant Scottish Area bantamweight title. The ten round match was stopped in the fifth, with Dickie defeated, his only loss in his first five years as a professional.
Dickie's next fight was seven months later, against Dave Pratt, but now fighting at featherweight. He beat Pratt by points decision, before dispatching Charlie Coke via technical knockout on 24 October 1984. His next bout, against John Sharkey, ended in his opponent being disqualified for repeated headbutts. A win over journeyman Steve Enwright in a first round stoppage, in December 1984, was followed by a second attempt at a Scottish Area title, this time for the vacant featherweight belt. His opponent on 25 February was Sharkey who he faced just three months earlier. The match was a short affair, with Dickie recording his first clean knockout of his professional career, stopping the Glaswegian in the second round.
After taking the Scottish featherweight belt, Dickie completed 1985 with wins over John Maloney, Mark Reefer and Dean Bramhald, before undertaking his first overseas fight, in South Africa. There he faced future South African lightweight champion Frank Khonkhobe at the De Beers Stadium in Kimberley, the match ended in a points draw.
Returning to Britain, Dickie's next fight was for the vacant British featherweight title. Staged at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 April 1986, he defeated John Feeney on points to take the belt. He fought just twice more that year, but both were title defences. He stopped Welsh super-featherweight champion Steve Sims by knockout in the fourth round, and then successfully defended his title in a rematch with Feeney, another points decision.
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