Shaun Cummins
| Shaun Cummins | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | The Guv'nor |
| Rated at | Super welterweight, middleweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Reach | 78 in (200 cm) |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
8 February 1968 Leicester, England |
| Died | September 2012 (aged 44) Leicester, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 29 |
| Wins | 22 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
Shaun Cummins (8 February 1968 – September 2012) was a British boxer who won the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the British and European middleweight titles. He was paralysed by a motorcycle accident in 2004 and was murdered by his carer in 2012.
Born in Leicester, Shaun Cummins boxed as an amateur out of Belgrave Amateur Boxing Club and began his professional career in 1986 with a points victory over Michael Justin at Loughborough Town Hall. He won his next five fights before suffering his first defeat October 1988 to Frank Grant. In April 1990 he faced Wally Swift Jr for the vacant BBBofC Midlands Area super welterweight title, losing by only half a point. Unbeaten in his next seven fights, in November 1992 he challenged Steve Foster for the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title, taking the title on points. He successfully defended the title in April 1993 against Mickey Hughes.
In November 1994 he fought Agostino Cardamone for the EBU European middleweight title in Sanremo; The fight went the full 12 rounds, but Cardamone took the verdict.
Cummins' final fight came in November 1995 when he challenged Neville Brown for the British middleweight title; Brown stopped Cummins in the fifth round.
Cummins was forced to retire after failing a routine brain scan. After attempting for several years to be allowed to continue boxing he was eventually cleared to fight again in 2001 after obtaining a licence from the Irish Boxing Union, although he never boxed again.
During Cummins' boxing career he also got into trouble outside the ring, serving two six-month prison sentences.
He went on to become a bodybuilder, debt collector and a bodyguard for pop star Lee Ryan.
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