Johnny Pritchett
English boxer (born 1943)
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John G. Pritchett (born 15 February 1943)[1] is an English amateur welterweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s, and boxing manager of the 1970s and '80s. He fought as Johnny Pritchett.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1943 Bingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | light middle/middle/light heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing career | |||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 32 (KO 20) | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 (KO 0) | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career
As an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against B. Ford of St Peters ABC,[2] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC, won the 1962 ABA welterweight title, against Harry Dean (Oxford YMCA),[3] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC and won the 1963 ABA welterweight title, against Ralph Charles (West Ham ABC),[4] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC.
He represented the 1962 English team[5][6] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[7] He competed in the welterweight category,[8] where he won a silver medal after losing to Wallace Coe of New Zealand in the final bout.[9]
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Juan Carlos Durán, his professional fighting weight varied from 153+1⁄4 lb (69.5 kg; 10 st 13.3 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162+1⁄2 lb (73.7 kg; 11 st 8.5 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[10]
Boxing manager
Pritchett managed; Dave Needham, Howard Hayes, Johnny Cheshire, and Dave Symonds.[11]