Horace Notice

Horace G. Notice (born 7 August 1957[1] in West Bromwich) is an English plasterer and, amateur and professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s who as an amateur won the 1983 ABA Heavyweight Championship boxing out of the Nechells Green ABC (Birmingham.

Horace Notice
Statistics
Real nameHorace G. Notice
Weight(s)heavyweight
Height6 ft 1 1⁄2 in (1.87 m)
NationalityEnglish
Born (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957
West Bromwich, England
Boxing record
Total fights16
Wins16 (KO 12)
No contests1

As a professional, Notice won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, and Commonwealth heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 196 lb, to 212 lb.[2] After defending both his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against Hughroy Currie, a retinal detachment prematurely ended his boxing career, and ruined his plans of a next defence. Horace said; "his only regrets were not fighting for a EBU title and facing the man that Frank Bruno avoided, David Pearce".

Personal life

Notice lives in Hayes, South East London, with the actress Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence and their daughters, Naomi and Amelia.[3] Singer and actress Michelle Gayle is godmother to one of their daughters.[4]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
16 fights 16 wins 0 losses
By knockout 12 0
By decision 4 0
No. Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 16-0 Hughroy Currie TKO 10 (12) 3 September 1988 York Hall, Bethnal Green Retained Commonwealth and British Heavyweight titles
Win 15-0 Dean Waters TKO 4 (12) 2 December 1987 Grand Hall, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 14-0 Paul Lister KO 3 (12) 3 November 1987 Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland Retained Commonwealth and British heavyweight titles
Win 13-0 Dave Garside TKO 5 (12) 26 May 1987 Wembley Arena, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title;
Won vacant British heavyweight titles
Win 12-0 Proud Kilimanjaro TKO 8 (12) 4 March 1987 Civic Hall, Dudley Won vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 11-0 Mike Jameson UD 10 7 May 1986 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 10-0 Hughroy Currie TKO 6 (12) 12 April 1986 Palace Lido, Douglas Won British and vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 9-0 Curtis Jones KO 2 (8) 4 March 1986 Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 8-0 Anaclet Wamba PTS 8 16 October 1985 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 7-0 Noel Quarless KO 7 (12) 26 March 1985 The Stadium, Liverpool
Win 6-0 Bob Young PTS 6 27 November 1984 Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 5-0 Winston Allen PTS 6 27 November 1984 Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 4-0 Paddy Finn TKO 3 (6) 26 October 1984 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 3-0 Andrew Gerrard TKO 2 (6) 27 April 1984 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 2-0 Theo Josephs KO 1 (6) 30 November 1983 National Sporting Club,Cafe Royal, Piccadilly
Win 1-0 Andrew Gerrard PTS 6 24 October 1983 NSC, Grosvenor House, Mayfair Professional debut
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References
  1. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. Kingsley, Hilary (1990). The EastEnders Handbook. BBC books. ISBN 0-685-52957-6.
  4. "MICHELLE MARK II Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine", The Voice. URL last accessed on 2007-01-05.
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