John Pearce (boxer)
John Darren Pearce (born 1971) is a male English former middleweight boxer from the Wellington ABC.
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Nationality | English | |||||||||||||
Born | April 1971 Teesside | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Club | Wellington ABC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career
Pearce was a double National champion after winning the prestigious ABA middleweight title in 1996 and 1998.[1][2]
He represented England in the middleweight (-75 Kg) division and won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5][6] He defeated Jitender Kumar (India) in the final.[7]
Personal life
Pearce from Middlesbrough was at the time MD of his own double glazing company.[8]
gollark: It would be so cool.
gollark: You should definitely implement an entirely binding legal system within your game.
gollark: Ideas: Apiochorahazards, which make countries for favourable legal arrangements, and apionomohazards, which manipulate the law to make attacking them illegal and such.
gollark: Possibly doable.
gollark: Doable.
References
- http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/ABA_Middleweight_Champions
- "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
- "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/sport/Boxing.cfm
- http://www.sadec.com/Kl98/event4.html
- https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing-silver-voice-golden-gloves-the-interview-audley-harrison-1111497.html
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