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Richard O'Brien

105 KOs

113 KOs

2Draws

Last six: L-L-D-L-L-W

Career

division

Welterweight

status

inactive

bouts

23

rounds

114

KO %

50%

KO wins

5

KO losses

3

career

1990–1996

debut

1990-05-21

last fight

1996-05-20

Profile

sex

M

height

5′ 10″ / 178cm

nationality

United Kingdom

origin

Chesterfield, England

city / state / zip

Alfreton, Derbyshire

dob

1971-10-29

age

54

Latest news

Sugar Ray leads all-time middleweights

2005-07-25 · Florida Today,FL

Bernard Hopkins' record string of 20 successful middleweight title defenses was snapped last Saturday night with a controversial split-decision loss to Jermain Taylor. As the belt changes hands, Sports Illustrated senior editor and boxing writer Richard O'Brien offers his five all-time greatest middleweights.…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

10 31 5

W-PTS

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Vacant BBBofC Midlands Area Welterweight Title

10 of 10x3

5 0 0

L-KO

Volunteer Rooms, Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom

4 · 151 lbs

9 21 5

L-PTS

Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 148 lbs

14 34 0

D-PTS

Stafford, West Midlands, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3

6 1 0

L-PTS

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 153 / 150 lbs

5 2 0

L-PTS

Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 150 lbs

2 5 0

W-PTS

Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 146 lbs

1 2 0

W-PTS

Walsall, West Midlands, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 148 / 152 lbs

2 0 1

L-PTS

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 149 lbs

5 2 0

L-PTS

Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

4 of 4x3 · 144 lbs

Darren McInulty

3 0 1

W-PTS

Leisure Centre, Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

4 of 4x3 · 144 lbs

6 23 5

W-TKO

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

2

11 8 1

W-TKO

Regency Rooms, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2

7 1 2

L-PTS

Bury, Lancashire, United Kingdom

8 of 8x3

7 2 0

L-TKO

Leisure Centre, Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

1 · 148 / 150 lbs

2 3 1

W-PTS

Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 145 / 147 lbs

1 2 2

W-TKO

Anglo American Sporting Club, Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

4 · 152 / 151 lbs

1 0 1

L-PTS

Leisure Centre, Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3

4 5 1

L-PTS

Borough Hall, Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3

0 0 0

L-KO

Jarvis Hotel, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

3

Richard Swallow

0 0 0

W-TKO

Wickstead Park, Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

1 · 143 lbs

0 1 1

D-PTS

Leisure Centre, Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

6 of 6x3 · 144 / 140 lbs

2 5 1

W-TKO

Norfolk Gardens Hotel, Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

5 · 145 / 142 lbs