John Pearce (boxer)
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1971 Teesside | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wellington ABC | ||||||||||||||
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John Darren Pearce (born 1971) is a male English former middleweight boxer from the Wellington ABC.
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] He defeated Jitender Kumar (India) in the final.[6]
Personal life
Pearce from Middlesbrough was at the time MD of his own double glazing company.[7]
References
- ^ "ABA Middleweight Champions - BoxRec".
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "XVI Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 98 - Boxing from Sadec Online". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Boxing: Silver voice, golden gloves; THE INTERVIEW; AUDLEY HARRISON". Independent.co.uk. 7 August 1999. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022.