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330:. Since retirement he has spent some time working with the prison service helping inmates with life management skills. He has also done some charity work, agreeing to fight a charity match against Jos Battle.
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2875:. Retrieved
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2833:. Retrieved
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2807:. Retrieved
2804:The Guardian
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2781:. Retrieved
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2735:. Retrieved
2731:
2691:18 Mar 1986
2680:Peter Brown
2655:15 May 1986
2611:Magne Havnaa
2585:20 Nov 1986
2548:19 Jan 1987
2520:Huddersfield
2438:28 Apr 1987
2371:14 Dec 1987
2297:24 Feb 1988
2261:25 Apr 1988
2249:Kenny Jones
2159:Kings Hall,
2155:31 Aug 1988
2126:Central Area
2115:26 Oct 1988
2040:21 May 1989
1998:10 Feb 1989
1989:Ian Bulloch
1962:27 Jan 1990
1924:14 Feb 1990
1915:Dino Homsey
1888:28 Mar 1990
1852:27 Jun 1990
1803:Andre Smith
1769:14 Dec 1990
1687:16 May 1992
1650:14 Aug 1992
1616:24 Oct 1992
1570:30 Apr 1993
1497:10 Jan 1993
1449:19 Nov 1993
1335:22 Aug 1995
1264:20 Jan 1996
1226:14 Dec 1996
1185:22 Feb 1997
1152:19 Jul 1997
1116:10 Nov 1997
1104:Dirk Wallyn
1083:18 Jul 1998
1033:27 Mar 1999
992:15 May 1999
756:27 Jan 2001
746:George Arias
721:21 Jul 2001
682:24 Nov 2001
633:Ezra Sellers
608:23 Nov 2002
566:15 Nov 2003
481:26 Nov 2005
449:Round, time
398:By decision
387:By knockout
362:
348:
332:
325:
307:Joe Calzaghe
300:
292:Naseem Hamed
281:
234:
230:
226:
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181:Total fights
174:
100:
18:
3257:1967 births
3149:heavyweight
3079:Akim Tafer
3065:Bruce Scott
2851:"No. 63918"
2835:13 November
2737:13 November
2621:3 Oct 1986
2514:3 Feb 1987
2505:Doug Young
2477:4 Oct 1987
2405:6 Mar 1987
2362:Jon McBean
2343:Northampton
2334:2 Jan 1988
2224:5 Apr 1988
2189:6 Jun 1988
2124:Won vacant
2082:4 Apr 1989
1812:9 May 1990
1785:Won vacant
1774:Europahalle
1759:Markus Bott
1730:3 Dec 1991
1581:, Australia
1537:4 Nov 1993
1527:Tom Collins
1467:heavyweight
1417:4 May 1994
1375:5 Nov 1994
1296:3 Dec 1995
1038:Storm Arena
997:Ponds Forge
982:Bruce Scott
957:7 Aug 1999
913:18 Sep 1999
875:6 Nov 1999
839:8 Apr 2000
794:7 Oct 2000
691:Won vacant
646:6 Apr 2002
522:4 Sep 2004
509:Rüdiger May
121:Heavyweight
84:Nationality
3251:Categories
3028:Akim Tafer
2957:Tony Booth
2709:References
2627:Copenhagen
2486:Manchester
2463:Sean Daly
2377:Birmingham
1386:, Thailand
1384:Chiang Rai
1302:Mogi Guaçu
1251:Tony Booth
1068:Peter Oboh
527:Grugahalle
382:12 losses
328:Sky Sports
296:Kell Brook
264:Marco Huck
197:Wins by KO
133:6 ft
101:Statistics
61:1967-01-04
3228:Stripped
3151:champion
2941:champion
2783:1 October
2699:, England
2663:, England
2629:, Denmark
2593:, England
2559:, England
2522:, England
2488:, England
2446:, England
2379:, England
2345:, England
2308:, England
2306:Sheffield
2302:City Hall
2269:, England
2267:Liverpool
2232:, England
2163:, England
2009:, England
1932:, England
1930:Brentwood
1893:York Hall
1876:Lou Gent
1823:, England
1780:, Germany
1778:Karlsruhe
1738:, England
1736:Mansfield
1579:Melbourne
1504:, Belgium
1044:, England
883:, England
805:, England
803:Doncaster
781:Adam Watt
577:, Germany
533:, Germany
455:Location
443:Opponent
359:Dominican
311:Jeff Lacy
284:Sheffield
108:Weight(s)
78:, England
72:Sheffield
3189:Vacated
3089:Vacated
3054:Vacated
3017:Vacated
2980:Vacated
2877:17 March
2829:BBC News
2809:28 March
2758:28 March
2591:Bredbury
2482:The Ritz
2230:Solihull
2109:2 (10),
1882:4 (12),
1821:Brighton
1766:12 (12)
1724:8 (12),
1657:, France
1622:Mabopane
1567:11 (12)
1494:10 (12)
1458:Auckland
1403:24–10–1
1359:25–10–1
1342:, Brazil
1321:25–11–1
1304:, Brazil
1282:25–12–1
1247:26–12–1
1220:7 (12),
1209:27–12–1
1192:, France
1173:28–12–1
1140:29–12–1
1110:1 (12),
1101:30–12–1
1064:31–12–1
1027:5 (12),
1016:32–12–1
978:33–12–1
951:4 (12),
942:34–12–1
900:35–12–1
869:4 (12),
860:36–12–1
833:7 (12),
822:37–12–1
788:5 (12),
777:38–12–1
742:39–12–1
707:40–12–1
670:41–12–1
640:8 (12),
629:42–12–1
594:42–12–2
575:Bayreuth
550:43–12–2
516:7 (12),
505:44–12–2
469:45–12–2
379:45 wins
355:Jamaican
272:European
164:Orthodox
2934:British
2471:1 (8),
2444:Halifax
2255:1 (8),
2076:2 (8),
2037:8 (12)
1995:2 (12)
1946:15–5–1
1912:16–5–1
1873:17–5–1
1846:2 (8),
1837:18–5–1
1800:19–5–1
1755:20–5–1
1715:21–5–1
1671:21–6–1
1655:Ajaccio
1638:21–7–1
1602:21–8–1
1558:22–8–1
1534:1 (12)
1523:23–8–1
1502:Waregem
1481:23–9–1
1435:24–9–1
1258:2 (6),
1182:7 (12)
1077:6 (8),
440:Record
437:Result
309:versus
268:British
142:⁄
87:British
3232:Vacant
3193:Vacant
3168:Vacant
3093:Vacant
3073:Vacant
3058:Vacant
3036:Vacant
3021:Vacant
2997:Vacant
2984:Vacant
2950:Vacant
2922:Vacant
2900:BoxRec
2661:Dudley
2557:London
2402:3 (8)
2368:6 (8)
2294:1 (8)
2194:Hilton
2186:2 (8)
2007:Hanley
1921:7 (8)
1647:3 (8)
1340:Osasco
881:Widnes
458:Notes
420:Draws
250:(WBO)
235:Nelson
231:Johnny
205:Losses
160:Stance
130:Height
2898:from
2674:Loss
2640:Loss
2604:Loss
2423:Loss
2319:Loss
2177:10–5
2143:11–5
2131:title
2100:12–5
2067:13–5
2026:14–5
1986:15–5
1943:Draw
1668:Loss
1635:Loss
1599:Loss
1478:Loss
1469:title
1400:Loss
1318:Loss
1279:Loss
1190:Berck
1042:Derby
591:Draw
531:Essen
452:Date
446:Type
351:Cuban
213:Draws
152:Reach
2879:2021
2837:2010
2811:2020
2785:2020
2760:2020
2739:2010
2697:Hull
2677:0–1
2649:PTS
2643:0–2
2615:PTS
2607:0–3
2579:PTS
2573:1–3
2570:Win
2542:PTS
2536:2–3
2533:Win
2508:PTS
2502:3–3
2499:Win
2473:0:52
2460:4–3
2457:Win
2432:PTS
2426:4–4
2399:TKO
2393:5–4
2390:Win
2365:TKO
2359:6–4
2356:Win
2328:PTS
2322:6–5
2283:7–5
2280:Win
2257:1:40
2246:8–5
2243:Win
2218:PTS
2210:9–5
2207:Win
2174:Win
2149:PTS
2140:Win
2111:0:53
2106:TKO
2097:Win
2078:1:56
2073:TKO
2064:Win
2052:Won
2034:TKO
2023:Win
1983:Win
1971:For
1918:TKO
1909:Win
1884:1:49
1870:Win
1848:0:25
1843:TKO
1834:Win
1806:PTS
1797:Win
1763:TKO
1752:Win
1726:2:35
1721:TKO
1712:Win
1700:For
1695:, US
1644:TKO
1586:Won
1564:TKO
1555:Win
1531:TKO
1520:Win
1432:Win
1411:PTS
1356:Win
1329:PTS
1260:2:07
1244:Win
1222:1:50
1217:TKO
1206:Win
1170:Win
1146:PTS
1137:Win
1112:1:13
1107:TKO
1098:Win
1079:3:00
1061:Win
1049:Won
1029:1:42
1024:TKO
1013:Win
975:Win
953:3:00
948:TKO
939:Win
925:, US
897:Win
871:2:34
857:Win
835:2:23
830:TKO
819:Win
790:2:12
774:Win
739:Win
704:Win
667:Win
642:2:39
626:Win
547:Win
518:2:29
513:TKO
502:Win
466:Win
313:WBO/
294:and
189:Wins
51:Born
3182:WBU
2684:PTS
2467:TKO
2353:10
2316:11
2277:12
2252:KO
2240:13
2204:14
2183:KO
2171:15
2137:16
2094:17
2061:18
2020:19
1992:KO
1980:20
1959:12
1940:21
1906:22
1879:KO
1867:23
1831:24
1794:25
1749:26
1709:27
1684:12
1665:28
1632:29
1613:10
1610:UD
1596:30
1552:31
1517:32
1475:33
1446:12
1443:UD
1429:34
1414:10
1397:35
1372:12
1353:36
1332:12
1315:37
1293:12
1290:UD
1276:38
1255:KO
1241:39
1203:40
1179:KO
1167:41
1134:42
1095:43
1073:RTD
1058:44
1010:45
989:12
986:UD
972:46
936:47
909:12
906:UD
894:48
866:KO
854:49
816:50
785:KO
771:51
753:12
750:UD
736:52
718:12
715:UD
701:53
693:WBU
679:12
676:UD
664:54
637:KO
623:55
605:12
602:SD
588:56
563:12
544:57
499:58
478:12
475:SD
463:59
433:No.
404:10
401:16
390:29
315:IBF
239:MBE
30:MBE
3253::
2853:.
2827:.
2802:.
2776:.
2730:.
2717:^
2688:6
2671:1
2652:6
2637:2
2618:4
2601:3
2582:6
2567:4
2555:,
2545:6
2530:5
2511:6
2496:6
2484:,
2454:7
2435:8
2420:8
2387:9
2341:,
2331:8
2304:,
2290:KO
2221:8
2152:8
2005:,
1955:SD
1819:,
1809:8
1776:,
1680:UD
1577:,
1490:DQ
1456:,
1382:,
1368:SD
1149:4
1040:,
921:,
801:,
573:,
559:MD
529:,
423:2
415:1
412:0
393:1
365:.
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208:12
200:29
192:45
184:59
74:,
63:)
2881:.
2839:.
2813:.
2787:.
2762:.
2741:.
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216:2
144:2
140:1
137:+
135:2
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