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Anthony Everoll Wilson (born 25 April 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1993. He held the British light heavyweight title between 1987 and 1989. As an amateur, he represented the UK at the 1984 Summer Olympics .
Highly rated and tipped for potential stardom, he suffered his first defeat in September 1989 to Tony Wilson in an eliminator for the English title at Southampton Guildhall, in one of boxing's most unusual fights. Entering the fight as the underdog against the former British Champion, McCarthy dominated the opening stanzas proceeding to knock ...
List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light-heavyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Tony Wilson (1950–2007), TV presenter, co-founder of Factory Records; Tony Wilson (boxer) (born 1964), British boxer; Tony Wilson (British Army officer) (born 1935) Tony Wilson (musician) (born 1947), member of Hot Chocolate; Tony Wilson (radio presenter), Australian author and radio presenter, 2000s
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Wilson was born 20 February 1950 in Hope Hospital, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, to Sydney Wilson and Doris Knupfer, and moved to Marple, near Stockport, Cheshire, at the age of five. [3] After passing his Eleven plus exam , Wilson attended De La Salle Grammar School in Weaste Lane, Pendleton , Salford.
Never before, however, has there been someone as young as Quincy Wilson. The 16-year-old will run a leg on the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team Friday inside Stade de France, his coach Joe Lee told NBC ...