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John Davison (boxer)
John Davison (born 29 September 1958) is a British former boxer who held the WBC International titles at featherweight and super bantamweight, and the British title at featherweight. He also fought for the European featherweight title and the WBO world featherweight title. Career Davison took up boxing at the age of 25 because he "wanted some trophies to put into a new cabinet he'd bought", reaching an ABA final and going on to represent England 17 times.Gibson, John (2004)Face to face: John Davidson, chroniclelive.co.uk, 12 October 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2017 After missing out on selection for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he made his professional debut at the age of 29, with two wins over journeyman Des Gargano a week apart in September 1988. After nine wins from his first ten fights, he stopped the then-unbeaten Srikoon Narachawat in the fifth round in March 1990 to take the WBC International featherweight title. He made two successful defences against Bangsaen Yodmuaydang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon (boxer), George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir–Frank Murphy fight (one of the most famous fights of all time). Since the end of the 2000s and early 2010s the featherweight division is one of the most active in boxing with fighters such as Orlando Salido, Chris John (boxer), Chris John, Juan Manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, and has sometimes played a large role inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Action and Arena are available as a premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These services are also available as premium channels on nearly every satellite, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Racing and Sky Sports Mix are all provided as part of basic packages. The Sky Sports network is managed by Jonathan Licht. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
