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Sidney Parkinson
Sidney "Sid" F. Parkinson (born 6 May 1938, in Wakefield) is an English people, English amateur and professional middleweight Boxing, boxer. He was mostly active during the 1950s and '60s. Boxing career Amateur Sid Parkinson trained at the Robin Hood, West Yorkshire, Robin Hood & Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire, Thorpe Amateur Boxing Club (ABC), and was runner-up for the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title against B. R. Watkins (Ryde ABC) at The Standard Motor Company Ltd Hall, Coventry on Saturday 26 March 1955, he fought internationally for the Amateur Boxing Association of England, including a tournament against Polish Boxing Association, Poland at Wembley Stadium, Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on Wednesday 20 November 1957 where he lost to 1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 1957 European middleweight champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski in a first-round knockout, his co-boxers that day included fellow Southpaw stance, Southpaws; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |