Albert Finch (16 May 1926 – 23 January 2003) was a British

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in South London, who was active from 1945 to 1958. He fought as both a middleweight and light-heavyweight, becoming British middleweight champion in 1950. He was one of seven children and learnt to box at the age of eight. He had a successful amateur career, winning 63 out of 68 contests.

Professional career

He had his first professional fight on 14 August 1945 at the Queensbury Club,

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, London. He fought a draw over six rounds against Eddie Starrs. He continued to build up a successful domestic record with the odd defeat. In October 1948 he beat Mark Hart for the Southern Area middleweight title, winning on points over 12 rounds. In April 1948, he fought the promising young middleweight,

Randolph Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin (7 June 1928 – 17 May 1966), better known as Randy Turpin, was a British boxer in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1951 he became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson. He was inducted into the Intern ...

, at the Royal Albert Hall, and inflicted Turpin's first defeat, winning on points over eight rounds. In June 1949, he challenged

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, elder brother of Randolph, for his British and Commonwealth middleweight titles. The fight was held in Birmingham and Turpin won on points over fifteen rounds. In April 1950, he had a re-match with Dick Turpin, who in the meantime had lost his Commonwealth title. The fight was held in Nottingham and Finch won on points over fifteen rounds after having been knocked down twice. He was now the British middleweight champion. Finch held the British title for only six months before losing it to Dick Turpin's brother, Randolph in October 1950. They met at

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, and Turpin, who had a powerful punch, knocked Finch out in the fifth round. Finch began to find it difficult to make the middleweight weight limit and so moved up to fight as a light-heavyweight. Following the Turpin defeat, he had a run of seven straight victories against light-heavyweights before fighting

Don Cockell Donald John Cockell (22 September 1928 – 18 July 1983) was an English boxer. He fought for most of his career as a light-heavyweight and became the British and European champion at that weight. Later in his career he moved up to heavyweight ...

for his British and European light-heavyweight titles. The fight was in October 1951, at the

, and Cockell won by a knockout in the seventh round. He continued fighting as a light-heavyweight and in November 1954 he had another attempt at the British light-heavyweight title when he fought the holder, Alex Buxton, in Birmingham. Unfortunately, he suffered another knockout, this time in the eighth round. By fighting at the heavier weight he was meeting heavier punches and so suffered more knockouts than previously. In March 1956, he had a third attempt at the British light-heavyweight title when he fought Ron Barton for the vacant title. The fight at Harringay Arena ended with Barton winning by a technical knockout in the eighth round. This was his last title fight. He continued fighting, with mixed success. One notable victory was a win by disqualification against Jim Cooper, Henry Cooper's twin brother, in Stockholm. He had his last fight in March 1958, losing by a knockout in the third round against

Noel Trigg Noel Francis Trigg (28 November 1933 - 29 October 2020) was a Welsh light heavyweight boxer. Based in Newport, Trigg's professional career spanned from 1952 to 1959 and he held the Welsh light heavyweight title from 1956 to 1958. In his later T ...

Retirement

After his retirement he worked at a meat market in Croydon and was active in assisting youthful boxers. He died in 2003 at the age of 76 years.

Professional boxing record

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Ron Barton Ron Barton (25 February 1933 – 4 June 2018) was a British boxer who was British light-heavyweight champion in 1956 and also fought for the commonwealth title. Career Born in West Ham, London, Barton served in the Royal Air Force and worked ...

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Alex Buxton Alex Laurell Buxton (10 May 1926 – May 2004) was an English boxer who was British light-heavyweight champion between 1954 and 1955. Career Born in Watford, Alex Buxton's father Claude was from Antigua and his mother Edith from Bushey.

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, England , align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Jim Hockley , PTS , 8 , 7 January 1946 , align=left, Caledonian Road Baths,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Jack Lewis , PTS , 6 , 3 December 1945 , align=left, Plumstead Baths, Plumstead, England , align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Jack Lewis , PTS , 8 , 13 November 1945 , align=left, Caledonian Road Baths,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Cyril Johnson , KO , 2 , 6 November 1945 , align=left, Queensbury Club,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Jim Hockley , PTS , 6 , 20 October 1945 , align=left, Kingston Baths, Kingston, London , align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Ted Baxter , PTS , 6 , 9 October 1945 , align=left, Caledonian Road Baths,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Gordon Griffiths , PTS , 6 , 11 September 1945 , align=left, Queensbury Club,

, align=left, , - , Draw , , align=left, Eddie Starrs , PTS , 6 , 14 August 1945 , align=left, Queensbury Club,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, Albert 1926 births 2003 deaths People from Croydon English male boxers Boxers from Greater London Light-heavyweight boxers

Professional career

Retirement

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