Ali Forbes (born 7 March 1961) is British former

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who was British

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champion in 1995 and fought for the World Boxing Federation

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world title in 2000.

Career

Born in London, Ali Forbes began his professional career in February 1989 at the age of 28 with a win over David Haycock. Unbeaten in his first seven fights he suffered his first defeat in March 1992 when he challenged Ian Strudwick for the

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Southern Area super middleweight title, losing on points. When Strudwick vacated the title Forbes got a second chance in March 1994 against Richard Bustin, this time winning on points. In January 1995 he beat

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on points at the

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to become British super middleweight champion. His first defence came three months later against

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and Storey took the title on points. Forbes was out of the ring for three years, but returned in May 1998 with a win over Darren Ashton. Six months later he faced

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for Starie's commonwealth title and the British title vacated by

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; Starie knocked Forbes out in the eleventh round. Forbes moved up to light heavyweight and his next fight came in December 1999, a points defeat to Mark Delaney. In March 2000 he challenged for Mark Baker's WBF World light heavyweight title, losing on points. He then suffered defeats to Juan Nelongo (for the WBA inter-continental title),

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, and

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(for the vacant

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International light heavyweight title, Forbes a late substitute for

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). He had four further fights—two wins and two defeats—before retiring in 2002. Since retiring, Forbes has worked as a trainer and has been involved in fundraising for the Tenterden Amateur Boxing Club, Pedro Amateur Boxing Club, and Beckley Park Cricket Club.Sam Webb, James Cook And Ali Forbes To Guest On Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour Thursday 12th August.
, britishboxers.co.uk, 10 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2015

References

External links

Career record
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