Andy Till (born 22 August 1963) is a British former
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who was British
light middleweight
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Boxing
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champion and WBC International super welterweight champion in the early 1990s. A former milkman at Co-op Dairies, Greenford and good pals of Steve Lovell, Roger Matthews and Little Fat Willy.
Career
Born in
Perivale, London, Andy Till won the
ABA
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Education
* Académie des Beaux- ...
light middleweight title before making his professional debut in September 1986 with a sixth-round stoppage of Peter Reid. After winning his first 5 fights he suffered his first loss, a points defeat to Dean Scarfe, in April 1987. He won his next 7 fights, including a points decision over
Wally Swift Jr
Wally Swift Jr (born 17 February 1966) is a British former boxer who was British light middleweight champion between 1991 and 1992, and also fought for the European title.
Career
Born in Nottingham, Wally Swift Jr is the son of former boxer Wall ...
and a win over
Steve Foster
Stephen Brian Foster (born 24 September 1957) is an English former footballer.
Football career
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Foster was an associate schoolboy with Southampton, but was not offered a professional contract. He started his prof ...
, and defeat of Tony Britton to take the vacant BBBofC Southern Area title, setting up a British title eliminator against
Ensley Bingham
Ensley Bingham (born 1961) is a British former professional boxer from Manchester. He won the British championship on several occasions and the Inter-Continental light middle-weight championships.
Bingham challenged Winky Wright for the WBO ligh ...
in June 1990; Till was disqualified in the third round for elbowing.
Till won his next 3 fights, including a win over
Terry Magee
Terry Magee (born 1 November 1964, Belfast) is a retired professional Irish boxer. Magee, the older brother of Eamonn Magee, Eamonn and Noel Magee, Noel, fought at Light Middleweight but also fought at heavier weights towards the end of his car ...
, and in October 1991 beat
John Davies on a split decision to take the vacant WBC International super welterweight title. In September 1992 he faced defending champion Wally Swift Jr for the British title, winning narrowly on points to add the British title to his WBC International title. At this time he was also working as a
milkman.
[Currie, Tel (2009) ''Left Hooks and Dangerous Crooks'', Apex, ] He made successful defences of his British title against
Tony Collins (in December 1992) and Swift (April 1993) to win the
Lonsdale Belt
The Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt, commonly known as the Lonsdale Belt, is the oldest championship belt in British professional boxing. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, introduced the prize on behalf of the National Sporting Club (NSC), inten ...
outright.
In June 1993 he challenged for
Laurent Boudouani
Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966) is French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the European light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, ...
's EBU European title, losing via a fourth-round knockout.
In February 1994 he made the third defence of his British title against
Robert McCracken, losing on points. He was out of the ring until September 1995 when he lost to Darron Griffiths after being stopped in the fourth round, after which he retired from boxing.
Till had a small role (as 'John the Gun') in
Guy Ritchie's 2000 film ''
Snatch''.
[Brooks, Xan]
''Snatch'' review
, BFI. Retrieved 22 July 2015
References
Further reading
*Till, Andy (2006) ''Blood, Sweat, Tears...and Fears'', Headhunter,
External links
*
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1963 births
Living people
English male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Boxers from Greater London