Chris Pyatt (born 1963 in Islington) is a former world middleweight champion boxer from
Leicester,
England
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.
Boxing career
Amateur
He represented
England
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and won a
gold medal in the welterweight division, at the
1982 Commonwealth Games in
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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,
Australia.
He was the
ABA welterweight champion in 1982, fighting out of Belgrave ABC.
Professional
He won the
WBO belt against
Sumbu Kalambay on 19 May 1993 but lost it against
Steve Collins
Stephen Collins (born 21 July 1964) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as the Celtic Warrior, Collins is the most successful male Irish boxer in recent professional boxing history, having held the WBO mi ...
on 11 May 1994 after 2 successful defences.
He currently works with professional fighters.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world middleweight boxing champions Championship recognition
1884–1910
Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter and kept winning afterward. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a cha ...
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List of British world boxing champions
References
External links
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Team EnglandCommonwealth Games FederationRoll of Honour
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1963 births
Living people
English male boxers
Boxers from Leicester
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
England Boxing champions
European Boxing Union champions
Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
British Boxing Board of Control champions
Boxers from Greater London
Light-middleweight boxers
World middleweight boxing champions
World Boxing Organization champions
Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games