Frank Grant (born 22 May 1965) is a British former
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who was British
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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champion between 1992 and 1993.
Career
Born and raised in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
, Grant trained out of
Phil Martin's Champs Camp gym in
Moss Side, Manchester, and made his professional debut in October 1986, when he was stopped by Lincoln Pennant in the first round. He won 19 of his first 22 fights, including a win over
Shaun Cummins
Shaun Cummins (8 February 1968 – September 2012) was a British boxer who won the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the British and European middleweight titles. He was paralysed by a motorcycle acc ...
and defeat to
Kid Milo, before getting a shot at the British title in September 1992 at
Elland Road
Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The g ...
against
Herol Graham, who was making his fourth defence. Grant stopped Graham in the ninth round to take the title, inflicting Graham's only professional defeat to another British boxer.
[Gibson, Neil (2003)]
Imprisoned ex-champ is given another chance
, ''The Star
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'', 14 March 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2015 He made a successful defence in March 1993 against
John Ashton, but lost the title in November that year to
Neville Brown. He subsequently retired from boxing and ran a pub.
[Dooley, Terence (2013)]
One Memorable Night: When Grant Beat Herol Graham
, boxingscene.com, 8 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2015
In 1996 Grant, who had spent time in prison as a teenager, was convicted of assault against his wife, and in August 2001 he was arrested after attacking a doorman who he claimed had previously assaulted him, receiving a four-year prison sentence in July 2002.
King of the ring jailed for vicious beating
, '' Telegraph & Argus'', 17 July 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2015 In 2003 he was allowed out of prison twice a week to coach young boxers at Goole Boxing Club.
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
English male boxers
Middleweight boxers
Boxers from Bradford
Sportspeople from Bradford