John Davison (born 29 September 1958) is a British former

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who held the WBC International titles at

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and

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, and the British title at featherweight. He also fought for the European featherweight title and the WBO world featherweight title.

Career

Davison took up boxing at the age of 25 because he "wanted some trophies to put into a new cabinet he'd bought", reaching an ABA final and going on to represent England 17 times.Gibson, John (2004)
Face to face: John Davidson
, chroniclelive.co.uk, 12 October 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2017 After missing out on selection for the

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, he made his professional debut at the age of 29, with two wins over journeyman Des Gargano a week apart in September 1988. After nine wins from his first ten fights, he stopped the then-unbeaten Srikoon Narachawat in the fifth round in March 1990 to take the WBC International featherweight title. He made two successful defences against Bangsaen Yodmuaydang and

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that year, before facing

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for the vacant European title in May 1991, losing a unanimous points decision.Wechsler, Bob (2007) ''Day By Day in Jewish Sports History'', KTAV Pub & Distributors Inc., , p. 146, 150 He bounced back in August 1991 with a sixth round stoppage of Richard Savage. In October 1991 he dropped down to super bantamweight to take Plaisakda Boonmalert's WBC International title on a split decision, suffering a broken jaw in the tenth round. In May 1992 he challenged Benichou for the European title once again, losing to a majority decision. In September 1992, he faced Tim Driscoll for the vacant British featherweight title in Sunderland. Davison knocked Driscoll out in the seventh round to become British champion. In April 1993, Davison was set to challenge Rubén Darío Palacios for his WBO world featherweight title, but the

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n was stripped of the title after being diagnosed with

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. Steve Robinson was brought in as a late replacement in the fight for the now vacant title, and beat Davison, taking a tight split decision. The fight prompted an

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in parliament from

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MP, commending both boxers and congratulating Robinson on the win. In December 1993 he defended his British title against

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; McKenzie stopped him in the fourth round, in what proved to be Davison's final fight.Bunce, Steve (2017) ''Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing'' (Kindle edition), Transworld Digital, ASIN B01KUHG9R0 Davison went on to work as a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, John 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne English male boxers Featherweight boxers Super-bantamweight boxers

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