Kevin Pritchard (born 26 September 1961) is a British former

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who was British

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champion between 1990 and 1991.

Career

Born in

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and raised in

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, Pritchard began boxing at the age of 10, a member of the English Electric ABC, and later Kirkby ABC.Kevin Pritchard
, Merseyside Former Boxers Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016 He made his professional debut at

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in December 1981, fighting a draw with JJ Barrett. With only one defeat in his first 12 fights, he was stopped by Glyn Rhodes in November 1982 in a fight for the vacant BBBofC Central Area lightweight title. Over the next two years he fought with mixed results, losing to Mohammed Kawoya, Michael Harris, Pat Cowdell, and Ian McLeod, but beating Steve Sims. In October 1985 he faced

Najib Daho Najib Daho (13 January 1959, Larache, Morocco – 29 August 1993, Morocco) was an English Commonwealth lightweight champion, and British super-featherweight champion boxer. Career Daho's career is said to have begun when Najib was a child fighti ...

for the vacant BBBofC Central Area super featherweight title, losing narrowly on points. He was beaten a month later by John Feeney. Between 1986 and 1989 he won only two fights, against Pat Doherty and Rocky Lawlor, with defeats at the hands of Vincenzo Limatola, John Doherty,

Jean-Baptiste Mendy Jean-Baptiste Mendy (16 March 1963 – 31 August 2020) was a Senegal-born French professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2000. He was a two-time lightweight world champion, having held the WBC title from 1996 to 1997 and the WBA title from ...

, Jean-Marc Renard, Gianni Di Napoli, Mark Reefer, and Harry Escott. He started 1990 with a draw against Nigel Haddock, and after beating Escott in May got a British title shot in October when he faced super featherweight champion Hugh Forde; Pritchard stopped Forde in the fourth round to become British champion. He held the title until his first defence in March 1991, when he was stopped in the eighth round by

Robert Dickie Robert Dickie (23 June 1964 – 28 October 2010) was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight. He was Scottish champion at featherweight, British champion at both weights and became WBC International su ...

. Former British champion Robert Dickie dies
,

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, 29 October 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2016 He dropped down to

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to challenge for

Colin McMillan Colin McMillan (born 12 February 1966) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1997. He fought his way to the British featherweight title in 1991. After successfully defending his British title, he added the Commonwe ...

's British title in September 1991; McMillan stopped him in the seventh round, and Pritchard subsequently retired from boxing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Kevin 1961 births Living people English male boxers Lightweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople from Ipswich Boxers from Liverpool