Neil Perkins (born 2 August 1979 is a British former amateur boxer who has won medals in international tournaments at welterweight.

Career

Perkins was a

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and fought for Kirkdale ABC in Liverpool. He won the 2002 and 2003

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British middleweight title. He failed to qualify for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

after ending up in third place at the

4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004 during the annual Chowdry Boxing Cup. Boxers finishing in the top two in each weight category earned a chance to compete at the 2004 ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan. He won the

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, China, from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table External lin ...

bronze medal after beating Robert Blazo, local hero Ha Na, European silver medallist, Armenia's Samuel Matevosyan by 18 points but losing 33–21 in the semi-final to Belarusian

Magomed Nurutdinov Magomed Nurutdinov/Mahamed Nurudzinau (born February 5, 1982) is a Belarusian amateur boxer who boxed at the Olympics 2008 at welterweight and later became European champion. At the 2005 World Championships he beat Konstantin Buga, A ...

. In Melbourne 2006, he won the bronze again at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

, after losing to

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14:22 in the welterweight semi finals. At the Euro 2006 he lost in the first round to Serbian Zoran Mitrovic 14:34. At the 2007 World Championships he lost in the first round to Mitrovic. In 2010, he made a comeback at middleweight and was comprehensively beaten by Hosea Burton in the ABA championships.

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