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Patrick ("Pat") Cowdell (born 18 August 1953 in Smethwick, Staffordshire) is a retired
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from Great Britain. He challenged twice for the WBC world featherweight title in 1981 and 1985.


Amateur career

Cowdell won the bronze medal in the
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division (– 54 kg) at the
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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the semi-finals he was beaten by eventual gold medalist
Gu Yong-Ju Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer ...
from North Korea. Two years earlier Cowdell won the gold medal, at the
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in
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, New Zealand. He was a bronze medalist at the
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held in Katowice, Poland. He was also the 1973 ABA bantamweight champion, lightweight in 1975, and featherweight champion in 1976 and 1977.


1976 Olympic results

*Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated Leszek Borkowski (Poland) by decision, 5–0 *Round of 16: Defeated Alejandro Silva (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Reynaldo Fortaleza (Philippines) by decision, 4–1 *Semifinal: Lost to
Gu Yong-Ju Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer ...
(North Korea) by decision, 1–4 (was awarded bronze medal)


Professional career

Cowdell turned pro in 1977 and in 1981 took on WBC world featherweight champion
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, losing a close and hard-fought split decision in which Cowdell was dropped in round 15. In 1985 Cowdell challenged
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for the WBC featherweight title, but was caught cold by a bullet of a punch and knocked out in the first round. He fought on but retired in 1988 after being stopped by Welshman Floyd Havard. He finished up with stats of 36–6–0 (18 KOs) that included spells as British, Commonwealth and European Champion.


Life After Boxing

Pat runs four professional dinner shows a year at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham's city centre. In February 2007, Cowdell returned to putting shows on at the Burlington after a three-year hiatus at the Holiday Inn – also in the centre of Birmingham. He also trains/trained a band of fighters that include Bedworth's former Midland Area super-middleweight champion Neil Tidman, Leamington Spa's Richard Mazurek, and Coventry foursome Dougie Walton, Sean McKervey, Joe McCluskey and John Ruddock. Cowdell's most famous pupil, Birmingham-based gypsy Jimmy Vincent, twice challenged for the British title before retiring in 2005.


See also

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List of British featherweight boxing champions List of British featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British featherweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowdell, Patrick 1953 births Living people English male boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Smethwick Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing