Terry Dunstan (born 28 October 1968) is a British former
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who was British and European
cruiserweight champion and fought for the
IBF
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world title.
Career
Born in
Vauxhall
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, London in 1968, Dunstan initially excelled at
basketball
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and represented England at under-19 level.
[Linder, Seth (1997)]
Boxing: Dunstan's hard road to fame
, ''The Independent
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'', 16 February 1997. Retrieved 10 March 2015 An undistinguished 17-fight amateur boxing career followed, Dunstan stating in 1997 "There was nothing to fight for. Just a trophy at the end."
He made his professional debut in November 1992. After winning his first eight fights he challenged former world champion
Dennis Andries
Dennis Andries Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 5 November 1953) is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight.
Professional career
Andries turned pro in 1978 and won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1986 in a ...
for the British cruiserweight title in May 1995; Dunstan Beat Andries on points to become British champion.
In February 1996 he successfully defended the title against Andries and three months later made a second defence against
John Keeton
John Keeton (born 19 May 1972) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He held the British cruiserweight title and challenged twice for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title between 2006 and 2007.
Boxing career Ea ...
, stopping him in just 44 seconds - the second fastest stoppage in the history of British title fights.
At the time, Dunstan was hotly tipped, with former sparring partner
Frank Bruno
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rating him the best in Britain, and
Charlie Magri
Carmel Magri (born 20 July 1956), who boxed under the name Charlie Magri, is a British former professional boxer. He is from a Tunisian family that settled in Mile End, London, where he grew up. During his professional career he held the WBC a ...
and
Barry McGuigan
Finbar Patrick McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961) is an Irish boxing promoter and former professional boxer. Born in Clones, Ireland, McGuigan was nicknamed ''The Clones Cyclone'' and held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 ...
also rating him very highly.
After wins against
Sergio Daniel Merani,
Art Jimmerson
Arthur Jimmerson (born August 4, 1963) is an American retired boxer & mixed martial artist who competed at super middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight. As an amateur, Jimmerson was the 1983 National Golden Gloves Middleweight cham ...
, and
Nigel Rafferty
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, Dunstan relinquished his British title and challenged
Alexander Gurov for the European cruiserweight title in February 1998, knocking the Ukrainian out with his first punch connected in the first round to become European champion.
[Boxer jailed for assaults]
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, 8 December 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2015 This was followed a challenge for
's IBF world title in March; Mayfield stopped Dunstan in the eleventh round—Dunstan's first professional defeat.
for the vacant British cruiserweight title. Thompson stopped Dunstan 2 minutes and 40 seconds into the twelfth round to take the title.
Dunstan's boxing career was interrupted when he was arrested and in December 2000 sentenced to eight and a half years after admitting charges of false imprisonment, blackmail and aggravated burglary at two
pubs in central London.
He served five years and 20 days before being released.
He returned to the ring in October 2008 with an easy win over journeyman
. After winning his next three fights he was matched with
for the vacant English cruiserweight title in December 2010. Dunstan had Dolan down in the first round and with Dolan retiring at the end of the sixth round, Dunstan became English champion.
In July 2011 Dunstan challenged for
Inter-continental cruiserweight title; Afolabi stopped Dunstan in the first round.
This was Dunstan's final professional fight, although he did compete in a charity tournament in February 2014, most of his time now spent training other boxers.