Wally Swift Jr (born 17 February 1966) is a British former

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who was British

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champion between 1991 and 1992, and also fought for the European title.

Career

Born in

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, Wally Swift Jr is the son of former boxer

Wally Swift Wally Swift (10 August 1936 – 10 November 2012) was a British boxer who won the British welterweight title in 1960 and twice fought for the Commonwealth title before moving up to middleweight, becoming British champion between 1964 and 1965. ...

and brother of Tony Swift, also a boxer. He made his professional début in September 1985, and was unbeaten in his first 11 fights. He suffered his first defeat in January 1987 when he was beaten on points by Dave Dent. During the period from 1987 to 1989 he won 8 fights and lost 7, beating

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, Chris Blake, Alfonso Redondo, and Anibal Miranda, but also losing to Ashton,

Terry Magee Terry Magee (born 1 November 1964, Belfast) is a retired professional Irish boxer. Magee, the older brother of Eamonn Magee, Eamonn and Noel Magee, Noel, fought at Light Middleweight but also fought at heavier weights towards the end of his car ...

Andy Till Andy Till (born 22 August 1963) is a British former boxer who was British light middleweight champion and WBC International super welterweight champion in the early 1990s. A former milkman at Co-op Dairies, Greenford and good pals of Steve Lov ...

, and Ensley Bingham. In April 1990 he beat Shaun Cummins to become

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Midland Area light middleweight champion, successfully defending the title in January 1991 against Paul Wesley. This set him up for a fight against Bingham for the vacant British title 2 months later; Swift stopped Bingham in the fourth round to become British champion. Four months later he made successful first defence against Tony Collins.Vann, Mickey (2003) ''Give Me A Ring: The Autobiography of Star Referee Mickey Vann'', Mainstream Publishing, In April 1992 he travelled to France to challenge for Jean-Claude Fontana's

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European title, losing via a unanimous decision. In September 1992 he made the second defence of his British title against Till, losing narrowly on points. The two met again for the title in April 1993, this time with Till stopping Swift in the fourth round.Boxing: Swift suffers at hands of Till
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'', 15 April 1993. Retrieved 24 July 2015 In September 1993 he challenged for the Midland Area title then held by Steve Goodwin; Goodwin stopped him in the seventh round. The two met again in May 1994, this time with Swift taking a points decision in what would prove to be his final fight.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Wally Jr 1966 births Living people Boxers from Nottingham English male boxers Light-middleweight boxers