Anthony Farnell (born 1978), known as the Woodhouse Warrior, was born in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
and grew up in
Failsworth
Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and south-west of Oldham. The orbital M60 motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the 2011 census was 2 ...
,
Greater Manchester
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. He is a former
WBU
The World Boxing Union (WBU) was a boxing sanctioning body. The original WBU was founded in January 1995 by IBF European representative, boxing journalist, actor and former holder of the title of Britain's heaviest man Jon W. Robinson. It sa ...
middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to .
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
champion. He retired from the ring in 2004 to concentrate on training.
It was announced on 31 October 2008 that Farnell would train World Amateur Lightweight Champion,
Frankie Gavin for his entry into the professional ranks.
References
External links
BoxRec Bio
1978 births
Living people
English male boxers
Middleweight boxers
People from Failsworth
Boxers from Manchester
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