Sylvester "The Master Blaster" Mittee (born 29 October 1956) is a
Saint Lucian-British
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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of the 1970s and 1980s. He fought as an
amateur lightweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
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and a
professional
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light welterweight/
welterweight
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/
light middleweight, winning multiple championships.
Boxing career
As an amateur, Mittee won the 1973
Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title, while boxing for Crown and Manor ABC,
Hoxton
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, London.
He subsequently won the 1976 ABAE lightweight title against
Thomas McCallum (Sparta BC) while boxing for Repton Amateur Boxing Club,
Bethnal Green
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, London.
Mittee represented Great Britain at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, competing as a
lightweight in the boxing events. After a bye in the round of 64, his sole fight was a loss to
Simion Cuţov
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* Simion Bughici
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of Romania, the eventual
silver medalist, in the round of 32; the referee stopped the contest in the third round.
As a professional, Mittee won the
British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern (England) Area light welterweight title, the BBBofC British welterweight title and
Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight title against
Clinton McKenzie
Clinton McKenzie (born 15 September 1955) is a former British professional boxer. He fought in the light welterweight division and became the British light welterweight title holder and briefly held the European title.
Background
McKenzie was ...
, and
European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title against
Lloyd Honeyghan
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. His professional fighting weight varied from , or light welterweight, to , or light middleweight.
References
External links
Sylvester Mittee at boxrec.com
1956 births
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxers from Greater London
British male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Living people
Olympic boxers of Great Britain
Place of birth missing (living people)
Saint Lucian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Welterweight boxers
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