Peter Richardson (boxer)
British boxer
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-06-24) 24 June 1970 (age 54) Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Richardson (born 24 June 1970) is a retired British boxer.
Boxing career
He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He beat Vernon Forrest in the first round.[1]
He represented England in the lightweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and reached the quarter-finals.[2] Four years later he won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[3][4][5]
Boxing for the Philip Thomas School of Boxing ABC, Richardson won the prestigious ABA featherweight championship in 1989. Four years later he won the 1993 ABA light-welterweight championship.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Richardson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
External links
- Peter Richardson at BoxRec (registration required)
- Peter Richardson at Olympics.com
- Peter Richardson at Olympedia
- Peter Richardson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1954 – 2002: up to 63.5 kg
- 2006 – 2018: up to 64 kg
- 2022 – present: up to 63.5 kg
- 1954: Mickey Bergin (CAN)
- 1958: Henry Loubscher (SAF)
- 1962: Clement Quartey (GHA)
- 1966: Jim McCourt (NIR)
- 1970: Mohamed Muruli (UGA)
- 1974: Obisia Nwankpa (NGR)
- 1978: Winfield Braithwaite (GUY)
- 1982: Christopher Ossai (NGR)
- 1986: Howard Grant (CAN)
- 1990: Charlie Kane (SCO)
- 1994: Peter Richardson (ENG)
- 1998: Michael Strange (CAN)
- 2002: Darren Barker (ENG)
- 2006: James Russan (ENG)
- 2010: Manoj Kumar (IND)
- 2014: Josh Taylor (SCO)
- 2018: Jonas Jonas (NAM)
- 2022: Reese Lynch (SCO)