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John Conteh ()

Active: 1971-1974

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 23 contests (won: 22 lost: 1)

Fight Record

1971

Nov 8 Pierre Minier (France) WRSF5(8) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: News 12/11/1971 pages 16 and 17 Conteh 12st 11lbs Minier 12st 11lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Nov 16 Frank Bullard (Canada) WRSF2(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 19/11/1971 pages 2, 03 and 4 Conteh 12st 12lbs 4ozs Bullard 13st 1lbs Referee: Bob Galloway Nov 24 Tony Burwell (USA) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 03/12/1971 pages 5, 06 and 7 Conteh 12st 7lbs 6ozs Burwell 12st 9lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Reg King and Mickey Duff Dec 7 Emile Oke Griffith (France) WRSF5(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 10/12/1971 pages 4, 05, 06 and 7 Conteh 12st 7lbs 8ozs Griffith 12st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Doug Jenkins Promoter: Mike Barrett

1972

Jan 25 Wilhelm Jankow () WRSF1 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 9lbs 4ozs Jankow 12st 0lbs 12ozs Referee: Jack Short Feb 15 Larry Sykes (USA) WKO1 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 10lbs Sykes 12st 4lbs 12ozs Mar 28 Ruben Figueroa (Puerto Rico) WRSF2(8) Wembley Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 0lbs 8ozs Figueroa 12st 10lbs 8ozs Apr 25 Joe Gholston (USA) WRSF6(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 0lbs 8ozs Gholston 13st 9lbs Referee: Harry Humphreys Jun 6 Billy Aird (Liverpool) WRSF8(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 12lbs 12ozs Aird 14st 8lbs Referee: Don Chandler cut eye Jul 19 Johnny Mac (USA) WRSF2(8) Croke Park, Dublin Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 10lbs Mac 13st 4lbs Referee: Billy Duncan Promoter: Butty Sugrue and Harold Conrad Sep 26 Eddie Duncan (USA) LPTS(10) Wembley Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 2lbs Duncan 12st 9lbs Referee: Harry Humphreys Oct 10 Ferenc Cristofcack (Hungary) WRSF1(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 3lbs 8ozs Cristofcack 15st 6lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Oct 31 Bill Drover (USA) WRSF7(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 2lbs 8ozs Drover 14st 8lbs Referee: Sid Nathan Nov 14 Johnny Hudgins (Miami) WKO3(10) Wembley Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 5lbs Hudgins 13st 9lbs 4ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Dec 5 Sam McGill (USA) WRSF9(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 1lbs 8ozs McGill 14st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy White

1973

Jan 15 Dave Matthews (USA) WPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News Conteh 13st 2lbs Matthews 14st 11lbs Referee: Sid Nathan Feb 14 Terry Daniels (USA) WRSF6 Las Vegas USA Source: Boxing News Mar 13 Rudiger Schmidtke () WRSF12(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 6lbs 8ozs Schmidtke 12st 6lbs 4ozs Referee: Bernard Mascot May 22 Chris Finnegan () WPTS(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News (British and European and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title) Finnegan was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1971-73 and 1975-76 and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Champion 1971-73 and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1972. Conteh 12st 6lbs 8ozs Finnegan 12st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Sep 10 Vicente Rondon (Venezuela) WRSF9(10) Wembley Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 12lbs Rondon 12st 12lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Oct 23 Baby Boy Rolle (Bahamas) WPTS(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News (Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title) Conteh 12st 6lbs 4ozs Rolle 12st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Dec 14 Fred Preacher Lewis (USA) WRSF3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News Conteh 12st 12lbs 8ozs Lewis 13st 1lbs 4ozs Referee: Wally Thom 1974

Feb 12 Les Stevens (Reading) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Stevens was Southern Area Heavyweight Champion 1974. Conteh 12st 13lbs Stevens 13st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs

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