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Kevin Finnegan (Cowley)

Active: 1970-1974

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 23 contests (won: 21 lost: 2)

Fight Record

1970

Nov 23 Billy Deasy (Oxford) WRSF4(6) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Source: News 27/11/1970 page 9 Finnegan 11st 8lbs Deasy 11st 3lbs 4ozs Dec 8 Maurice Thomas (Bradford) WRSF6(6) , Kensington Source: Boxing News 11/12/1970 pages 4, 05 and 6 Finnegan 11st 5lbs 12ozs Thomas 11st 8lbs Referee: Mickey Fox

1971

Jan 25 Gerald Gooding (Barbados) WPTS(6) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 8lbs Gooding 11st 9lbs Referee: Don Chandler Feb 10 Dave Ivory (Bermondsey) WRSF4(6) York Hall, Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 7lbs Ivory 11st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Mark Hart Apr 6 Clive Cook (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Apr 27 Dick Duffy (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Duffy boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967 and boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator in 1970. Jun 14 Ronnie Hough () LRSF2(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Hough was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1970-71. Finnegan 11st 7lbs 8ozs Hough 11st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Benny Caplan Sep 27 Mick O'Neill (Colliers Wood) WRSF6 Pool, Source: Boxing News Nov 16 Pat Dwyer (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 19/11/1971 pages 2, 03 and 4 Dwyer boxed for the Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Title 1972 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1971-73. Finnegan 11st 6lbs 12ozs Dwyer 11st 9lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs

1972

Feb 15 (Bootle) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Scott boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1964 and 1968 and twice in 1970 and again in 1972 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1962-65. Finnegan 11st 4lbs 8ozs Scott 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Mar 13 Tommy Bell (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 5lbs 8ozs Bell 11st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Apr 10 Eric Blake (Leatherhead) WPTS(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title Eliminator and Southern Area Middleweight Title) Blake boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1972 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1970-72. Finnegan 11st 4lbs 12ozs Blake 11st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs May 24 Don McMillan (Glasgow) LRSF5(12) Sporting Club, Bedford Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title Final Eliminator) McMillan boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1973 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1971. Finnegan 11st 3lbs 12ozs McMillan 11st 2lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan cut eye Sep 12 Dave Cranswick (Cardiff) WRSF3(8) Town Hall, Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 7lbs Cranswick 11st 2lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Oct 17 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) WRTD6(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Gibbs boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1966. Finnegan 11st 7lbs Gibbs 11st 2lbs 8ozs Nov 14 Carlos Marks (Trinidad) WPTS(8) Wembley Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 7lbs Marks 11st 5lbs Referee: Roland Dakin

1973

Jan 17 Pat McCann (Harrow) WPTS(12) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Middleweight Title) McCann was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1973-74. Finnegan 11st 5lbs 8ozs McCann 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Mar 12 Leon Washington (USA) WRSF7(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 5lbs 12ozs Washington 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy White Mar 27 Alvin Anderson (USA) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 7lbs 4ozs Anderson 11st 0lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys May 7 Ronnie Hough (Liverpool) WRSF8(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 8lbs Hough 11st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Benny Caplan cut eye Oct 23 Bob Murphy () WRSF4(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Match made at 11st 9lbs Referee: Benny Caplan Dec 3 Frank Young () WPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Young boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1972. Finnegan 11st 6lbs 8ozs Young 11st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill White

1974

Feb 11 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) WPTS(15) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title) Sterling was British Middleweight Champion 1970-74 and 1975 and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970-72 and European Middleweight Champion 1976. Finnegan 11st 4lbs 8ozs Sterling 11st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: James Brimmell

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