© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Chris Finnegan (Iver) Active: 1968-1973 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 31 contests (won: 25 lost: 5 drew: 1) Fight Record 1968 Dec 9 Mick Fleetham (Doncaster) WRSF3 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Dec 17 Dick Griffiths (Chesterfield) WRSF4 Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 1969 Jan 14 Dervan Airey (Bristol) WPTS(6) York Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing News Promoter: Mickey Duff Feb 11 Liam Dolan (Manchester) WPTS(6) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Mar 25 Larry Brown (Birmingham) WRTD5(8) Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 28/03/1969 pages 8 and 9 Finnegan 11st 8lbs 4ozs Brown 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Mike Jacobs May 6 Danny Ashie (New Cross) LRSF2 Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News Aug 4 Brendan Ingle (Sheffield) WRSF8 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Ingle boxed for the Central Area Middleweight Title 1973. Dec 8 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 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. 1970 Jan 19 Francisco Ferri (Spain) WRSF6(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 10lbs 12ozs Ferri 11st 8lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Feb 16 Ray Brittle (Twickenham) WRSF9(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Title) Brittle was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1969-70. Finnegan 11st 10lbs 8ozs Brittle 12st 4lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Mar 24 Hans Dieter Schwartz WRSF6(8) Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News Apr 21 Dervan Airey (Bristol) WRSF4(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News May 21 Clarence Cassius (Nigeria) WRSF5 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 11st 12lbs 8ozs Cassius 11st 11lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Aug 27 Tom Bogs (Denmark) LPTS(15) Copenhagen Denmark Source: Boxing News 04/09/1970 page 3 (European Middleweight Title) Finnegan 11st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Lorenzo Vilar (Spain) Oct 6 Guerrino Scattolin (Italy) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 09/10/1970 pages 10, 11 and 12 Finnegan 12st 2lbs 8ozs Scattolin 12st 5lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Mike Barrett 1971 Jan 24 Eddie Avoth (Cardiff) WRSF15(15) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (British and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title) Avoth was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1969-71 and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Champion 1970-71. Finnegan 12st 1lbs 8ozs Avoth 12st 5lbs Referee: Roland Dakin(Harrogate) Mar 29 Pete Ricitelli (USA) WRSF3 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 1lbs Ricitelli 12st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Simpson May 5 Conny Velensek (Germany) DRAW(15) Berlin Germany Source: Boxing News (European Light-Heavyweight Title) Sep 9 Bob Benoit WRSF8 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Oct 5 Roger Rouse (USA) WRSF4(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 1lbs Rouse 12st 6lbs Referee: James Brimmell Oct 19 Hal Carroll (USA) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 2lbs Carroll 12st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs 1972 Feb 1 Conny Velensek (Germany) WPTS(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News (European Light-Heavyweight Title) Finnegan 12st 3lbs Velensek 12st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Bernard Mascot(France) Mar 7 Jerry Evans (USA) WRSF5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 0lbs 8ozs Evans 12st 12lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Apr 18 Ron Wilson (USA) WPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 2lbs 4ozs Wilson 11st 13lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Jun 6 Rudi Lubbers (Holland) WKO8(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 2lbs 4ozs Lubbers 12st 2lbs 4ozs Referee: Ted Kayser(Luxembourg) Sep 26 Bob Foster (USA) LKO14(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News (World Light-Heavyweight Title) Finnegan 12st 5lbs 12ozs Foster 12st 6lbs 4ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Nov 14 Rudiger Schmidtke (Germany) LRSF12(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 4lbs 8ozs Schmidtke 12st 5lbs Referee: Aime Leschot(Switzerland) 1973 Mar 13 Roy John (Bargoed) WPTS(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News John boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1973. Finnegan 12st 3lbs 12ozs John 12st 3lbs 12ozs Referee: Wally Thom Apr 9 Brian Kelly Burden (USA) WRSF4(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 4lbs 4ozs Kelly Burden 12st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs May 22 John Conteh (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Wembley Source: Boxing News (British and European and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title) Conteh was World, British and Commonwealth and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1973-77. Finnegan 12st 4lbs 8ozs Conteh 12st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Nov 13 Mike Quarry (USA) WPTS(10) Wembley Source: Boxing News Finnegan 12st 6lbs 4ozs Quarry 12st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Roland Dakin © This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. 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