© 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 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) Active: 1966-1974 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 43 contests (won: 26 lost: 14 drew: 3) Fight Record 1966 Sep 13 Joe Devitt (Islington) LPTS(6) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 23/09/1966 page 2 Sterling 10st 11lbs Devitt 10st 9lbs 8ozs Promoter: Harry Grossmith Oct 17 Willie Turkington (Doagh) LPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 21/10/1966 pages 3 and 12 Sterling 10st 8lbs Turkington 10st 10lbs Oct 26 Fess Parker (Battersea) LPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 04/11/1966 page 2 Sterling 10st 11lbs 8ozs Parker 10st 7lbs 8ozs Dec 5 Fess Parker (Battersea) WPTS(6) Metropole Hotel, Brighton Source: Boxing News 09/12/1966 page 5 Sterling 10st 8lbs 8ozs Parker 10st 8lbs 8ozs Dec 13 Tony Dowling (Northampton) WPTS(6) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 16/12/1966 page 5 Sterling 10st 8lbs 8ozs Dowling 10st 8lbs Promoter: Harry Grossmith 1967 Jan 3 Fess Parker (Battersea) WPTS(6) Metropole Hotel, Brighton Source: Boxing News 13/01/1967 page 2 Sterling 10st 6lbs 8ozs Parker 10st 7lbs Jan 16 Mike Keeney (Birmingham) WPTS(6) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 20/01/1967 page 7 Sterling 11st 6lbs 8ozs Keeney 10st 12lbs 8ozs Jan 23 Dave Derbyshire (Chorley) WRSF4(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 27/01/1967 page 2 Sterling 11st 0lbs 4ozs Derbyshire 10st 8lbs Feb 21 Ted Sherwood (Wembley) WRSF5(6) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 03/03/1967 page 4 Sterling 10st 11lbs Sherwood 10st 8lbs 8ozs Promoter: Harry Grossmith May 8 Joe Somerville (Berkhamstead) WRSF6(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 12/05/1967 page 5 May 30 Dick Duffy (Cardiff) LPTS(8) Manor Suite, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News Duffy boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967 and boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator in 1970. Oct 3 Al Sharpe (Belfast) WPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 13/10/1967 page 4 Sharpe boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1966 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1957-58 and Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1959-62. Sterling 11st 6lbs 12ozs Sharpe 11st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Marvin Harte Promoter: Barney Eastwood Oct 23 Wally Swift (Nottingham) LPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 27/10/1967 page 4 Swift was British Welterweight Champion 1960 and British Middleweight Champion 1964-65. Sterling 11st 5lbs Swift 11st 4lbs Referee: Bill Williams Dec 20 Henry Turkington (Doagh) WPTS(8) Fiesta Ballroom, Belfast Source: Boxing News 29/12/1967 page 3 Turkington boxed for the Northern Ireland Middleweight Title 1965. Sterling 11st 5lbs 8ozs Turkington 11st 8lbs 4ozs 1968 Jan 17 Larry Brown (Birmingham) WPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News Sterling 11st 7lbs 4ozs Brown 11st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Feb 4 Klaus Stockman (Germany) DRAW(8) Kiel Germany Source: Boxing News May 6 Johnny Kramer (West Ham) LPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Middleweight Title) Kramer was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1962-63 and 1963-64 and Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1966-68. Aug 20 Jim Swords (Manchester) WRSF1(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Manchester Source: Boxing News Swords boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1965. Sep 14 Bo Petersson (Sweden) WPTS(8) Stockholm Sweden Source: Boxing News Nov 11 Johnny Kramer (West Ham) WRSF8 National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Middleweight Title) 1969 Jan 15 Wally Swift (Nottingham) LPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News Apr 24 Harry Scott (Bootle) LPTS(8) Premier Ring SC, Kensington 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. Nov 23 Nessim Cohen (Morocco) DRAW(10) Paris France Source: Boxing News Dec 9 Dick Duffy (Cardiff) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 1970 Jan 19 Denny Pleace (Cardiff) WRSF9(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Pleace boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1970. Sterling 11st 3lbs 12ozs Pleace 11st 4lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs May 11 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(12) Nottingham Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title Final Eliminator) Sep 8 Mark Rowe (Camberwell) WRSF4(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 11/09/1970 pages 10, 11 and 12 (British and Commonwealth Middleweight Title) Rowe was British and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970. Sterling 11st 5lbs Rowe 11st 3lbs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Harry Levene Oct 6 Mario Almanzo (Italy) WRSF1(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 09/10/1970 pages 10, 11 and 12 Sterling 11st 8lbs 8ozs Almanzo 11st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Mike Barrett 1971 Jan 21 Tony Mundine (Australia) DRAW(15) Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News (British Empire Middleweight Title) Mar 22 Johann Louw WPTS(15) Edmonton Canada Source: Boxing News (British Empire Middleweight Title) Apr 27 Bill Douglas WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News May 25 Luis Rodriguez (Cuba) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Sterling 11st 5lbs 12ozs Rodriguez 11st 5lbs 4ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Mike Barrett Oct 21 Tom Bogs (Denmark) WPTS(10) Copenhagen Denmark Source: Boxing News Dec 20 Jean-Claude Bouttier (France) LKO14(15) Palais des Sports, Paris France Source: Boxing News 24/12/1971 pages 8 and 9 (European Middleweight Title) Sterling 11st 5lbs 8ozs Bouttier 11st 5lbs 8ozs 1972 Mar 7 Tom Bethea (USA) WRSF5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Sterling 11st 11lbs Bethea 11st 11lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Apr 14 Tony Mundine (Australia) LRSF15(15) Brisbane Australia Source: Boxing News (Commonwealth Middleweight Title) Sep 19 Phil Matthews (Rossendale) WKO5(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title) Matthews boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1972. Sterling 11st 6lbs Matthews 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Wally Thom 1973 Jan 17 Don McMillan (Glasgow) WRSF11(15) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title) McMillan boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1973 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1971. Sterling 11st 5lbs 4ozs McMillan 11st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs cut eye Mar 13 Dave Adkins (USA) WPTS(10) Wembley Source: Boxing News Sterling 11st 11lbs Adkins 11st 10lbs Referee: Wally Thom Apr 17 Mark Rowe (Camberwell) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title) Sterling 11st 6lbs Rowe 11st 4lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Jul 2 Maxie Smith (Stockton) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News Smith boxed for the Commonwealth Featherweight Title 1975. Match made at 12st 9lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Smith sub for Graham Sines Nov 7 Elio Calcabrini (Italy) LPTS(15) San Remo Italy Source: Boxing News (European Middleweight Title) 1974 Feb 11 Kevin Finnegan (Cowley) LPTS(15) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News (British Middleweight Title) Finnegan was British Middleweight Champion 1974 and 1977 and 1979-80 and European Middleweight Champion 1974-75 and 1980. Sterling 11st 5lbs 12ozs Finnegan 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: James Brimmell © This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to www.boxinghistory.org.uk are included © 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 We have a lot more information on this boxer, and for all of the boxers listed on this record. 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