Johnny Pritchett
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1943 Bingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | light middle/middle/light heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 32 (KO 20) | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 (KO 0) | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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John G. Pritchett (born 15 February 1943)[1] is an English amateur welterweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s, and boxing manager of the 1970s and '80s. He fought as Johnny Pritchett.
Boxing career
[edit]As an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against B. Ford of St Peters ABC,[2] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC, won the 1962 ABA welterweight title, against Harry Dean (Oxford YMCA),[3] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC and won the 1963 ABA welterweight title, against Ralph Charles (West Ham ABC),[4] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC.
He represented the 1962 English team[5][6] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[7] He competed in the welterweight category,[8] where he won a silver medal after losing to Wallace Coe of New Zealand in the final bout.[9]
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Juan Carlos Durán[1], his professional fighting weight varied from 153+1⁄4 lb (69.5 kg; 10 st 13.3 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162+1⁄2 lb (73.7 kg; 11 st 8.5 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[10]
Boxing manager
[edit]Pritchett managed; Dave Needham, Howard Hayes[2], Johnny Cheshire[3], and Dave Symonds.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "1959 ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "1962 75th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "1963 76th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Boxers for Empire Games". Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "A man who is grateful to boxing talks to George Zeleny". boxingnewsmagazine.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Johnny Pritchett from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Johnny Pritchett[permanent dead link]
