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Terry Downes

BORN   May 9 1936; Paddington, London, England
HEIGHT 5-9 (Some sources report 5-10)
WEIGHT 156 1/2 - 173 lbs
MANAGER. Sam Burns

Downes was a very capable battler with a solid punch who became the best middleweight fighter in Britain during his time in the ring; He also performed well against the aging, yet still talented, best middies in the world and won the Middleweight Championship of the World, the Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth and the Middleweight Championship of the Britain during his career; Following his ring career, Terry performed as a movie actor

He defeated such men as "Sugar" Ray Robinson, Joey Giardello, Paul Pender, Don Fullmer, Lew Lazar, Pat McAteer, Phil Edwards, John McCormack, Carlos Van Neste, Jimmy Beecham, Willie Green and Tony Montano

1957
Apr  9 Peter Longo                 London, England                 KO  1
Apr 30 Jimmy Lynas                 London, England                 KO  3
May 14 Dick Tiger                  London, England                 LT  5
Jun  4 Alan Dean                   London, England                 KO  4
Jun 18 Sammy Hamilton              London, England                 KO  3
Jun 25 Johnny Woolard              London, England                 KO  7
Sep 17 Lew Lazar                   London, England                  W  8
Oct  1 Derek Liversidge            London, England                 KO  2
Oct 18 Eddie Phillips              London, England                 KO  3
Nov 19 Les Allen                   London, England                  L  8
Dec 10 George Lavery               London, England                 KO  5
Dec 19 Hamouda Bouraoui            London, England                 KO  4

1958
Jan  7 Serge Leveque               London, England                 KO  4
Jan 28 Freddie Cross               London, England                 LT  6
Feb 25 Dennis Booty                London, England                 KO  3
Mar 17 Ben Salah Farhat            London, England                 KO  5
Apr 15 Tuzo Portuguez              London, England                  W  8
Jun  3 Pat McAteer                 London, England                  W  8
Jul 15 Constant Alcantara          London, England                 KO  3
Sep 30 Phil Edwards                London, England                 TK 13
          -BBBC Middleweight Championship of Britain
Nov  4 Mohammed Taibi              London, England                 KO  3
Dec  9 Spider Webb                 London, England                 LT  8

1959
Feb 24 Michel Diouf                London, England                 LK  5
Jul  7 Andre Davier                London, England                 KO  7
Sep 15 Johnny McCormack            London, England                 LF  8
          -BBBC Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth;
          BBBC Middleweight Championship of Britain;
          Some sources report 9/17/59
Nov  3 Johnny McCormack            London, England                 KO  8
          -BBBC Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth;
          BBBC Middleweight Championship of Britain

1960
Mar  8 Carlos Van Neste            London, England                 TK  4
Mar 24 Orlando DiPietro            Liverpool, England              KO  4
Jun  9 Richard Bouchez             Manchester, England             KO  2
Jul  5 Phil Edwards                London, England                 TK 12
          -BBBC Middleweight Championship of Britain
Oct 11 Joey Giardello              London, England                  W 10

1961
Jan 14 Paul Pender                 Boston, Ma                      LT  7
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
Feb  7 Willie Green                London, England                 TK  3
          -Some sources report 2/14/61
May  2 Tony Montano                London, England                 KO  5
Jul 11 Paul Pender                 London, England                 TK 10
          -Middleweight Championship of the World

1962
Apr  7 Paul Pender                 Boston, Ma                       L 15
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
May 22 Don Fullmer                 London, England                  W 10
Sep 25 "Sugar" Ray Robinson        London, England                  W 10
Nov 13 Phil Moyer                  London, England                 TK  9

1963
Mar  5 Jimmy Beecham               London, England                 KO  9
Oct  8 Rudi Nehring                London, England                 KO  3
Nov 25 Mike Pusateri               Manchester, England             TK  5

1964
May 28 Eddie Zaremba               Glasgow, Scotland                W 10
Nov 30 Willie Pastrano             Manchester, England             LT 11
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***

Record courtesy of Matt Tegen, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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