Mark Rowe (born 12 July 1947[1] in Camberwell) is an English amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s.
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Real name | Mark W. Rowe | |||||||||||||
Weight(s) | light middle/middle/light heavyweight | |||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||
Nationality | English | |||||||||||||
Born | (1947-07-12)12 July 1947 Camberwell, England | |||||||||||||
Died | 27 December 2021(2021-12-27) (aged 74) | |||||||||||||
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Total fights | 47 | |||||||||||||
Wins | 38 (KO 28) | |||||||||||||
Losses | 8 (KO 5) | |||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||
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As an amateur he was runner-up for the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association of England Light middleweight (71 kg) title, against Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Bucchleuch BC),[2] boxing out of Fitzroy Lodge ABC.
He represented England and won a gold medal at light middleweight beating Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Scotland) in the boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica.[3][4][5]
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title against Bunny Sterling, his professional fighting weight varied from 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162 lb (73 kg; 11 st 8 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[6]
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