Frankie Gavin (boxer)

Frankie Gavin
Statistics
Real name	Frankie Raymond Gavin
Nickname(s)	Funtime
Rated at	Light-welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	28 September 1985 Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	24
Wins	22
Wins by KO	13
Losses	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Competitor for  England World Championships 2007 Chicago Lightweight Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Lightweight EU Championships 2008 Cetniewo Light welterweight 2005 Cagliari Lightweight

Frankie Raymond Gavin (born 28 September 1985) is a British professional boxer. He is a former British and two-time Commonwealth welterweight champion, as well as a world title challenger, and has been the reigning Irish light-welterweight champion since 2010. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the World Championships to become England's first ever world amateur boxing champion.

Amateur career

Domestically as an amateur, Gavin represented the Birmingham's Hall Green boxing club with whom he won the English ABA championship in 2005 and 2007 and a Four Nations championship in 2005.

Internationally, Gavin defeated Giovanni Frontin of Mauritius to win a gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight (60 kg) division. That year he won bronze at the European Union Championships losing to Domenico Valentino in the semi-final. Gavin has beaten him twice since.

At the European Championships 2006 he lost to Olexandr Klyuchko.

2007 World championships

At the 2007 World Championships he first beat reigning world silver medallist and fellow southpaw Romal Amanov of Azerbaijan scoring a knockdown. Frankie then caused a huge upset by defeating Russian superstar Aleksei Tishchenko, unbeaten in four years, to reach the final where he beat Italian Domenico Valentino 19:10.

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships held in Chicago

• Defeated Omar Ward (Barbados) RSC 3 (0:50)
• Defeated Ramal Amanov (Azerbaijan) 21–10
• Defeated Onur Sipal (Turkey) 16–7
• Defeated Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia) 19–10
• Defeated Domenico Valentino (Italy) 18–10

He stepped up in weight and won the 2008 EU tournament in Poland receiving boxer of the tournament as well. As of 2007 he has won 100 of his 121 amateur contests.

2008 Summer Olympics

Gavin was Great Britain's best hope of a boxing medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was unable to make the weight and was therefore unable to compete.^[1]

Professional career

In October 2008, Gavin announced that he would turn professional. He signed a contract with promoter Frank Warren and agreed to be trained by Anthony Farnell in Manchester. He made his debut with Olympians James Degale and Billy Joe Saunders which he won with a 4th round stoppage.^[2]

In 2010, he won his first professional title by defeating Sheffield's Michael Kelly in the fifth round for the Irish light welterweight title. He qualified for the title as his parents are Irish.^[3][4][5]

In June 2013, Gavin defeated the previously unbeaten Denton Vassell by 7th round TKO, having broken Vassell's jaw. In doing so he retained his BBBofC British welterweight title and captured Vassell's Commonwealth title.^[6]

Professional boxing record

References

1. "Medal hope Gavin out of Olympics". BBC News. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
2. "Gavin to join professional ranks". BBC News. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
3. Expressstar.com
4. Boxing Ireland & Boxing Scene
5. Interview
6. Badlefthook.com

External links

• Professional boxing record for Frankie Gavin from BoxRec
• Biography and fight details from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games website