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John Conteh

BORN   May 27 1951; Liverpool, England
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 161-187 lbs
MANAGERS Tony Conteh, George Francis
TRAINER George Francis

Conteh was a fast, agile and talented fighter who was intelligent and capable; He was quick to seize an advantage and could punch or box; During his career, he won the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, the EBU Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe and the Light Heavyweight Championship of the British Commonwealth and Britain

During his career, he defeated such men as Vicente Rondon, Tom Bogs, Chris Finnegan, Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez, Billy Aird, Jorge Victor Ahumada, Len Hutchins, Lonnie Bennett, Dave Matthews, Bill Drover, Terry Daniels and Rudiger Schmidtke

1971
Oct 18 Okacha Boubekeur            London, England                 KO  1
Nov  8 Pierre Minier               London, England                 TK  5
Nov 16 Frank Bullard               London, England                 TK  2
Nov 24 Tony Burwell                Nottingham, England              W  8
Dec  7 Emile Oke-Griffith          London, England                 TK  5

1972
Jan 25 Wilhelm Jankow              London, England                 TK  1
Feb 15 Larry Sykes                 London, England                 KO  1
Mar 28 Ruben Figueroa              London, England                 KO  2
          -Some sources report "KO 6"
Apr 25 Joe Gholston                London, England                 TK  5
          -Some sources report "TK 6"
Jun  6 Billy Aird                  London, England                 TK  8
Jul 19 Johnny Mac                  Dublin, Ireland                 TK  2
Sep 26 Eddie Duncan                London, England                  L 10
Oct 10 Ferenc Cristofczak          London, England                 WF  1
          -Some sources report "TK 1"
Oct 31 Bill Drover                 London, England                 TK  7
Nov 14 Johnny Hudgins              London, England                 KO  2
          -Some sources report "KO 3" 
Dec  5 Sam McGill                  London, England                 TK  9
 
1973
Jan 15 Dave Matthews               Nottingham, England              W 10
Feb 14 Terry Daniels               Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  7
          -Some sources report "TK 6" on 2/15/73
Mar 13 Rudi Scmidtke               London, England                 TK 12
          -EBU Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe 
May 22 Chris Finnegan              London, England                  W 15
       -EBU Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe;
          Light Heavyweight Championship of the British Commonwealth;
          Light Heavyweight Championship of Britain
Sep 10 Vicente Rondon              London, England                 TK  9
Oct 23 Baby Boy Rolle              Nottingham, England              W 15
          -Light Heavyweight Championship of the British Commonwealth
Dec 14 Fred Lewis                  Liverpool, England              TK  3

1974
Feb 12 Les Stevens                 London, England                  W 10
Mar 12 Tom Bogs                    London, England                 TK  7
       -EBU Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe 
May 21 Chris Finnegan              London, England                 TK  6
       -EBU Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe;
          Light Heavyweight Championship of the British Commonwealth;
          Light Heavyweight Championship of Britain
Oct  1 Jorge Victor Ahumada        London, England                  W 15
       -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1975
Mar 11 Lonnie Bennett              London, England                 TK  5
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug 16 Willie Taylor               Scranton, Pa                     W 10

1976
Oct  9 Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez        Copenhagen, Denmark              W 15
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1977
Mar  5 Len Hutchins                Liverpool, England              TK  3
       -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
May    -Conteh was stripped of the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship

1978
Feb  7 Joe Cokes                   Islington, England               W 10
Jun 17 Mate Parlov                 Belgrade, Yugoslavia             L 15
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 26 Leo Rogers                  London, England                 KO  7

1979
Apr  9 Jesse Burnett               London, England                  D 10
          -Some sources report 4/19/79
Jun 14 Ivy Brown                   Liverpool, England               W 10
          -Some sources report 6/04/79
Aug 18 Matthew Saad Muhammad       Atlantic City, NJ                L 15
       -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1980
Mar 29 Matthew Saad Muhammad       Atlantic City, NJ               LT  4
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 31 James Dixon                 Liverpool, England              TK  5


*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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