Johnny Pritchett

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.

Johnny Pritchett
Born	(1943-02-15) 15 February 1943 (age 82) Bingham, England
Nationality	British (English)
Statistics
Weight(s)	light middle/middle/light heavyweight
Boxing record
Total fights	34
Wins	32 (KO 20)
Losses	1 (KO 0)
Draws	1
Medal record Boxing Representing  England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 51 kg flyweight

For other people named John Pritchett, see John Pritchett (disambiguation).

Boxing career

As an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against B. Ford (St Peters ABC),^[2] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC, won the 1962 Amateur Boxing Association of England welterweight title, against Harry Dean (Oxford YMCA),^[3] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC and won the 1963 Amateur Boxing Association of England welterweight title, against Ralph Charles (West Ham ABC),^[4] boxing out of Bingham & District ABC.

He represented England and won the silver medal at welterweight in the Boxing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, losing to Wallace Coe of New Zealand.^[5][6]

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, 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.^[7]

Boxing manager

Pritchett managed; Dave Needham, Howard Hayes, Johnny Cheshire, and Dave Symonds.^[8]