Johnny Pritchett

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

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

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1943-02-15) 15 February 1943 (age 82) Bingham, England
Weight	light middle/middle/light heavyweight
Boxing career
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

Boxing career

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

He represented the 1962 English team^[5][6] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.^[7] He competed in the welterweight category,^[8] where he won a silver medal after losing to Wallace Coe of New Zealand in the final bout.^[9]

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.^[10]

Boxing manager

Pritchett managed; Dave Needham, Howard Hayes, Johnny Cheshire, and Dave Symonds.^[11]