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Mark Rowe (boxer)
English boxer (1947–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Rowe (12 July 1947[1] – 27 December 2021) was an amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer from England.
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Boxing career
As an amateur he was runner-up for the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association of England Light middleweight (71 kg) title, against Tom Imrie (Bucchleuch BC).[2][3] boxing out of Fitzroy Lodge ABC.
He represented the England team [4] and won a gold medal at light middleweight beating Tom (Scotland) in the boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[5][6][7]
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.[8]
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