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National ABA title 1970
83rd ABA National Championships
1969 - 1970
Year: 1970
Venue Wembley Arena, London
Neville Cole 60kg (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) was to be a future Olympian at the 1972 Games (Munich, West Germany). David Needham 51kg (Nottingham School of Boxing ABC) and John Conteth 75kg (Kirkby ABC) become Commonwealth Champions in 1970 (Edinburgh, Scotland) as does losing Finalist Tommy Imrie 71kg (Buccleuch BC) for Scotland.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
51 |
Fly |
Dave Needham (Nottingham School of Boxing ABC |
P.Maguire (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Anthony Oxley (Royal Navy) |
Stewart Ogilvie (Camperdown ABC) |
RSC (1) |
57 |
Feather |
D.Polak (Clifton ABC) |
I.Cameron (Larkfield ABC) |
RSC (3) |
60 |
Light |
Neville Cole (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
R.Treacy (Army) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
David.Davies (Bangor YMCA ABC) |
P.Harrison (Glasgow Corporation Transport BC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
Terry Waller (Lynn ABC) |
Mick McCluskie (Croeserw BC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
David Simmonds (Gloucester ABC) |
Thomas Imrie (Buccleuch BC) |
RSC (1) |
75 |
Middle |
John Conteh (Kirkby ABC) |
Michael Fellingham (St Marys ABC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
John Rafferty (Clarkston ABC) |
W.Stack (Leamington Boys ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
James Gilmour (Sighthill ABC) |
M.Goodwin (Stoke on Trent ABC) |
|
84th ABA National Championships
1970 - 1971
Year: Friday 7th May 1971
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
The weight of Light Fly (48kg) is introduced for the first at the Championships.
Michael Kingwell 64kg (Robert Browning ABC) and Leslie Stevens 91kg (Reading ABC) both win European Bronze Medals in 1971 (Madrid, Spain). Leslie Stevens 91kg (Reading ABC) wins his first ABA National title after securing a Commonwealth Bronze Medal in 1970 (Edinburgh, Scotland. Ralph Evans 51kg (Waterlooville ABC) and Finalist becomes a future Olympia in 1972 (Munich, West Germany) and wins an Olympic Bronze Medal. Along with ABA Champion George Turpin 54kg (Golden Gloves ABC) and Alan Minter 75kg (Crawley ABC). William Taylor 54kg (Repton ABC) Finalist also becomes an Olympian in 1972.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Micky Abrams (Battersea ABC) |
Ralph Evans (Waterlooville ABC) |
|
51 |
Fly |
Peter Wakefield (St Patricks ABC) |
Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
George Turpin (Golden Gloves ABC) |
William Taylor ABC (Repton ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
Tommy Wright (Plant Works ABC) |
Derek Hollyoak (Repton ABC) |
|
60 |
Light |
Joey Singleton (Kirkby ABC) |
W.Anthony Tacchi (Repton ABC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Michael Kingwell (Robert Browning ABC) |
George McKenzie (Sparta BC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
David Davies (Bangor YMCA BC) |
Terry Waller (Lynn ABC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Alan Edwards (Worcester City ABC) |
Johnny Whitehorn (Repton ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Alan Minter (Crawley ABC) |
Anthony Byrne (Kirkby ABC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
John Conteh (Kirkby ABC) |
Anthony Roberts (Cymmer Afan BC) |
RSC (2) |
91 |
Heavyweight |
Leslie Stevens (Reading ABC) |
John McKinty (Army) |
|
85th ABA National Championships
1971 - 1972
Year: Friday 5th May 1972
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
George Turpin 54kg (Golden Gloves ABC) goes on to win an Olympic Bronze Medal in 1972 (Munich, West Germany). Maurice O'Sullivan 51kg (Roath Youth BC), and William Knight 81kg (Lynn ABC) both become Olympians in 1972.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Micky Abrams (Battersea ABC) |
Jeff Pritchard (New Tredegar BC) |
|
51 |
Fly |
Maurice O'Sullivan (Roath Youth BC) |
Peter Wakefield (St Patricks ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
George Turpin (Golden Gloves ABC) |
Martyn Galleozzie (Courthouse ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
KirklandLaing (Clifton ABC) |
VernonSollas (Madison ABC) |
|
60 |
Light |
Neville Cole (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
Alan Buchanan (Sparta BC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Terry Waller (Lynn ABC) |
Malcolm Jones (Hartcliffe ABC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
Trevor Francis (Basingstoke ABC) |
Dave Davies (Bangor YMCA ABC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Larry Paul (Shrewsbury ABC) |
Roger Maxwell (Army ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Frank Lucas (Sir Philip Game ABC) |
Anthony Byrne (Kirkby ABC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
William Knight (Lynn ABC) |
Anthony Roberts (Cymmer Afan BC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
Tim Wood (Belgrave ABC) |
Les McGowan (Speke ABC) |
RSC (1) |
86th ABA National Championships
1972 - 1973
Year: 1973
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
Neville Cole 64kg (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) wins his third and last title (1970, 1972, 1973). Micky Abrams 48kg (Battersea ABC) wins his third consecutive title (1971, 1972, 1973). Francis Lucas 75kg (Sir Philip Game ABC) was not selected for the 1974 Commonwealth Games (Christchurch, New Zealand) so represented St. Vincent and Windward Islands and won Gold!!! Pat Cowdell 54kg (Warley ABC), William Knight 81kg (Lynn ABC) and Neville Meade 91kg (Royal Air Force) all became Commonwealth Champions in 1972 - ABA Finalists, Robert Davies 71kg (Birkenhead ABC) and Carl Spear 75kg (Golden Gloves ABC) both win Commonwealth Bronze Medals.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Micky Abrams (Battersea ABC) |
L.Skevington (Keystone Boys ABC) |
|
51 |
Fly |
Roy Hilton (Repton ABC) |
Billy Weaver (Speke ABC) |
RSC (3) |
54 |
Bantam |
Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) |
Norman Phillip (Army) |
|
57 |
Feather |
John Lynch (Kensington ABC) |
Colin Flinn (Tile Hill ABC) |
|
60 |
Light |
Tommy Dunn (Reading ABC) |
P.Vowles (Bourneville ABC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Neville Cole (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
W.Finnegan (Birmingham City ABC) |
RSC (3) |
67 |
Welter |
Terry Waller (Lynn ABC) |
Harry Watson (Huthwaite ABC) |
DIS (3) |
71 |
Light Middle |
Roger Maxwell (Army) |
Robert Davies (Birkenhead ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Francis Lucas (Sir Philip Game ABC) |
Carl Speare (Golden Gloves ABC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
William Knight (Lynn ABC) |
Steve Hill (Blackpool ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
GarfieldMcEwan (Kyrle Hall ABC) |
Neville Meade (Royal Air Force) |
|
87th ABA National Championships
1973 - 1974
Year: 3 May 1974
Venue: Empire Pool, Wembley, London
George Gilbody 57kg (Golden Gloves ABC) starts his winning ways. This is his first ABA National title, going on to win (5) in 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981. William Knight 81kg (Lynn ABC) wins his third consecutive light heavy ABA National title (1972, 1973, 1974). It was to be his last.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Charlie Magri (Arbour Youth ABC) |
J.Chesters (Halifax Star ABC) |
RSC (3) |
51 |
Fly |
M.O'Sullivan (Roath Youth BC) |
Joe Lawless (Grangemouth BC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Stuart Ogilvie (Camperdown ABC) |
W.Evans (Waterlooville ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
George Gilbody (Golden Gloves ABC) |
J. Pritchard (New Tredegar BC) |
|
60 |
Light |
John Lynch (Kensington ABC) |
John Gillan (Aberdeen ABC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Peter Kelly (Royal Navy) |
G.Fouweather (Maindee ABC) |
DIS (3) |
67 |
Welter |
Terry Waller (Lynn ABC) |
Erroll McKenzie (Llandaff ABC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Roger Maxwell (Army) |
A.Harrison (Denbeath ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
David Odwell (Repton ABC) |
G.Borden (McTaggart BC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
William Knight (Lynn ABC) |
D.Berndt (Midhill ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
Neville Meade (Royal Air Force) |
D.McCann (St Georges ABC) |
|
88th ABA National Championships
1974 - 1975
Year: 1975
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
Pat Cowdell 60kg (Warley ABC) wins his second ABA National title (1973, 1975) of (4) (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977). Charlie Magri 51kg (Arbour Youth ABC) wins his second ABA National title after winning in 1974 at 48kg. Magri goes on to win (4) titles (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977).
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result | |
48 |
Light Fly |
Michael Lawless (Grangemouth ABC) |
Robert Robinson (Golden Gloves ABC) |
| |
51 |
Fly |
Charlie Magri (Arbour Youth ABC) |
G.Sutton (Splott YMCA ABC) |
| |
54 |
Bantam |
Stuart Ogilvie (Camperdown ABC) |
N.Philip (Army) |
| |
57 |
Feather |
Ricky Beaumont (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
James Cooke (Tile Hill ABC) |
RSC (2) | |
60 |
Light |
Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) |
Efion Pritchard (Gwalchmai BC) |
| |
64 |
Light Welter |
Joseph Zeraschi (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
Chris Davies (Splott YMCA ABC) |
| |
67 |
Welter |
W.Bennett (New Tredegar BC) |
William Lauder (McTaggart BC) |
| |
71 |
Light Middle |
A.Harrison (Denbeath BC) |
Robert Davies (Golden Gloves ABC) |
| |
75 |
Middle |
David Odwell (Repton ABC) |
C.Lawson (Narbert ABC) |
| |
81 |
Light Heavy |
Malcolm Heath (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
L.Herriott (New Tredegar BC) |
| |
91 |
Heavyweight |
Gregory McEwan (Rum Runners ABC) |
John Rafferty (Monkland BC) |
| |
89th ABA National Championships
1975 - 1976
Year: Friday 30 December 1976
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
This is Pat Cowdell's 57kg (Warley ABC) third ABA National title and at (3) weights; 54kg (1973), 60kg (1975) and 57kg (1978). Slyvester Mittee 60kg (Repton ABC), Clinton McKenzie 64kg (Sir Philip Game ABC) and Colin Jones 67kg (Penyrheol ABC) all win their first ABA National titles. Jones will go on and win the title in 1977 and become an Olympian.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result | |
48 |
Light Fly |
Peter Fletcher (St Teresas ABC) |
Joe Dawson (Boston ABC) |
| |
51 |
Fly |
Charlie Magri (Arbour Youth ABC) |
B.Griffiths (Rhondda BC) |
RSC (2) | |
54 |
Bantam |
J. Bambrick (Edinburgh Transport BC) |
John Feeney (Hartlepool Boys Welfare ABC) |
| |
57 |
Feather |
Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) |
J.Hutchison (Sparta BC) |
| |
60 |
Light |
Slyvester Mittee (Repton ABC) |
Thomas McCallum (Sparta BC) |
| |
64 |
Light Welter |
ClintonMcKenzie (Sir Philip Game ABC) |
Ricky Beaumont (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
| |
67 |
Welter |
Colin Jones (Penyrheol BC) |
Peter Kelly (Royal Navy) |
| |
71 |
Light Middle |
William Lauder (McTaggart ABC) |
W.Gray (Metropolitan Police ABC) |
| |
75 |
Middle |
E.Burke (Woodside ABC) |
Dave Odwell (Repton ABC) |
| |
81 |
Light Heavy |
Gregory Evans (Salisbury ABC) |
Steve Crosby (New Enterprise ABC) |
| |
91 |
Heavyweight |
John Rafferty (Monkland BC) |
Richard Tabi (Repton ABC) |
| |
90th ABA National Championships
1976 - 1977
Year: Friday 6th May 1977
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
The Olympians of Charlie Magri 51kg (Arbour Youth ABC), Pat Cowdell 57kg (Warley ABC), Colin Jones 67kg (Penyrheol ABC) and Robbie Davies 75kg (Birkenhead ABC) return with a Bronze Medal (Pat Cowdell) from the 1976 Montreal Games (Canada). This was to be Charlie Magri's fourth and final ABA National Championship (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977).
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Paul Fletcher (St Teresas ABC) |
Russell Jones (Rhondda BC) |
|
51 |
Fly |
Charlie Magri (Arbour Youth ABC) |
Mohammed Younis (West Bromwich Colliery ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Jackie Turner (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
VernonPenprase (Devonport ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) |
Ian McLeod (Sparta BC) |
|
60 |
Light |
George Gilbody (St Helens Star ABC) |
Alan Mann (Lochaber BC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
James Douglas (Camperdown ABC) |
Chris Sanigar (Empire ABC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
Colin Jones (Penyrheol BC) |
Archie Salmon (Shortlees ABC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Charlie Malarkey (Clydeview BC) |
Tommy Williams (Army) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Robert Davies (Birkenhead ABC) |
Michen Shone (Clay ABC) |
RSC (1) |
81 |
Light Heavy |
Chris Lawson (Pembroke ABC) |
Pplacid Gonzales (Hitchin Youth ABC) |
RSC(1) |
91 |
Heavyweight |
Glen Adair (Barnstaple ABC) |
George Scott (Perth Green BC) |
|
91st ABA National Championships
1977 - 1978
Year: 1978
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
The 1978 Commonwealth Games (Edmonton, Canada) saw Joseph Awome 91kg (Woking ABC) become Commonwealth Champion. Moss O'Brien 57kg (Repton ABC) won a Bronze Medal. The 1978 Championships witnessed the introduction of 'seedings' at the semi-final stage thereby keeping the (2) English boxers apart. Terry Marsh 60kg (Royal Navy) wins the first of his (3) ABA National titles. This year at 60kg and at 67kg in 1980, 1981. Herol Graham 75kg (Radford Boys ABC) continues with his winning ways.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result | |
48 |
Light Fly |
Joe Dawson (Boston ABC) |
Steve Martin (Sir Philip Game ABC) |
| |
51 |
Fly |
GaryNickels (Repton ABC) |
Robert Jones (Rhondda BC) |
| |
54 |
Bantam |
Jackie Turner (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
D.George (Swansea Docks BC) |
| |
57 |
Feather |
Moss O'Brien (Repton ABC) |
Austin Owens (Reading ABC) |
| |
60 |
Light |
Terry Marsh (Royal Navy) |
Edmund Gajny (Stratford-Upon-Avon ABC) |
| |
64 |
Light Welter |
David Williams (Brookside ABC) |
Colin Derrick (Repton ABC) |
RSC (2) | |
67 |
Welter |
E.Byrne (Leamington Boys ABC) |
L.Morgan (Tottenham ABC) |
| |
71 |
Light Middle |
Earl Henderson (Reading ABC) |
Thomas Heffron (Oldham ABC) |
| |
75 |
Middle |
Herol.Graham (Radford Boys ABC) |
Delroy Parkes (Royal Air Force) |
| |
81 |
Light Heavy |
Vincent Smith (Kyrle Hall ABC) |
Thomas Taylor (Royal Navy) |
| |
91 |
Heavyweight |
Joseph Awome (Woking ABC) |
Glen Adair (Barnstaple ABC) |
| |
92nd ABA National Championships
1978 - 1979
Year: Friday 4th May 1979
Venue: Wembley Arena, London
For only the second time, (2) brothers win an ABA National title in the same year, Ray (51kg) and George Gilbody (60kg) both of St Helen's Star ABC. The first being John (60kg) and Robert Hair (75kg) both of North London ABC in 1887. Peter Hanlon 57kg (Gloucester ABC) had won an under (19) European Silver Medal in 1978 (Dublin, Ireland). It is believed that Joey Frost 67kg of the 'Famous' Rotunda ABC recorded the fastest ever stoppage in an ABA National Final. Recorded at (15) seconds.
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
48 |
Light Fly |
Joe Dawson (Boston ABC) |
Nigel Potter (Darnhill ABC) |
|
51 |
Fly |
Ray Gilbody (St Helens Star ABC) |
Kelvin Smart (Wingfield ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Renard Ashton (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
Jim McDonnell (St.Pancras ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
Peter Hanlon (Gloucester ABC) |
Ian McLeod (Sparta BC) |
|
60 |
Light |
George Gilbody (St Helens Star ABC) |
Micky O'Sullivan |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Eddie Copeland (Cavendish ABC) |
Terry Marsh (Royal Navy) |
|
67 |
Welter |
Joey Frost (Rotunda ABC) |
Alan Mann (Lochaber BC) |
RSC (1) |
71 |
Light Middle |
Dariwn Brewster (Roath Youth BC) |
Cameron Lithgow (Park Youth ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Nick Wilshire (National Smelting ABC) |
Douglas James (RAOB ABC) |
RSC (2) |
81 |
Light Heavy |
Andrew Straughn (Hitchin Youth ABC) |
Aneurin Williams (Semtex ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
Andy Palmer (Golden Gloves ABC) |
Rudi Pika (Llandaff BC) |
RSC (3) |