Robert Dickie boxer

Robert Dickie boxer
bouts
28
won
22
lost
4
draw
2
Status
inactive
Division
super featherweight
Debut
1983-03-12
Height
5′ 6″/168cm
Reach
-
Age
46
Born
1964-06-23
Death
2010-10-28
Nationality
United Kingdom

Robert Dickie (23 June 1964 – 28 October 2010) was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight. He was Scottish champion at featherweight, British champion at both weights and became WBC International super-featherweight champion in 1988. He is one of only four Welshmen to hold a British boxing title at different weights, the others being Johnny Basham, Pat Thomas and Jack Petersen.Dickie turned professional in 1983, and fought his first pro bout, at bantamweight, against Billy Hough in Swindon in March of that year. The six round fight went the distance, and Dickie took the result on a points decision. He won his next three bouts, held in Scotland, England and then Wales, stopping all three opponents via technical knockout. His fifth match, against Danny Flynn at St. Andrew's Sporting Club in Glasgow, ended in a points draw. Just four months later, Dickie was again facing Flynn, this time for the vacant Scottish Area bantamweight title. The ten-round match was stopped in the fifth, with Dickie defeated, his only loss in his first five years as a professional.Dickie's next fight was seven months later, against Dave Pratt, but now fighting at featherweight. He beat Pratt by points decision, before dispatching Charlie Coke via technical knockout on 24 October 1984. His next bout, against John Sharkey, ended in his opponent being disqualified for repeated headbutts. A win over journeyman Steve Enwright in a first round stoppage, in December 1984, was followed by a second attempt at a Scottish Area title, this time for the vacant featherweight belt. His opponent on 25 February was Sharkey who he faced just three months earlier. The match was a short affair, with Dickie recording his first clean knockout of his professional career, stopping the Glaswegian in the second round.After taking the Scottish featherweight belt, Dickie completed 1985 with wins over John Maloney, Mark Reefer and Dean Bramhald, before undertaking his first overseas fight, in South Africa. There he faced future South African lightweight champion Frank Khonkhobe at the De Beers Stadium in Kimberley, the match ended in a points draw.Returning to Britain, Dickie's next fight was for the vacant British featherweight title. Staged at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 April 1986, he defeated John Feeney on points to take the belt. He fought just twice more that year, but both were title defences. He stopped Welsh super-featherweight champion Steve Sims by knockout in the fourth round, and then successfully defended his title in a rematch with Feeney, another points decision.After his two defences Dickie took a year out, relinquishing his titles to move up to super-featherweight. In October 1987 he beat Rocky Lawlor through a disqualification, before taking a points decision over American Arvell Campbell in January of the following year. This led to an attempt at the WBC International super-featherweight title held by Indonesian, Hengky Gun in March 1988. Dickie beat Gun by a technical knockdown in the fifth to become the WBC International super-featherweight champion. He only held onto the belt for five months, when he was stopped in the sixth by Tunisia's Kamel Bou-Ali in a title challenge at the Kings Hall in Stoke.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1993-11-10 Phil Found LLLLWL Rhondda Leisure Centre, Ystrad LOST
Corner retirement
1991-04-30 Sugar Gibiliru WLWDWW Town Hall, Stockport LOST
Technical knockout
1991-03-05 Kevin Pritchard LLLDWW National Sports Centre, Cardiff WIN
Technical knockout
1990-10-22 Barrington Francis WWWWWW Albany Hotel, Glasgow WIN
Corner retirement
1989-12-20 Colin Lynch WWWLLL Ritzy's Club, Swansea WIN
Technical knockout
1989-11-22 Gary Maxwell LLLWLL Midland SC, Conference Centre, Solihull WIN
Technical knockout
1988-08-31 Kamel Bou-Ali WWWWWW Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent LOST
Technical knockout
1988-03-29 Hengky Gun WWWLW European SC, Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent WIN
Technical knockout
1988-01-18 Arvell Campbell LLWLLL Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff WIN
Points
1987-10-20 Rocky Lawlor LLWLLL European SC, Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent WIN
1986-10-29 John Feeney WLWWLL Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale WIN
Points
1986-07-30 Steve Sims WLLLWW Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale WIN
KO
1986-04-09 John Feeney LWLWWL Royal Albert Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1985-10-07 Frank Khonkhobe WLWLLL De Beers Stadium, Kimberley DRAW
Points
1985-07-31 Dean Bramhald DLWLLL Manor Suite, Porthcawl WIN
Technical knockout
1985-05-08 Mark Reefer WWWDWW Midland SC, Conference Centre, Solihull WIN
Technical knockout
1985-03-20 John Maloney LWDLDW Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull WIN
Technical knockout
1985-02-25 John Sharkey LLLLWL St.Andrew's Sporting Club, Glasgow WIN
KO
1984-12-08 Steve Enwright DLDLWD Mayfair Suite, Swansea WIN
Technical knockout
1984-11-21 John Sharkey LLLLLW Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull WIN
1984-10-24 Charlie Coke LWWWWL Alan Minter International S.C., Mayfair WIN
Technical knockout
1984-05-14 Dave Pratt LWWWWW Albany Hotel, Nottingham WIN
Points
1983-10-10 Danny Flynn WWWLDW St Andrews SC,Albany Hotel, Glasgow LOST
Technical knockout
1983-06-13 Danny Flynn WWWWL St.Andrew's Sporting Club, Glasgow DRAW
Points
1983-05-27 Howard Williams WLLLLW Top Rank Suite, Swansea WIN
Technical knockout
1983-05-16 George Bailey LLLWLL Arden SC, Albany Hotel, Birmingham WIN
Technical knockout
1983-04-25 Charlie Brown WLW Skean Dhu Hotel, Aberdeen WIN
Technical knockout
1983-03-12 Billy Hough LLLWL Swindon Town Supporters Club, Swindon WIN
Points