Neville Meade boxeador
- combates
- 34
- ganados
- 20
- perdidos
- 13
- empates
- 1
- Estado
- inactive
- División
- heavyweight
- Debut
- 1974-09-09
- Altura
- 6′ 0″/183cm
- Alcanza
- -
- Edad
- 61
- Nacimiento
- 1948-09-12
- Muerte
- 2010-03-13
- Nacionalidad
- United Kingdom
Neville Meade (12 September 1948 – 13 March 2010) was a British boxer from Swansea. Born in Montserrat, he moved to Wales at the age of nine. He rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand. He turned professional in 1974 and won the Welsh Heavyweight title in 1976 and then followed this with the British title in 1981. He retired in 1983 after a failed defence of his British title.Meade was known for his big-hitting style of fighting with very few of his bouts going the distance. Of his 20 professional wins, 18 came via knockout. Despite this ability, Meade lacked motivation in training and during the middle of his career, with his weight reaching above 17 stone, he suffered a lack of form that saw him lose seven out of nine fights. He took on a new trainer, Jimmy Bromfield, in 1979 and this saw a change in his fortune which led to Meade taking the British Heavyweight title.Born and initially raised in Montserrat, Meade moved to the United Kingdom at the age of nine and grew up in Swansea, Wales. After leaving education he served in the Royal Air Force Regiment in Catterick. Meade boxed for the RAF representing the airforce in inter-service competitions and in amateur tournaments. In 1973 he reached the final of the heavyweight division of the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) National Championship held at Wembley Arena in London, but lost to Garfield McEwan. The next year, still representing the RAF, Meade again reached the heavyweight final, and on this occasion won, taking the English amateur title. By winning the England amateur title, Meade was afforded the opportunity of representing England in the 1974 Commonwealth games, held in Christchurch, New Zealand. Meade was given a bye through the preliminaries, and then beat Canada's Carroll Morgan on points in the Quarter finals. After beating Samoa's Vai Samu on points in the semi-final, Meade faced Nigerian Fatai Ayinla in the final. Despite Ayinla's greater experience as an amateur, having won the Commonwealth light-heavyweight silver in 1966 and the gold in 1970, Meade took the bout after the referee stopped the contest in Meade's favour, giving him the Commonwealth heavyweight gold medal.In September 1974, a little over seven months after taking the Commonwealth gold, Meade boxed in his first professional bout. His opponent was Tony Mikulski, who came to the fight with a run of seven professional wins. The contest, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, went the full six rounds, with the referee giving the result to Mikulski. A month later, on 14 October, Meade faced Roger Barlow in an eight-round bout in Swansea. Meade stopped Barlow via technical knockout in the third giving him his first professional win. A week later Meade entered a £2000 knock-out competition held at the Grosvenor. Meade faced three opponents that night, beating Harold James by points followed by a first-round knockout of Les McGowan before achieving a first-round technical knockout over Geoff Hepplestone in the final. Meade ended 1974 with a win over Eddie Fenton at the National Sporting Club in London.
Fecha | Oponente | Resultados últimos oponentes | Lugar | Resultado |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983-09-22 | David Pearce | WWWWDW | St.David's Hall, Cardiff | LOST Technical knockout |
1982-02-21 | Rick Kellar | WWWWWW | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham | WIN KO |
1981-11-03 | Leroy Boone | LLLDLL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1981-10-12 | Gordon Ferris | WLWWWW | Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham | WIN KO |
1981-03-26 | Terry Mintus | LLLLWW | Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-12-08 | Stan McDermott | LWLWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-10-01 | Winston Allen | WLWWWL | Top Rank Suite, Swansea | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-01-22 | David Pearce | WWWWWW | Double Diamond Club, Caerphilly | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-01-19 | Albert Syben | WWWWDW | Brussels | LOST Technical knockout |
1978-05-15 | Paul Sykes | WLW | Yorkshire Executive S.C., Bradford | LOST Technical knockout |
1978-03-31 | Bruce Grandham | WWWWL | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST KO |
1977-12-08 | Bruce Grandham | LWWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1977-06-04 | Kallie Knoetze | LLWWWW | Milner Park Showgrounds, Johannesburg | LOST KO |
1976-12-25 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | LWLWWW | Izegem | LOST Unanimous decision |
1976-12-02 | Bjorn Rudi | LWWWWL | Messehallen, Oslo | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-10-26 | John L Gardner | WWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Technical knockout |
1976-08-11 | Denton Ruddock | WWWWW | Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff | LOST Technical knockout |
1976-05-26 | Garfield McEwan | LWWWW | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-03-29 | Tony Blackburn | LWWLLL | Top Rank Suite, Swansea | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-03-12 | Alfredo Evangelista | WWWD | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid | LOST Points |
1975-11-04 | Lucien Rodriguez | WWWWWW | Paris | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-09-24 | Tony Moore | WWWWWD | Midland Sporting Club, Civic Hall, Solihull | WIN Points |
1975-09-17 | John Depledge | LLLLLW | Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-08-06 | Derek Simpkin | WWLWWW | Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-07-02 | Lloyd Walford | WWLLLL | Top Rank Suite, Swansea | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-06-05 | Tony Moore | WWWWWW | Cunard Hotel, Hammersmith | DRAW Points |
1975-04-29 | Tony Moore | LWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Corner retirement |
1975-02-17 | Richard Dunn | LWLLLW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | LOST Corner retirement |
1974-11-18 | Eddie Fenton | LWDWWW | National Sporting Club, Piccadilly | WIN Technical knockout |
1974-10-21 | Geoff Hepplestone | debut | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Technical knockout |
1974-10-14 | Roger Barlow | WWWWWL | Top Rank Suite, Swansea | WIN Technical knockout |
1974-09-09 | Tony Mikulski | WWWWWW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | LOST Points |