Terry Downes
Terry Downes ( born May 9, 1936 in Paddington ( London) ) is an English former boxer. He was world champion professional boxer at middleweight.
Career
Terry Downes was after a short amateur time in which he achieved no significant results, at the age of 21 years of professional boxers. His manager was Sam Burns. He played his first match on April 9, 1957 in London, beating his compatriot Peter Longo in the 1st round KO. Already in his third fight he met Dick Tiger, a living in England Nigerians, against whom he. In the 5th round by technical KO lost. Dick Tiger was already five years at the time of this encounter a professional boxer, and therefore much more experienced than Terry Downes. He had at this time but still no title. Later he became a world champion and one of the best middleweight boxer who ever stood in the ring.
This defeat threw Terry Downes back only briefly. On April 15, 1958, and on June 3, 1958, he defeated in London two well-known boxer, former world ranked first in the middleweight Tuzo portuguez from Puerto Rico and the former British Empire middleweight champion Pat McAteer. With these victories, he made a huge step forward. On September 30, 1958, he defeated then in London by Phil Edwards techn. Knockout in the 13th round and so was after only one and a half years of professional time British middleweight champion.
Shortly after this success had to take two setbacks in purchasing Terry Downes. He lost on 9 December 1958 in London against the Americans Spider Webb by techn. KO in the 8th round and on 24 February 1959 in London against Frenchman Michel Diouf by KO in the 5th round. Especially this defeat hurt, because Diouf scored by no means to the international top boxers and was intended as construction opponent for Terry Downes. He also lost after a seven-month break in the fighting on 15 September 1959 in London in the fight for the middleweight title of the British Empire and the British middleweight championship against Scotland's John McCormack by disqualification in round 8. In the rematch meeting on November 3, 1959 in London again, in which it dealt with the aforementioned title, but he won over John McCormack by techn. KO in the 8th round.
On October 11, 1960 Terry Downes defeated in London in a battle in which it came to the challenge right to the reigning world middleweight champion Paul Pender, the experienced former middleweight world champion, the American Joey Giardello after ten rounds on points. This was one of the most remarkable victories in the career of Terry Downes. Then fought on January 14, 1961 Terry Downes in Boston / Mass. against the U.S. champion Paul Pender at the middleweight title. Paul Pender won that fight after 15 rounds by points. Half a year later, on July 11, 1961, Terry Downes won in London in revenge against Paul Pender by techn. Knockout in the 10th round and was the new world champion at middleweight.
The duels against Downes Pender went on, however, and on April 7, 1962, when a points victory after 15 laps, Paul Pender Terry Downes in Boston the world title again. After a victory over Don Fullmer from the USA, on 22 May 1962 in London Terry Downes defeated on 25 September 1962 in London and Sugar Ray Robinson from the United States over ten rounds on points. Robinson was already 41 years old at the time of the fight, but was still in excellent shape. The victory of Terry Downes on Robinson was well deserved and a great performance. Robinson is still considered by most boxing experts as the best boxer in the world at middleweight who ever stood in the ring.
On November 13, 1962 Terry Downes succeeded the last victory against a high-ranking international opponents. He defeated the American Phil Moyer in London by techn. KO in the 9th round. On November 30, 1964, he was then surprisingly another chance to fight a world title. He stood against the defending champion Willie Pastrano from the United States in Manchester. It related to the WBC and WBA titles at light heavyweight. Pastrano won this fight by technical. Knockout in the 11th round.
After this fight ended Terry Downes, who was a very handsome boxer who combined an excellent technique with a solid punch as his 29 early victories prove his boxers career. He was only 28 years old, but in comparison to many other boxers, the right time to resign found.
After the Boxer career
Terry Downes acted in many films in the period 1965-1990. He usually played while the rogue or the police. The most famous film in which he participated, was Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires. He lives with his wife Barbara in Oxhey, Hertfordshire, and has four children and eight grandchildren.
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sport from 1957 to 1964
- Website " www.boxrec.com "
- Website " ww.imdb.com "
- Website " Cyberboxing.dom "