Charlie Nash
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- For the Street Fighter character known as Charlie (or Nash in Japan), see Charlie (Street Fighter).
| Charlie Nash | |
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Charles Nash |
| Nickname | |
| Weight | Lightweight |
| Nationality |  Irish |
| Birth date | 10 May 1951 |
| Birth place | Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Style | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 30 |
| Wins | 25 |
| Wins by KO | 9 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
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[edit] Early History
Born in Derry in 1951, Charlie Nash grew up in the Creggan area of the Derry City. Nash was a member of his local St. Mary's boxing club, and won the junior champhionships at provincial level. After winning the senior title in Ulster in 1969 Nash then won the Irish National Senior Title in 1970.
[edit] Early career
This marked the beginning of his Irish international boxing career. In 1972 Nash was part of the Irish Olympic Team for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Nash competed fought well at the 1972 Olymipics and was knocked out of the competition by the eventual winner. In 1975 Nash was faced with the choice to keep on fighting as an amateur or go professional and decided to become the professional boxer in order to provide a living for himself. His base of Derry was to prove a problem as many fighters used it as an excuse not to fight Nash.[citation needed]
Nash won the British and then European lightweight titles by fights arranged in the wake of abandoned vacant titles. The titles were left vacant by Jim Watt, whom many saw as running scared of Nash. It wasn't until 1980 that Nash finally got the chance to fight Watt - this time for the World Boxing Champhionship lightweight title. The death of his manager Jack Solomon very close to the bout almost caused the fight to be called off. However, Nash found a new manager in Mickey Duff. This enable the match to go ahead. Unfortunately Nash lost the match, and was bitterly disappointed.
[edit] Title Defenses
Later that year he successfully defended his European Title against Francesco Leon. This gave Nash a chance to answer his critics after the defeat to Watt earlier that year. Unfortunately Nash lost his next defense to Joey Gibilisco after being knocked out.
Nash retired in 1983 and remained in the Derry and involved with the sport. He can still be found at Derry's Ring Boxing Club.
