| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for England | ||
| Men's Boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Chicago | Lightweight |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 2006 Melbourne | Lightweight |
| EU Amateur Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2005 Cagliari | Lightweight |
| Gold | 2008 Cetniewo | Light Welterweight |
Frankie Raymond Gavin (born 28 September 1985) is a British professional boxer from Birmingham who, whilst an amateur, won the gold medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships to become English boxing's first ever World Amateur champion.
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Domestically as an amateur, Gavin represented the Birmingham's Hall Green boxing club with whom he won the English ABA championship in 2005 and 2007 and a 4 Nations championship in 2005.
Internationally, Gavin defeated Giovanni Frontin of Mauritius to win a gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight (60 kg) division. That year he won bronze at the European Union Championships losing to Domenico Valentino in the semi final. Gavin has beaten him twice since. At the European Championships 2006 he lost to Olexandr Klyuchko.
At the 2007 World Championships he first beat reigning world silver medallist and fellow southpaw Romal Amanov of Azerbaijan scoring a knockdown. Frankie then caused a huge upset by defeating Russian superstar Aleksei Tishchenko, unbeaten in four years, to reach the final where he beat Italian Domenico Valentino 19:10.
He stepped up in weight and won the 2008 E.U. tournament in Poland receiving boxer of the tournament as well. As of 2007 he has won 100 of his 121 amateur contests.
Gavin was Great Britain's best hope of a boxing medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was unable to make the weight and was therefore unable to compete.[1]
In October 2008, Gavin announced that he would turn professional. He signed a contract with promoter Frank Warren and agreed to be trained by Anthony Farnell in Manchester. He made his debut with Olympians James Degale and Billy Joe Saunders which he won with a 4th round stoppage.[2]
In 2010, he won his first professional title by defeating Sheffield’s Adam Kelly in the fifth round for the Irish light welterweight title. He qualified for the title as his parents are Irish.[3][4][5]
| 11 Win (8 knockout, 3 decision), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[6] | |||||||
| Res. | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes | |
| Win | Curtis Woodhouse | PTS | 12 | 2011-07-16 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside,United Kingdom | WBO Intercontinental welterweight title. | |
| Win | Young Mutley | UD | 12 | 2011-05-21 | O2 Arena, London, England | WBO Intercontinental welterweight title. | |
| Win | Michael Kelly | TKO | 5 | 2010-09-18 | LG Arena, Birmingham, England | Irish junior welterweight title. | |
| Win | Gavin Tait | TKO | 1, 2:07 | 2010-05-15 | West Ham, London, England | ||
| Win | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 6 | 2010-02-13 | Wembley, London, England | ||
| Win | Samir Tergaoui | TKO | 6, 2:51 | 2009-12-05 | Newcastle, England | ||
| Win | Steve Saville | TKO | 2, 2:32 | 2009-10-30 | Liverpool, England | ||
| Win | Graham Fearn | TKO | 2, 2:25 | 2009-07-18 | Manchester, England | Fearn down twice, first from a bodyshot. | |
| Win | Mourad Frarema | TKO | 3, 2:59 | 2009-05-15 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Win | George Kadaria | TKO | 4, 2:39 | 2009-02-28 | Birmingham, England | Professional debut. | |
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