John Pearce (boxer)

John Pearce
Medal record

Men's Boxing
Competitor for England
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1998 Kuala Lumpa	Middleweight

John Pearce was an English middleweight boxer from the Wellington ABC. ABA Champion in 1998^[1] he went on to win Gold^[2] at the Commonwealth Games of 1998 in Kuala Lumpa. He defeated Jitender Kumar (India) in the final.^[3]

Coming from Middlesbrough he was at the time MD of his own double glazing company.^[4]

References

Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight

1930 – 1938: up to 72.57 kg 1950: up to 73 kg 1954 – 2014: up to 75 kg

1930: Fred Mallin (ENG) 1934: Alf Shawyer (ENG) 1938: Denis Reardon (WAL) 1950: Theunis van Schalkwyk (RSA) 1954: Johannes van der Kolff (RSA) 1958: Terry Milligan (NIR) 1962: Cephas Colquhoun (JAM) 1966: Joe Darkey (GHA) 1970: John Conteh (ENG) 1974: Frankie Lucas (VIN) 1978: Philip McElwaine (AUS) 1982: Jimmy Price (ENG) 1986: Rod Douglas (ENG) 1990: Chris Johnson (CAN) 1994: Ron Donaldson (CAN) 1998: John Pearce (ENG) 2002: Paul Miller (AUS) 2006: Jarrod Fletcher (AUS) 2010: Eamonn O'Kane (NIR) 2014: Antony Fowler (ENG)