Robbie Peden
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| Nickname | Bomber | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1973 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59.05 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 175 cm (69 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Lloyd Peden (born 11 November 1973) is an Australian former professional boxer who won the vacant IBF super featherweight title in 2005 by beating Nate Campbell by TKO. Peden was the third person of Aboriginal descent to win a world title, joining super middleweight Anthony Mundine (2003) and bantamweight Lionel Rose (1968).
Background
[edit]Peden is the son of an Aboriginal mother. His father was of Scottish heritage.
Amateur career
[edit]His amateur record was 130–15. He was a five-time national amateur champion, won the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won the 1995 and 1996 Liverpool Cup. He represented Australia at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.[1]
He was a member of the 1992 Australian Olympic team as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Marty O'Donnell (Canada) 14–2
- Defeated Yacin Chikh (Algeria) KO 2
- Lost to Chol-Su Choi (North Korea) 11–25
He was a member of the 1996 Australian Olympic team as a featherweight. His results were:
- Defeated Mohammed Achik (Morocco) 15–7
- Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) 8–20
Professional career
[edit]Known as "Bomber", Peden turned pro in 1996 and captured the vacant IBF super featherweight title in 2005 with a TKO over Nate Campbell. After the win against Campbell, he took on Marco Antonio Barrera in an attempt to unify the belts and lost his title seven months after winning it. He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012.
Personal life
[edit]Peden is still involved in boxing, running the Fitzroys Stars Gym in Melbourne, which is housed inside an Aboriginal community centre. Peden, who is of Aboriginal descent, is involved in that community, as CEO of the Indigenous Solutions Aboriginal Corporation, while also working with Melbourne Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation and the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Association.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robbie Peden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- Boxing record for Robbie Peden from BoxRec (registration required)
External links
[edit]- Robert Peden at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Robert Peden at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Robert Loyd Peden at Olympics.com
- Robert Peden at Olympic.org (archived)
- Robert Peden at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Robbie Peden at Olympedia
- Robbie Peden at InterSportStats
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Australian male boxers
- Olympic boxers for Australia
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games boxers for Australia
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- International Boxing Federation champions
- Boxers trained by Kevin Barry
- Indigenous Australian Olympians
- Indigenous Australian boxers
- Boxers from Brisbane
- Bantamweight boxers
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen