Johnny Pritchett

For other people named John Pritchett, see John Pritchett (disambiguation).

Johnny Pritchett

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1943-02-15) 15 February 1943 Bingham, England
Weight	light middle/middle/light heavyweight
Boxing career
Boxing record
Total fights	34
Wins	32 (KO 20)
Losses	1 (KO 0)
Draws	1
Medal record Boxing Representing England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 51 kg flyweight

John G. Pritchett (born 15 February 1943) is an English amateur welterweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s, and boxing manager of the 1970s and '80s. He fought as Johnny Pritchett.

Boxing career

As an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against B. Ford of St Peters ABC, boxing out of Bingham & District ABC, won the 1962 ABA welterweight title, against Harry Dean (Oxford YMCA), boxing out of Bingham & District ABC and won the 1963 ABA welterweight title, against Ralph Charles (West Ham ABC), boxing out of Bingham & District ABC.

He represented the 1962 English team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the welterweight category, where he won a silver medal after losing to Wallace Coe of New Zealand in the final bout.

As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Juan Carlos Durán, his professional fighting weight varied from 153+1⁄4 lb (69.5 kg; 10 st 13.3 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162+1⁄2 lb (73.7 kg; 11 st 8.5 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.

Boxing manager

Pritchett managed; Dave Needham, Howard Hayes, Johnny Cheshire, and Dave Symonds.

External links

• Boxing record for Johnny Pritchett from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image - Johnny Pritchett