David Pearce, sportsman with a Welsh connection!

David Pearce

British Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1983, beating Neville Meade (also Welsh - from Swansea).

Connection: From Newport, Wales.

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comment by:welshscribe
Lost to Lucien Rodriguez in European championship fight, despite Rodriquez being down for an extraordinary long count. British boxing board of control took away his license on medical grounds ending his professional career. Now deceased.




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