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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.
Amateur career
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.
2007 World Championships
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.
2007 AIBA World Amateur championships held in Chicago
Defeated Omar Ward (Barbados) RSC 3 (0:50)
Defeated Merey Akshalov (Kazakhstan) 20-9
Defeated Ramal Amanov (Azerbaijan) 21-10
Defeated Onur Sipal (Turkey) 16-7
Defeated Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia) 19-10
Defeated Domenico Valentino (Italy) 18-10
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.
2008 Summer Olympics
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.
Professional career
In October 2008, Gavin announced that he would turn professional. He signed a contract with promotor
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.
Professional boxing record
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7 Win (6 knockout, 1 decision),
0 Losses,
0 Draws
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Type
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Rd., Time
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Location
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Notes
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|Win
|Michael Kelly
||TKO
|5
|2010-09-18
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LG Arena, Birmingham, England
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|Win
|Gavin Tait
||TKO
|1, 2:07
|2010-05-15
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West Ham, London, England
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|Win
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Peter McDonagh
||PTS
|6
|2010-02-13
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Wembley, London, England
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|Win
|Samir Tergaoui
||TKO
|6, 2:51
|2009-12-05
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Newcastle, England
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|Win
|Steve Saville
||TKO
|2, 2:32
|2009-10-30
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Liverpool, England
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|Win
|Graham Fearn
||TKO
|2, 2:25
|2009-07-18
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Manchester, England
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|Win
|Mourad Frarema
||TKO
|3, 2:59
|2009-05-15
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
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|Win
|George Kadaria
||TKO
|4, 2:39
|2009-02-28
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Birmingham, England
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References
External links
Biography and fight details from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games website
Category:People from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Living people
Category:1985 births
Category:English boxers
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
