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Brian LONDON
Male
"The Blackpool Rock"
(Brian Harper)
(Brian Sidney Harper)
Heavyweight, Great Britain, Blackpool, England
Born: 19 June 1934, Blackpool, England, Great Britain
Died: 23 June, 2021, Blackpool, England, Great Britain
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
He was the son of fighter Jack London, a heavyweight boxer
who defeated Freddie Mills to become British champ in 1944
Dave Garside's father-in-law
as an amateur:
under his name of Brian Harper
1954, London, British ABA National Championships heavyweight (+81 kg) gold medal
W PTS Basil Kew, England
W PTS Trevor Snell, Wales
1953, Vancouver, Canada, British Empire & Commonwealth Games
heavyweight (+81 kg) gold medal
W KO 1 Steve Zoranich, Australia
W PTS Gerry Buchanan, Canada
He took his ring father's surname when he turned professional
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1953 | |
| Glasgow, Scotland, Dual Match Scotland vs England, +81 kg | + Jan. 22 | J. McLean | Glasgow, Scotland | WPTS | |
| London, England, Dual Match Great Britain vs Ireland, +81 kg | + Feb. 9 | John Lyttle | London, England | WPTS | |
| Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Great Britain, 81 kg | - Nov. 27 | Paddy Lyons | Dublin, Ireland | LPTS | | + Nov. 30 | Bob Stewart | Belfast, Northern Ireland | WPTS | | 1954 | |
| London, England, British ABA National Championships gold medal, +81 kg | + Apr. 21 | Robert Shaw | London, England | WPTS | | + Apr. 23 | Trevor Snell | London, England | WPTS | |
| Vancouver, Canada, British Empire & Commonwealth Games gold medal, +81 kg | + Aug. 4 | Steve Zoranich | Vancouver, Canada | WKO 1 | | + Aug. 7 | Gerry Buchanan | Vancouver, Canada | WPTS | |
| Milano and Perugia, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Great Britain, +81 kg | - Oct. 27 | Giacomo Bozzano | Milano, Italy | LPTS | | + Oct. 30 | Federico Friso | Perugia, Italy | WPTS |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1955 | | + Mar. 22 | Dennis Lockton | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 1 | | + Apr. 18 | Frank Walshaw | Birmingham, Great Britain | KO 2 | | + May 23 | Hugh McDonald | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | KO 2 | | + June 6 | Dinny Powell | Newcastle, Great Britain | KO 4 | | + July 11 | Paddy Slavin | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | TKO 2 | | + Aug. 8 | Robert Eugene | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | W 8 | | + Oct. 7 | Jose Gonzalez | Manchester, Great Britain | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 24 | Simon Templar | Middlesbrough, Great Britain | TKO 7 | | + Nov. 11 | Prosper Beck | Manchester, Great Britain | KO 1 | | + Dec. 6 | Basil Kew | Harringay, Great Britain | TKO 2 | | 1956 | | + Jan. 17 | Jim Cooper | Streatham, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 13 | Jose Peyre | Harringay, Great Britain | TKO 1 | | - May 1 | Henry Cooper | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO by 1 | | + July 9 | George Naufahu | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | + Aug. 27 | Trevor Snell | Cardiff, Great Britain | KO 2 | | + Nov. 19 | Werner Wiegand | Newcastle, Great Britain | KO 2 | | 1957 | | - Feb. 3 | Heinz Neuhaus | Dortmund, Germany | L 10 | | + Mar. 5 | Robert Duquesne | Birmingham, Great Britain | KO 1 | | + May 27 | Willy Schagen | Cardiff, Great Britain | KO 1 | | + July 1 | Peter Bates | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | KO 2 | | + Aug. 12 | Kitione Lave | West Hartlepool, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Dec. 10 | Howie Turner | Harringay, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1958 | | - Feb. 25 | Willie Pastrano | Harringay, Great Britain | L 10 | | + June 3 | Joe Erskine | White City, Great Britain | KO 8 | | (Won British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles) | | + Sept. 30 | Willie Pastrano | Harringay, Great Britain | TKO 5 | | 1959 | | - Jan. 12 | Henry Cooper | Kensington, Great Britain | L 15 | | (Lost British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles) | | - May 1 | Floyd Patterson | Indianapolis, USA | KO by 11 | | (For World Heavyweight Title) | | - Dec. 1 | Nino Valdes | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO by 7 | | 1960 | | + Apr. 26 | Pete Rademacher | Wembley, Great Britain | KO 7 | | - Aug. 29 | Dick Richardson | Porthcawl, Great Britain | TKO by 8 | | (For European Heavyweight Title) | | 1961 | | + Apr. 24 | Billy Hunter | Manchester, Great Britain | TKO 8 | | - Oct. 17 | Eddie Machen | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO by 5 | | 1962 | | + Feb. 26 | Young Jack Johnson | Manchester, Great Britain | W 10 | | - July 7 | Santo Amonti | Brescia, Italy | L 10 | | + Aug. 14 | Howard King | Blackpool, Great Britain | KO 6 | | + Oct. 11 | Von Clay | Blackpool, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1963 | | + Jan. 29 | Tom McNeeley | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | - Apr. 21 | Ingemar Johansson | Stockholm, Sweden | L 12 | | + May 8 | Don Warner | Blackpool, Great Britain | W 8 | | + Dec. 2 | Bill Nielsen | Newcastle, Great Britain | KO 4 | | 1964 | | - Feb. 24 | Henry Cooper | Manchester, Great Britain | L 15 | | (For vacant European and British & Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles) | | - Aug. 13 | Johnny Prescott | Liverpool, Great Britain | L 10 | | + Dec. 15 | Chip Johnson | Wolverhampton, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | 1965 | | + Feb. 2 | Giorgio Masteghin | Blackpool, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 30 | Billy Walker | Wembley, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Sept. 20 | Roger Rischer | Liverpool, Great Britain | KO 1 | | 1966 | | - May 2 | Thad Spencer | Manchester, Great Britain | L 10 | | + June 21 | Amos Johnson | Liverpool, Great Britain | WDQ 7 | | - Aug. 6 | Muhammad Ali | Kensington, Great Britain | KO by 3 | | (For WBC Heavyweight Title) | | 1967 | | - Mar. 9 | Jerry Quarry | Los Angeles, USA | L 10 | | + Aug. 15 | James J Woody | Liverpool, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Nov. 13 | Zora Folley | Liverpool, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1968 | | - Feb. 29 | Roberto Davila | Liverpool, Great Britain | TKO by 6 | | - June 10 | Jack Bodell | Liverpool, Great Britain | TKO by 9 | | 1969 | | = Feb. 6 | Henry Clark | Liverpool, Great Britain | Draw 10 | | - Apr. 10 | Jim Fletcher | Liverpool, Great Britain | TKO by 1 | | - Sept. 3 | Jerry Quarry | Oakland, USA | KO by 2 | | 1970 | | - May 12 | Joe Bugner | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO by 5 |
Summary
Total bouts: 58, Won: 37 (26 inside the limit), Lost: 20 (11 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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