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Chris FINNEGAN
Male
Light-Heavyweight, Great Britain, Iver Heath, England
Born: 5 June 1944, in Buckinghamshire, England, Great Britain
Died: 2 March 2009
southpaw
(brother of Kevin Finnegan)
as an amateur:
1966 ABA middleweight champion
1968 Mexico City, Olympic Games middleweight gold medal
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1968 | |
| Mexico City, Mexico, Olympic Games gold medal, 75 kg | + Oct. 15 | Titus Simba | Mexico City, Mexico | WPTS 5:0 | | + Oct. 17 | Ewald Wichert | Mexico City, Mexico | WPTS 3:2 | | + Oct. 22 | Mate Parlov | Mexico City, Mexico | WPTS 5:0 | | + Oct. 24 | Alfred Jones | Mexico City, Mexico | WPTS 4:1 | | + Oct. 26 | Alexey Kiselev | Mexico City, Mexico | WPTS 3:2 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1968 | | + Dec. 9 | Mike Fleetham | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 3 | | + Dec. 17 | Dick Griffiths | Shoreditch, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | 1969 | | + Jan. 14 | Durvan Airey | Bethnal Green, Great Britain | W 6 | | + Feb. 11 | Liam Dolan | Shoreditch, Great Britain | W 6 | | + Mar. 25 | Larry Brown | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO 5 | | - May 6 | Danny Ashie | Shoreditch, Great Britain | cTKO by 2 | | + Aug. 5 | Brendan Ingle | Manchester, Great Britain | cTKO 8 | | + Oct. 13 | Ronnie Hough | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 8 | | + Dec. 8 | Harry Scott | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1970 | | + Jan. 19 | Francisco Ferri | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 6 | | + Feb. 16 | Ray Brittle | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 9 | | vacant Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Title | | + Mar. 24 | Hans Dieter Schwartz | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO 6 | | + Apr. 21 | Durvan Airey | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | + May 21 | Clarence Cassius | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 5 | | - Aug. 27 | Tom Bogs | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 15 | | European Middleweight Title | | + Oct. 6 | Guerrino Scattolin | Kensington, Great Britain | W 8 | | 1971 | | + Jan. 24 | Eddie Avoth | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 15 | | British and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles | | + Mar. 29 | Pete Riccitelli | Manchester, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | = May 5 | Conny Velensek | Charlottenburg, Germany | Draw 15 | | European Light-Heavyweight Title | | + Sept. 9 | Bob Benoit | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 8 | | + Oct. 5 | Roger Rouse | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | + Oct. 19 | Hal Carroll | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1972 | | + Feb. 1 | Conny Velensek | Nottingham, Great Britain | W 15 | | European Light-Heavyweight Title | | + Mar. 7 | Jerry Evans | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 5 | | + Apr. 18 | Ron Wilson | Nottingham, Great Britain | W 10 | | + June 6 | Jan Lubbers | Kensington, Great Britain | KO 8 | | European Light-Heavyweight Title | | - Sept. 26 | Bob Foster | Wembley, Great Britain | KO by 14 | | World Light-Heavyweight Title | | - Nov. 14 | Rudiger Schmidtke | Wembley, Great Britain | TKO by 12 | | European Light-Heavyweight Title | | 1973 | | + Mar. 13 | Roy John | Wembley, Great Britain | W 15 | | Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title | | + Apr. 9 | Brian Kelly | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 4 | | - May 22 | John Conteh | Wembley, Great Britain | L 15 | | European, British and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles | | + Nov. 13 | Mike Quarry | Wembley, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1974 | | - May 21 | John Conteh | Wembley, Great Britain | cTKO by 6 | | European, British and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles | | + Oct. 1 | Harold Richardson | Wembley, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Dec. 2 | Victor Attivor | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 8 | | 1975 | | - June 3 | Johnny Frankham | Kensington, Great Britain | L 15 | | vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title | | + Oct. 14 | Johnny Frankham | Kensington, Great Britain | W 15 | | British Light-Heavyweight Title |
Summary
Total bouts: 37, Won: 29 (16 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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