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Bunny STERLING
Male
(Basil Sylvester Sterling)
Middleweight, Great Britain, Tottenham, North London, England
Born: 4 April 1948, in Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean
Died: 16 November 2018, Finsbury Park, North London, England, Great Britain
(passed away after a four-year battle with dementia)
Sterling moved to London from Jamaica with his family at the age of eight
Sterling became the first Caribbean immigrant
to win a British title beating Mark Rowe
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1966 | | - Sept. 13 | Joe Devitt | Shoreditch, Great Britain | L 6 | | - Oct. 17 | Willie Turkington | Piccadilly, Great Britain | L 6 | | - Oct. 26 | Fess Parker | Piccadilly, Great Britain | L 6 | | + Dec. 5 | Fess Parker | Brighton, Great Britain | W 6 | | + Dec. 13 | Tony Dowling | Shoreditch, Great Britain | W 6 | | 1967 | | + Jan. 3 | Fess Parker | Brighton, Great Britain | W 6 | | + Jan. 16 | Mike Keeney | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 6 | | + Jan. 23 | Dave Derbyshire | Piccadilly, Great Britain | TKO 3 | | + Feb. 21 | Ted Sherwood | Shoreditch, Great Britain | TKO 5 | | + Apr. 4 | John Darkie Smith | Hammersmith, Great Britain | W 8 | | + May 8 | Joe Somerville | Piccadilly, Great Britain | TKO 6 | | - May 30 | Dick Duffy | Porthcawl, Great Britain | L 8 | | + Oct. 3 | Al Sharpe | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 | | - Oct. 23 | Wally Swift | Mayfair, Great Britain | L 8 | | + Dec. 21 | Henry Turkington | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 | | 1968 | | + Jan. 17 | Larry Brown | Solihull, Great Britain | W 8 | | = Feb. 4 | Klaus Stockmann | Kiel, Germany | Draw 8 | | - May 6 | Johnny Kramer | Piccadilly, Great Britain | L 10 | | Southern Area Middleweight Title | | + Aug. 20 | Jim Swords | Manchester, Great Britain | TKO 1 | | + Sept. 14 | Bo Petterson | Stockholm, Sweden | W 8 | | + Nov. 11 | Johnny Kramer | Piccadilly, Great Britain | TKO 8 | | Southern Area Middleweight Title | | 1969 | | - Jan. 15 | Wally Swift | Solihull, Great Britain | L 8 | | - Apr. 24 | Harry Scott | Kensington, Great Britain | L 8 | | = Nov. 23 | Nessim Max Cohen | Paris, France | Draw 10 | | - Dec. 9 | Dick Duffy | Kensington, Great Britain | L 8 | | 1970 | | + Jan. 19 | Dennis Pleace | Mayfair, Great Britain | TKO 9 | | + May 11 | Harry Scott | Nottingham, Great Britain | W 12 | | + Sept. 8 | Mark Rowe | Wembley, Great Britain | cTKO 4 | | British and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles | | + Oct. 6 | Mario Almanzo | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 1 | | + Nov. 13 | Kahu Mahanga | Melbourne, Australia | W 15 | | Commonwealth Middleweight Title | | 1971 | | = Jan. 21 | Tony Mundine | Sydney, Australia | Draw 15 | | Commonwealth Middleweight Title | | + Mar. 22 | Johan Louw | Edmonton, Canada | W 15 | | Commonwealth Middleweight Title | | + Apr. 27 | Billy Douglas | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | + May 25 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Oct. 21 | Tom Bogs | Copenhagen, Denmark | W 10 | | - Dec. 20 | Jean Claude BOUTTIER | Paris, France | KO by 14 | | European Middleweight Title | | 1972 | | + Mar. 7 | Tom Bethea | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 9 | | - Apr. 14 | Tony Mundine | Brisbane, Australia | KO by 15 | | Commonwealth Middleweight Title | | = July 29 | Roy Lee | Kingston, Jamaica | Draw 10 | | + Sept. 19 | Phil Matthews | Manchester, Great Britain | KO 5 | | British Middleweight Title | | 1973 | | + Jan. 17 | Don McMILLAN | Solihull, Great Britain | TKO 11 | | British Middleweight Title | | + Mar. 13 | David Adkins | Wembley, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Apr. 17 | Mark Rowe | Kensington, Great Britain | W 15 | | British Middleweight Title | | - July 2 | Maxie Smith | Kensington, Great Britain | L 8 | | - Nov. 7 | Elio Calcabrini | San Remo, Italy | L 15 | | vacant European Middleweight Title | | 1974 | | - Feb. 11 | Kevin Finnegan | Mayfair, Great Britain | L 15 | | British Middleweight Title | | + Mar. 14 | Tom Jensen | Randers, Denmark | W 10 | | + Apr. 4 | Poul Knudsen | Copenhagen, Denmark | W 8 | | - May 29 | Tom Bogs | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 10 | | + Oct. 16 | Victor Attivor | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 8 | | + Dec. 10 | Rudiger Schmidtke | Offenbach, Germany | W 10 | | 1975 | | + June 10 | Maurice Hope | Piccadilly, Great Britain | TKO 8 | | vacant British Middleweight Title | | 1976 | | + Feb. 20 | Frank Reiche | Alsterdorf, Germany | TKO 13 | | vacant European Middleweight Title | | - June 4 | Angelo Jacopucci | Milano, Italy | L 15 | | European Middleweight Title | | 1977 | | - Feb. 28 | Rudy Koopmans | Rotterdam, Netherlands | L 10 | | + Sept. 30 | Frank Reiche | Hamburg, Germany | TKO 4 | | - Nov. 3 | Mustafa Wassaja | Randers, Denmark | L 8 |
Summary
Total bouts: 57, Won: 35 (14 inside the limit), Lost: 18 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0
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