Peter Keenan (boxer)

Peter Keenan
Statistics
Rated at fly/bantam/featherweight
Height 5 ft 5 1⁄2 in (1.66 m)
Nationality Scottish
Born 8 August 1928
Scotland
Died 27 July 2000 (aged 71)
Boxing record
Total fights 66
Wins 54 (KO 23)
Losses 11 (KO 5)
Draws 1
No contests 0

Peter Keenan (8 August 1928 — 27 July 2000 (aged 71)) was a Scottish amateur flyweight and professional fly/bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s, who as an amateur was runner-up in the 1948 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) light middleweight title, against Henry Carpenter (Bradfield ABC),[1] boxing out of Anderston ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Scottish Area bantamweight title, BBBofC British bantamweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) bantamweight title (twice), and British Empire bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the World Bantamweight Title (British Empire version) against Vic Toweel, his professional fighting weight varied from 112 lb (51 kg; 8 st 0 lb), i.e. flyweight to 121 lb (54.9 kg; 8 st 9.0 lb), i.e. featherweight.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "1948 61st ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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