James Hare | |
Nickname: | Roberttown Rocket |
Weight: | feather/lightweight, and light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight |
Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
Nationality: | English |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1976 |
Birth Place: | Dewsbury, England |
Stance: | Orthodox |
Total: | 37 |
Wins: | 33 (KO 19) |
Losses: | 3 (KO 2) |
Draws: | 1 |
James "Roberttown Rocket" Hare (born 16 July 1976 in Dewsbury) is an English amateur feather/lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1991 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-A featherweight (57 kg) title, against Daniel Happe (Honor Oak ABC),[1] boxing out of Batley ABC, and won the 1992 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B lightweight (60 kg) title, against George Robshaw (Dale Youth),[2] boxing out of Batley and Dewsbury ABC, and as a professional won the European Boxing Union (EBU) European Union (EU) welterweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British welterweight title against David Barnes, his professional fighting weight varied from 139NaN, i.e. light welterweight to 155NaN, i.e. middleweight.[3]