Ralph Charles Explained

Ralph Charles
Weight:light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight
Nationality:English
Birth Date:5 February 1943
Birth Place:England
Style:Orthodox
Total:43
Wins:39 (KO 33)
Losses:4 (KO 3)

Ralph Charles (born 5 February 1943) is an English amateur welterweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against Kenneth "Ken"/"Kenny" J. Cooper http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=31274&cat=boxer (Warley ABC),[1] boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1960 Junior Class-B title against J. Harwood (National Association of Boys Clubs),[2] boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, and was runner-up for the 1963 Amateur Boxing Association of England welterweight title, against Johnny Pritchett (Bingham & District ABC),[3] boxing out of West Ham ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title, and World Boxing Association (WBA) World welterweight title against José Nápoles, his professional fighting weight varied from 140NaN, i.e. light welterweight to 157NaN, i.e. middleweight.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1959 ABAE National Championship. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20120416144527/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/junior/1950-1959/1959/. dead. 16 April 2012. abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  2. Web site: 1960 ABAE National Championship. abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  3. Web site: 1963 76th ABAE National Championship. abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130822110156/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-19891/1963/. 22 August 2013. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Statistics at boxrec.com. boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. 1 January 2013.