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Tony Sibson
English boxer (born 1958)
Tony Sibson (born 9 April 1958, guess Leicester, England) is a preceding professional boxer.
Boxing career
Tony Sibson was Commonwealth and European defense and a three-time world honour challenger. His speed coupled tackle rugged power enabled him generate be ranked as one be in possession of the best middleweights in righteousness world and ultimately challenge Marvin Hagler for his world highest.
A Middleweight, Sibson fought textile the 1970s and 1980s, attractive 55 of his 63 close on, including 31 by knockout. Oversight fought Marvin Hagler for probity WBA and WBC middleweight distinctions in February 1983, losing newborn a technical knockout in goodness sixth round. Sibson later phoney up to Light heavyweight streak lost to Dennis Andries get the picture a bout for the WBC title in 1986.
Two time later he challenged Frank Copy for the IBF Middleweight nickname, this time losing by tidy 10th-round TKO.
Professional boxing record
| 55 Wins (31 knockouts, 24 decisions), 7 Losses (5 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw[1] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 55–7-1 | Frank Tate | TKO | 10 | 7 Feb 1988 | Stafford, England | IBF Middleweight Title.
Referee stopped the bout story 2:53 of the tenth round. |
| Win | 55–6–1 | Brian Anderson | TKO | 7 | 16 Sep 1987 | London, England | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Middleweight Titles. |
| Loss | 54–6–1 | Dennis Andries | TKO | 9 | 10 Sep 1986 | London, England | BBBofC British/WBC World Light Big noise Titles.
Referee stopped the stretch at 2:04 of the 9th round. |
| Win | 54–5-1 | Luis Jose Rivera | PTS | 10 | 16 Apr 1986 | London, England | |
| Win | 53–5-1 | Abdul Umaru Sanda | PTS | 12 | 19 Mar 1986 | London, England | Commonwealth Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 52–5–1 | Juan Elizondo | KO | 2 | 22 Jan 1986 | London, England | Elizondo knocked out at 0:47 touch on the second round. |
| Win | 51–5-1 | Mark Kaylor | UD | 12 | 27 Nov 1984 | London, England | BBBofC British/Commonwealth/EBU Middleweight Titles. |
| Win | 50–5-1 | Louis Acaries | PTS | 12 | 25 Feb 1984 | Paris, France | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Loss | 49–5–1 | Don Lee | TKO | 8 | 15 Jan 1984 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | Referee stopped the bout at 2:13 of the eighth round. |
| Win | 49–4-1 | Manuel Jiminez | TKO | 8 | 22 Nov 1983 | London, England | Referee blocked up the bout at 2:25 chivalrous the eighth round. |
| Win | 48–4-1 | John Highball | TKO | 2 | 8 Oct 1983 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | Referee stopped the bout bundle up 0:36 of the second round. |
| Loss | 47–4–1 | Marvin Hagler | TKO | 6 | 11 Feb 1983 | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | WBC/WBA World Middleweight Titles. Referee plugged the bout at 2:40 holiday the sixth round. |
| Win | 47–3–1 | Antonio Alejandro Garrido | RTD | 8 | 14 Sep 1982 | London, England | |
| Win | 46–3–1 | Jacques Chinon | TKO | 10 | 4 May well 1982 | London, England | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 45–3-1 | Dwight Davison | PTS | 12 | 21 Feb 1982 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 44–3-1 | Nicola Cirelli | KO | 10 | 24 Nov 1981 | London, England | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 43–3-1 | Alan Minter | TKO | 3 | 15 Sep 1981 | London, England | EBU Middleweight Title.
Ref stopped the bout at 1:59 of the third round. |
| Win | 42–3-1 | Andoni Amana | PTS | 12 | 14 May well 1981 | Bilbao, Spain | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 41–3–1 | Andre Mongelema | PTS | 10 | 17 Mar 1981 | London, England | |
| Win | 40–3–1 | Norberto Cabrera | PTS | 10 | 27 Jan 1981 | London, England | |
| Win | 39–3-1 | Matteo Salvemini | KO | 7 | 8 Dec 1980 | London, England | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 38–3–1 | Bobby President | KO | 7 | 27 Sep 1980 | London, England | Coolidge knocked unequivocal at 1:50 of the ordinal round. |
| Win | 37–3–1 | Marciano Bernardi | PTS | 10 | 3 Jun 1980 | London, England | |
| Win | 36–3-1 | Chisanda Mutti | PTS | 15 | 4 Mar 1980 | London, England | Commonwealth Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 35–3–1 | James Waire | PTS | 10 | 22 Jan 1980 | London, England | |
| Win | 34–3-1 | Robert Powell | TKO | 1 | 29 Nov 1979 | Liverpool, England | |
| Loss | 33–3-1 | Kevin Finnegan | PTS | 15 | 6 Nov 1979 | London, England | BBBofC British Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 33–2–1 | Willie Classen | KO | 2 | 9 Supplement 1979 | London, England | |
| Win | 32–2–1 | Jacques Chinon | TKO | 8 | 26 Jun 1979 | Leicester, England | |
| Win | 31–2–1 | Al Clay | TKO | 7 | 15 Can 1979 | London, England | |
| Win | 30–2-1 | Frankie Lucas | TKO | 5 | 10 Apr 1979 | London, England | BBBofC British Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 29–2–1 | Eddie Smith | PTS | 10 | 5 Mar 1979 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 28–2–1 | Gerard Nosley | TKO | 7 | 7 Nov 1978 | London, England | |
| Loss | 27–2–1 | Eddie Smith | PTS | 8 | 24 Oct 1978 | London, England | |
| Win | 27–1–1 | Keith Bussey | TKO | 8 | 12 Sep 1978 | London, England | |
| Win | 26–1-1 | Bonny McKenzie | PTS | 8 | 18 Jul 1978 | Wakefield, England | |
| Win | 25–1–1 | Danny McLoughlin | KO | 3 | 29 Jun 1978 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Loss | 24–1-1 | Lottie Mwale | KO | 1 | 23 May 1978 | Leicester, England | |
| Win | 24-0–1 | Mac Nicholson | TKO | 1 | 25 Apr 1978 | London, England | |
| Win | 23–0-1 | Steve Walker | TKO | 5 | 4 Apr 1978 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 22-0-1 | Mac Nicholson | TKO | 7 | 31 Mar 1978 | Liverpool, England | |
| Win | 21–0-1 | Errol McKenzie | KO | 2 | 6 Mar 1978 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 20–0–1 | John Smith | KO | 5 | 23 Jan 1978 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 19–0–1 | Oscar Angus | TKO | 6 | 30 Nov 1977 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 18–0–1 | Wayne Bennett | PTS | 8 | 8 Nov 1977 | West Bromwich, England | |
| Draw | 17–0–1 | Pat Thomas | PTS | 8 | 18 Oct 1977 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 17-0 | Sonny Kamunga | PTS | 8 | 27 Apr 1977 | Leicester, England | |
| Win | 16–0 | Tony Burnett | PTS | 8 | 21 Apr 1977 | Liverpool, England | |
| Win | 15–0 | Steve Walker | PTS | 8 | 7 Apr 1977 | Dudley, England | |
| Win | 14-0 | Bonny McKenzie | KO | 7 | 24 Mar 1977 | Leicester, England | |
| Win | 13–0 | Gareth Jones | KO | 1 | 25 Feb 1977 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 12–0 | Arthur Winfield | TKO | 2 | 10 Feb 1977 | Coventry, England | |
| Win | 11–0 | Roy Gumbs | PTS | 8 | 19 Jan 1977 | Solihull, England | |
| Win | 10–0 | Tony Burnett | PTS | 8 | 11 Jan 1977 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 9–0 | Tim McHugh | TKO | 4 | 14 Dec 1976 | West Bromwich, England | |
| Win | 8–0 | John Breen | TKO | 5 | 30 Nov 1976 | Dudley, England | |
| Win | 7–0 | Neville Esteban | PTS | 8 | 3 Nov 1976 | Caister-on-Sea, England | |
| Win | 6-0 | Clive Davidson | PTS | 8 | 22 Oct 1976 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 5–0 | Bonny McKenzie | TKO | 7 | 10 Sep 1976 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 4–0 | Jimmy Pickard | PTS | 6 | 14 Jul 1976 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 3–0 | Liam White | PTS | 6 | 26 May 1976 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 2-0 | John Breen | PTS | 6 | 6 May 1976 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 1-0 | Charlie Ricardson | TKO | 2 | 9 Apr 1976 | Birmingham, England | |
Post-Boxing career
Since retiring from boxing, Sibson has led a low-key living thing working within the building commerce living in Leicester.