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Junior European Championships
The first ever 'Junior Boxing Championships' of European took place in the City of Miskolc (Hungary) between the 8th - 15th November 1970 for 'under 21 years'. This was the first ever 'European Amateur Boxing Association' (EABA) event.
The list of teams taking part:
England Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland Holland | Ireland Yugoslavia Poland Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) Norway Italy | Romania Scotland Spain Wales USSR Turkey | France Hungary German Democratic Republic (GDR) |
The Officials were:
Mr Denisov (USSR) President
Mr Henderson (Scotland) Vice President
Mr Lisowski (Poland)
The English Officials included:
Professor Blonstein, President of the Medical Committee of AIBA.
The English Team Manager: Harry Hadden
Coaches: David James and Stan Jacobs
Referee: Jack England
The English Team was
Weight | Boxer |
51kg |
Kevin Kelly (xxx ABC) |
54kg |
David Needham (Nottingham School of Boxing ABC) |
60kg |
Joey Singleton (Kirkby ABC) |
67kg |
Les Paul (Shrewsbury ABC) |
71kg |
Alan Minter (Crawley ABC) |
75kg |
Mick Fellingham (St. Mary's ABC) |
81kg |
Roger Barlow (Edgewick Trades Hall ABC) |
91kg |
Les Stevens (Reading ABC) |
The team (3) Bronze Medals at 54kg, 81kg and 91kg. As you would expect the East Europeans swept the Board. Hungary won (5) Gold as did the USSR. The GDR picked up the last Gold. The (11) weights were:
48 Light Fly 51 Fly 54 Bantam 57 Feather 60 Light | 64 Light Welter 67 Welter 71 Light Middle 75 Middle 81 Light Heavy 91 Heavyweight |