Patrick Cowdell
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| Full name | Patrick Cowdell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1953 Smethwick, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Cowdell (born 18 August 1953) is a British former boxer. He challenged twice for the WBC world featherweight title in 1981 and 1985.
Amateur career
Cowdell won the bronze medal in the
Two years earlier Cowdell won the gold medal, at the
1976 Olympic results
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Leszek Borkowski (Poland) by decision, 5–0
- Round of 16: Defeated Alejandro Silva (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Reynaldo Fortaleza(Philippines) by decision, 4–1
- Semifinal: Lost to Gu Yong-Ju(North Korea) by decision, 1–4 (was awarded bronze medal)
Professional career
Cowdell turned pro in 1977 and in 1981 took on WBC world featherweight champion Salvador Sánchez, losing a close and hard-fought split decision in which Cowdell was dropped in round 15. In 1985 Cowdell challenged Azumah Nelson for the WBC featherweight title, but was caught cold by a bullet of a punch and knocked out in the first round. He fought on but retired in 1988 after being stopped by Welshman Floyd Havard. He finished up with stats of 36–6–0 (18 KOs) that included spells as British, Commonwealth and European Champion.
Life after boxing
Pat runs four professional dinner shows a year at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham's city centre. In February 2007, Cowdell returned to putting shows on at the Burlington after a three-year hiatus at the Holiday Inn – also in the centre of Birmingham.
He also trains/trained a band of fighters that include Bedworth's former Midland Area super-middleweight champion Neil Tidman, Leamington Spa's Richard Mazurek, and Coventry foursome Dougie Walton, Sean McKervey, Joe McCluskey and John Ruddock. Cowdell's most famous pupil, Birmingham-based gypsy Jimmy Vincent, twice challenged for the British title before retiring in 2005.
See also
References
- Patrick Cowdell at databaseOlympics (archived)
- Pat Cowdell's professional record at britishboxing.net (archived)
- Boxing record for Pat Cowdell from BoxRec (registration required)
- A reflective piece on the titanic world title struggle between Pat Cowdell and Salvador Sanchez at britishboxing.net (archived)
External links
- Pat Cowdell at Team GB
- Pat Cowdell at Olympedia
- Patrick Cowdell at Olympics.com
- Patrick Cowdell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
