Richie Woodhall
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Name: Richie Woodhall
Born: 1968-04-17
Birthplace: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom
Hometown: Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 1½″ / 187cm
Reach: 73″ / 185cm
Boxing Record: click
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Richie Woodhall retired from boxing in January, 2002.
Amateur Highlights
- Won the Light Middleweight Bronze Medal for Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games, losing to Roy Jones Jr.. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Desmond Williams (Sierra Leone) 5-0
- Defeated Apolinario Silveira (Angola) 5-0
- Defeated Rey Rivera (Puerto Rico) 5-0
- Lost to Roy Jones Jr. (United States) 5-0
- Participated at the 1989 World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union as a Light Middleweight.
- Defeated Jose Luis Hernandez (Cuba) 24-17
- Lost to Rudel Obreja (Romania) 8-21
- Won the Light Middleweight Gold Medal for Great Britain at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Defeated Rival Cadeau (Seychelles) 4-1
- Defeated Sililo Figota (Samoa) 5-0
- Defeated Raymond Downey (Canada) 4-1
| Preceded by: Thulani Malinga |
WBC Super Middleweight Champion 1998 Mar 27 – 1999 Oct 23 |
Succeeded by: Markus Beyer |