Fred Evans
Name: Fred Evans
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Fred Evans is a Welsh amateur boxer who represents Great Britain, fighting in the 69 kg Welterweight category.[1] He won gold for Wales at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Ankara and had previously won gold at the 2007 World Cadet Championships in Hungary. He is ranked sixth in the world at 69 kg and became the first Welsh boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games at 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Evans won silver for Great Britain in the Welterweight division, losing in the final to Kazakhstan boxer Serik Sapiyev.
Olympic Games results
2012 (as a welterweight)
- Defeated Ilyas Abbadi (Algeria) 18-10
- Defeated Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania) 11-7
- Defeated Custio Clayton (Canada) 14-14+
- Defeated Taras Shelestyuk (Ukraine) 11-10
- Lost to Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 9-17 (gold medal match)
World Amateur Championships results
2011 (as a welterweight)
- Defeated Ricky Murphy (New Zealand) 21-6
- Defeated Kim Chun-Sik (South Korea) 17-8
- Defeated Patrick Wojcicki (Germany) 12-6
- Lost to Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania) RSC
2013 (as a welterweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Zaal Kvachatadze (Georgia) 2-1
- Defeated Rayton Okwiri (Kenya) 3-0
- Lost to Arajik Marutjan (Germany) 0-3