The distance (boxing) 19, 1987. While the International Boxing Federation, which had recently broken away from the WBA, continued to hold onto the position there was no documented medical evidence to show a 15-round fight is more dangerous than a 12-round fight, they eventually voted to shorten their championship distance to 12 rounds as well on June 3, 1988. The last heavyweight 15-rounder title fight was on October 16, 1987 between Mike Tyson and Tyrell Biggs. The last middleweight 15-rounder title fight was a World Boxing Board title match on June 7, 1997 in which Jose Alfredo Flores won a split decision over
Boxing in Liverpool silver medal (60 kg & 64 kg) at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships and the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and Ankara respectively. He represented St. Aloysius and Salisbury amateur boxing clubs. George Turpin won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics in the 56 kg division. Tony Willis won a bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the 60 kg division. Tony Bellew (30-2-1), from Wavertree, is a former WBC cruiserweight champion and former BBBofC British light heavyweight champion, a former commonwealth light heavyweight champion and a heavyweight contender. He is a former two-time