Alex Dickson (boxer)

Alexander Dickson (born 1 October 1962) is a Scottish former boxer who represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in his professional career was British lightweight champion between 1987 and 1988.

Alex Dickson
Statistics
Real nameAlexander Dickson
Weight(s)Lightweight, light welterweight
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Born (1962-10-01) 1 October 1962
Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights22
Wins18
Wins by KO4
Losses3
Draws1
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Belfast[1] Light Welterweight

Career

Amateur

Born in Bellshill and fighting out of the Larkhall ABC, Dickson won the ABA lightweight title in 1984 and represented Great Britain at the Olympics that year in Los Angeles, losing to eventual silver medallist Luis Ortíz of Puerto Rico in the third round.[2][3]

Professional

Dickson made his professional debut in January 1985, a points win over Tyrell Wilson. After winning his first 13 fights he faced Tony Willis in September 1987 for the latter's British lightweight title. Dickson took a points decision to become British champion.[4] He made his first defence of the title in February 1988 against fellow Scot Steve Boyle, with the Scottish Area title also at stake;[5] Boyle knocked Dickson out in the second round.

Dickson won three of his next four fights, and after moving up to light welterweight, challenged for Tim Burgess's WBA Inter-Continental title in November 1989, the fight ending in a draw.[6] Dickson returned in May 1990 with a win over Dave Pierre, and in September met Tony Ekubia for the latter's Commonwealth title and the vacant British title. Ekubia knocked Dickson out in the eleventh round. This proved to be Dickson's final fight.

Dickson's identical twin brother John was also a professional boxer.[4]

References
  1. "1st Commonwealth Championships". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. "List of Every Senior ABA Champion in History Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine", boxingtonight.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  3. "Alex Dickson", sports-reference.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  4. Reynolds, Jim (1987) "A Family Double as Alex Takes Light-weight title", Glasgow Herald, 25 September 1987, p. 35. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  5. "Olumpic Sportsnight", BBC. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  6. "Jacobs Will Be Coming Home to Defend His Title", Glasgow Herald, 3 November 1989, p. 44. Retrieved 27 December 2015
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