Horace Notice

Horace G. Notice (born 7 August 1957[1] in West Bromwich) is an English amateur and professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s who as an amateur won the 1983 ABA Heavyweight Championship boxing out of the Nechells Green ABC (Birmingham.

Horace Notice
Statistics
Real nameHorace G. Notice
Weight(s)heavyweight
Height6 ft 1+12 in (1.87 m)
NationalityEnglish
Born (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957
West Bromwich, England
Boxing record
Total fights16
Wins16 (KO 12)
Losses0

As a professional, Notice won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, and Commonwealth heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 196 lb, to 212 lb.[2] After defending both his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against Hughroy Currie, a retinal detachment prematurely ended his boxing career, and ruined his plans of a next defence. Horace said; "his only regrets were not fighting for a EBU title and facing the man that Frank Bruno avoided, David Pearce".

Personal life

Notice lives in Hayes, South East London, with the actress Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence and their daughters, Naomi and Amelia.[3] Singer and actress Michelle Gayle is godmother to one of their daughters.[4]

Professional boxing record

16 fights 16 wins 0 losses
By knockout 12 0
By decision 4 0
No. Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 16-0 United Kingdom Hughroy Currie TKO 10 (12) 3 September 1988 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green Retained Commonwealth and British Heavyweight titles
Win 15-0 Australia Dean Waters TKO 4 (12) 2 December 1987 United Kingdom Grand Hall, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 14-0 United Kingdom Paul Lister KO 3 (12) 3 November 1987 United Kingdom Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland Retained Commonwealth and British heavyweight titles
Win 13-0 United Kingdom Dave Garside TKO 5 (12) 26 May 1987 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title;
Won vacant British heavyweight titles
Win 12-0 Zimbabwe Proud Kilimanjaro TKO 8 (12) 4 March 1987 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Dudley Won vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 11-0 United States Mike Jameson UD 10 7 May 1986 United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 10-0 United Kingdom Hughroy Currie TKO 6 (12) 12 April 1986 United Kingdom Palace Lido, Douglas Won British and vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 9-0 United States Curtis Jones KO 2 (8) 4 March 1986 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 8-0 France Anaclet Wamba PTS 8 16 October 1985 United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 7-0 United Kingdom Noel Quarless [5] [6] KO 7 (12) 26 March 1985 United Kingdom The Stadium, Liverpool
Win 6-0 United Kingdom Bob Young PTS 6 27 November 1984 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 5-0 United Kingdom Winston Allen PTS 6 27 November 1984 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 4-0 Republic of Ireland Paddy Finn TKO 3 (6) 26 October 1984 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 3-0 United Kingdom Andrew Gerrard TKO 2 (6) 27 April 1984 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 2-0 United Kingdom Theo Josephs KO 1 (6) 30 November 1983 United Kingdom National Sporting Club,Cafe Royal, Piccadilly
Win 1-0 United Kingdom Andrew Gerrard PTS 6 24 October 1983 United Kingdom NSC, Grosvenor House, Mayfair Professional debut

References

  1. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. Kingsley, Hilary (1990). The EastEnders Handbook. BBC books. ISBN 0-685-52957-6.
  4. "MICHELLE MARK II Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine", The Voice. URL last accessed on 2007-01-05.
  5. "BoxRec: Login".
  6. "BoxRec: Login".
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