Glenn Catley
British boxer
5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm)[1]
Glenn Catley (born 15 March 1972) is a British retired professional boxer and former WBC super-middleweight World Champion.
Biography
Catley was born in Frampton Cotterell, south Gloucestershire, England. Known as "Catman", he turned pro in 1993 as a Middleweight and Won 21 of his first 22 fights (including a victory over Kirkland Laing), and won the WBC International Middleweight Title against George Bocco. However, he then surprisingly lost this title to Hungarian Andras Galfi by TKO.
Catley came back from this unexpected setback and won the British Middleweight Title with a KO over world rated Neville Brown.
He then moved up to Super Middleweight and challenged WBC World Super Middleweight Title holder Richie Woodhall in 1998, but lost a majority decision in an all British battle. Woodhall did not perform well and many observers felt Catley had done enough to win.
Catley then had an impressive run of wins, capturing the WBO Intercontinental Super Middle title in a revenge victory over Andras Galfi, taking the IBF version against Andy Flute. Catley then travelled to Canada and scored a very impressive KO win over the teak tough and highly rated Eric Lucas. Lucas had never previously been knocked out.
These wins earned him another shot at the WBC title against World Champion Markus Beyer of Germany. In Frankfurt Catley again scored an impressive KO "on the road" (Germany being a notoriously difficult place for an away boxer to win), winning the World Title via 12th-round TKO.[2]
Catley surprisingly lost the belt in his next fight, again in an "away" fight in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela, via 12th-round KO. Catley was leading comfortably, but seemed to tire in the heat late in the fight. Catley would later claim that he was cheated out of the title as the South African had been using "loaded" gloves.[3]
In 2001, he got a chance to regain the Vacant WBC Super Middleweight Title against Eric Lucas. He travelled to Canada once more, but this time Lucas exacted revenge, and he was KO'd in the 7th.
He travelled to Germany to challenge Danilo Haussler for the European Title, and despite flooring Haussler in the 8th round, was somewhat harshly on the wrong end of a majority decision. Many observers felt this was a "Home Town" decision.
After a warm up against an Armenian journeyman, Catley again challenged Haussler, again in Germany. The fight was stopped after the German suffered an accidental headbutt, however he retained the title on a Technical Decision. Catley retired after this fight, which was on 1 February 2003.
He made a short comeback in 2006-7, winning KO's over two fairly respectable journeymen from Syria and Russia, before retiring for good.
Professional boxing record
| 36 fights | 29 wins | 7 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 22 | 4 |
| By decision | 7 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Win | 29–7 | Sergey Kharchenko | TKO | 5 (8), 2:35 | 2007-02-24 | Filton College Wise Campus, Bristol, England | |
| 35 | Win | 28–7 | Hussain Osman | TKO | 3 (8), 1:10 | 2006-11-03 | Dolman Exhibition Hall, Bristol, England | |
| 34 | Loss | 27–7 | Danilo Haussler | TD | 5 (12) | 2003-02-01 | Chemnitz Arena, Chemnitz, Germany | For EBU European Super middleweight title. Fight stopped due to a cut on Haussler caused by an accidental head-butt. |
| 33 | Win | 27–6 | Vage Kocharyan | PTS | 8 | 2002-07-10 | Conference Centre, Wembley, London, England | |
| 32 | Loss | 26–6 | Danilo Haussler | MD | 12 | 2002-03-09 | Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt, Germany | For EBU European Super middleweight title. |
| 31 | Loss | 26–5 | Éric Lucas | KO | 7 (12), 2:00 | 2001-07-10 | Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | For vacant WBC super middleweight title |
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Dingaan Thobela | KO | 12 (12), 2:53 | 2000-09-02 | Big Top Arena, Brakpan, South Africa | Lost WBC super middleweight title. |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Markus Beyer | TKO | 12 (12), 0:53 | 2000-05-06 | Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, Germany | Won WBC super middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Éric Lucas | TKO | 12 (12), 2:05 | 1999-12-10 | Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | WBC Super middleweight title eliminator |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Andy Flute | RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | 1998-12-05 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Won IBF Inter-Continental Super middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | András Gálfi | PTS | 12 | 1998-10-24 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Won WBO Inter-Continental Super middleweight title |
| 25 | Loss | 22–3 | Richie Woodhall | MD | 12 | 1998-09-05 | Telford Ice Rink, Telford, England | For WBC super middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Neville Brown | RTD | 8 (12), 3:00 | 1998-01-17 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Won BBBofC British Middleweight title |
| 23 | Loss | 21–2 | András Gálfi | TKO | 7 (12), 2:49 | 1997-06-05 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Lost WBC International Middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Georges Boco | TKO | 4 (12) | 1997-01-21 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Won WBC International Middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Paul Wesley | TKO | 7 (8) | 1996-10-19 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Lee Crocker | TKO | 2 (8) | 1996-04-26 | Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Peter Vosper | TKO | 2 (6), 1:20 | 1995-12-16 | Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Carlos Christie | KO | 3 (8), 1:38 | 1995-11-10 | Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Carlos Christie | PTS | 8 | 1995-10-28 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | John Duckworth | TKO | 3 (6) | 1995-09-30 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Quinn Paynter | TKO | 1 (8) | 1995-09-02 | Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England | |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Kevin Adamson | KO | 1 (8), 2:00 | 1995-07-28 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Mark Lee Dawson | TKO | 5 (8) | 1995-05-06 | Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Lee Blundell | TKO | 6 (6) | 1995-02-18 | Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Kirkland Laing | TKO | 5 (8) | 1994-11-22 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Martin Jolley | TKO | 1 (6) | 1994-07-02 | Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Chris Davies | TKO | 1 (4), 1:57 | 1994-05-25 | Colston Hall, Bristol, England | |
| 8 | Loss | 7–1 | Carlo Colarusso | TKO | 5 (8), 1:45 | 1994-03-23 | Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Mark Chichocki | PTS | 6 | 1994-03-10 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Seamus Casey | PTS | 4 | 1993-12-13 | Odyssey Night Club, Bristol, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Marty Duke | TKO | 1 (4) | 1993-11-03 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Barry Thorogood | PTS | 4 | 1993-09-13 | Odyssey Nightclub, Bristol, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Marty Duke | TKO | 2 (4) | 1993-08-31 | Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Chris Vassiliou | KO | 2 (6) | 1993-06-26 | Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Rick North | PTS | 4 | 1993-05-27 | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England | Professional debut |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Glenn Catley". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Darren Barker and Glenn Catley recall world title fights in Germany". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Rawling, John (10 July 2001). "Catley title ends its merry-go-round". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
External links
- Boxing record for Glenn Catley from BoxRec (registration required)
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| Preceded by | British middleweight champion 17 January 1998 – 1998 Vacated | Vacant Title next held by Howard Eastman | ||
| World boxing titles | ||||
| Preceded by | WBC super middleweight champion 6 May 2000 – 1 September 2000 | Succeeded by | ||
