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A brief
summary of Steve's boxing achievements as both an
amateur and professional...
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Although now living in the Bournemouth area for
the past 8 years, southpaw Steve Bendall was
born on the 1st December 1973 in Coventry, West
Midlands. As an amateur boxer representing the
Triumph Amateur Boxing Club in Coventry, he
achieved an impressive total of 116 contests,
with 96 wins.
During this early part of his boxing career,
middleweight Steve represented England on 20
occasions, winning a total of 5 National Titles
and also reaching the National finals of 3 other
contests. In 1996, Steve represented England in
the European Championships which were also the
Olympic Qualifiers for that year.
On behalf of England, as an amateur Steve has
won Bronze, Silver and Gold medals in various
multi-national tournaments and a Gold medal in
1996....which placed him in contention for a
wild card to the Olympics. |
In 1997
at the age of 23 years, Steve turned professional
winning all his first 22 fights and achieving both the
W.B.U. Inter-Continental and the I.B.O. Inter-Continental
titles and thus becoming the mandatory contender for the
British title.
He has been a challenger for the British, European and
Commonwealth titles and was English Champion in a career
to-date of 33 fights with 29 Wins and just 4 losses.
And in
his latest contest on the 23rd June 2008 at the
Birmingham National Indoor Arena, Steve achieved a
points win over 10 rounds against Paul Smith and thus
secured the English Middleweight Championship.
Brief details of
Steve's professional fights....
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Date |
Contender |
Location |
Result |
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23/06/08 |
Paul Smith |
Birmingham National Indoor Arena |
WON |
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22/02/08 |
Darren Barker |
York Hall London UK |
L |
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28/11/07 |
Alexander
Matviechuk |
Bescot Stadium Walsall UK |
Won |
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28/09/07 |
Andrzej Butowicz |
Skydome Coventry UK |
Won |
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20/07/07 |
Davey Jones |
Civic Hall Wolverhampton UK |
Won |
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01/12/06 |
Wayne Elcock |
Aston Villa LC Birmingham UK |
L |
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07/10/06 |
Conroy McIntosh |
HMLC Weston-Super-Mare UK |
Won |
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22/04/06 |
Sebastian Sylvester |
SAP-Arena Mannheim Germany |
L |
|
15/12/05 |
Donovan Smillie |
Mercia Park LC Coventry UK |
Won |
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22/10/05 |
Magid Ben Driss |
Mercia Park LC Coventry UK |
Won |
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18/06/05 |
Ismael Kerzazi |
Sports Centre Coventry UK |
Won |
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17/09/04 |
Scott Dann |
The Pavilions
Plymouth UK |
L |
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14/11/03 |
Kreshnick Qato |
York Hall London UK |
Won |
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26/04/03 |
Mike Algoet |
Fountain LC
London UK |
Won |
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24/01/03 |
Lee
Blundell |
Ponds Forge
Arena London UK |
Won |
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06/09/02 |
Tomas Da Silva |
York Hall
London UK |
Won |
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13/07/02 |
Filipp Bystrikov |
Skydome
Coventry UK |
Won |
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26/04/02 |
Viktor Fessetchko |
Skydome
Coventry UK |
Won |
|
02/03/02 |
Ahmet Dottuev |
Carnival City
Brakpan South Africa |
Won |
|
08/12/01 |
Jason Collins |
Goresbrook LC
Dagenham UK |
Won |
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29/09/01 |
Alan Gilbert |
EC Centre
London UK |
Won |
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22/08/01 |
Bert Bado |
Carousel Casino
Tempa South Africa |
Won |
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01/12/00 |
Peter Mitchell |
Bushfield LC
Peterborough UK |
Won |
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03/11/00 |
Eddie Haley |
Leisure Centre Ebbw UK |
Won |
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08/09/00 |
Jason Barker |
Whitchurch LC
Bristol UK |
Won |
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02/06/00 |
Simon Andrews |
Stour Centre
Ashford UK |
Won |
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07/04/00 |
Des
Sowden |
Whitchurch LC
Bristol UK |
Won |
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03/12/99 |
Ian
Toby |
Bushfield LC
Peterborough UK |
Won |
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24/09/99 |
Sean Pritchard |
Rhydycar LC
Merthyr Tydfil UK |
Won |
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02/07/99 |
Darren Covill |
Whitchurch LC
Bristol UK |
Won |
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27/02/99 |
Israel Khumalo |
Sports Centre
Oldham UK |
Won |
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13/09/97 |
Gary Reyniers |
New London
Arena London UK |
Won |
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15/05/97 |
Dennis Doyley |
Rivermead LC
Reading UK |
Won |
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