A brief summary of Steve's boxing achievements as both an amateur and professional...  | 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.... Date | Contender | Location | Result | | 23/06/08 | Paul Smith | Birmingham National Indoor Arena | WON | | 22/02/08 | Darren Barker | York Hall London UK | L | | 28/11/07 | Alexander Matviechuk | Bescot Stadium Walsall UK | Won | | 28/09/07 | Andrzej Butowicz | Skydome Coventry UK | Won | | 20/07/07 | Davey Jones | Civic Hall Wolverhampton UK | Won | | 01/12/06 | Wayne Elcock | Aston Villa LC Birmingham UK | L | | 07/10/06 | Conroy McIntosh | HMLC Weston-Super-Mare UK | Won | | 22/04/06 | Sebastian Sylvester | SAP-Arena Mannheim Germany | L | | 15/12/05 | Donovan Smillie | Mercia Park LC Coventry UK | Won | | 22/10/05 | Magid Ben Driss | Mercia Park LC Coventry UK | Won | | 18/06/05 | Ismael Kerzazi | Sports Centre Coventry UK | Won | | 17/09/04 | Scott Dann | The Pavilions Plymouth UK | L | | 14/11/03 | Kreshnick Qato | York Hall London UK | Won | | 26/04/03 | Mike Algoet | Fountain LC London UK | Won | | 24/01/03 | Lee Blundell | Ponds Forge Arena London UK | Won | | 06/09/02 | Tomas Da Silva | York Hall London UK | Won | | 13/07/02 | Filipp Bystrikov | Skydome Coventry UK | Won | | 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 | | 29/09/01 | Alan Gilbert | EC Centre London UK | Won | | 22/08/01 | Bert Bado | Carousel Casino Tempa South Africa | Won | | 01/12/00 | Peter Mitchell | Bushfield LC Peterborough UK | Won | | 03/11/00 | Eddie Haley | Leisure Centre Ebbw UK | Won | | 08/09/00 | Jason Barker | Whitchurch LC Bristol UK | Won | | 02/06/00 | Simon Andrews | Stour Centre Ashford UK | Won | | 07/04/00 | Des Sowden | Whitchurch LC Bristol UK | Won | | 03/12/99 | Ian Toby | Bushfield LC Peterborough UK | Won | | 24/09/99 | Sean Pritchard | Rhydycar LC Merthyr Tydfil UK | Won | | 02/07/99 | Darren Covill | Whitchurch LC Bristol UK | Won | | 27/02/99 | Israel Khumalo | Sports Centre Oldham UK | Won | | 13/09/97 | Gary Reyniers | New London Arena London UK | Won | | 15/05/97 | Dennis Doyley | Rivermead LC Reading UK | Won | | | | | | | | | | |
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