Neville Brown

Neville Brown
Neville Brown
Born	26 February 1966 (age 58)
Nationality	English
Other names	The Saint
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight, super middleweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Reach	72 in (180 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	32
Wins by KO	26
Losses	8

Neville Brown (born 26 February 1966) is a British former boxer who was British middleweight champion between 1993 and 1998, and also fought for Commonwealth, European, and World titles.

Career

From Burton-upon-Trent, Neville Brown first tasted success as an amateur, winning the ABA light-middleweight title in both 1987 and 1989. He had his first professional fight in November 1989, a fourth round stoppage of Spencer Alton. After winning his first eleven professional fights, he suffered his first defeat in July 1991, when he was stopped in the first round by Paul Wesley. He avenged that defeat three months later, stopping Wesley in the third round.

In November 1993, he challenged for Frank Grant's British middleweight title, stopping the defending champion in the seventh round. Two months later he successfully defended the title against Andy Flute. In July 1994, he had his first fight outside the UK when he travelled to Italy to challenge for Agostino Cardamone's European title; Cardamone stopped him in the seventh round. Back in the UK he made successful defences of his British title against Antonio Fernandez, Carlo Colarusso, and Shaun Cummins, all inside the distance.^[1]

In March 1996 he got a World title shot, challenging for Steve Collins' WBO super middleweight title. Collins had Brown down in the first round, and twice more in the eleventh before the fight was stopped.^[2]^[3]

Back down at middleweight, Brown made a successful defence of his British title in January 1997 against Willie Quinn.^[4] Three months later he made a second challenge for the European title, this time being stopped in the sixth by Hacine Cherifi. In January 1998 he lost his British title to Glenn Catley.^[5] After winning two of his next three fights, he faced Sam Soliman in June 2000 for the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title; Soliman stopped him in the ninth round. Brown subsequently retired from boxing.^[2]

Brown went on to work as a boxing coach and personal trainer, and returned to the ring in July 2014 for a charity exhibition fight against Collins.^[2]

Professional boxing record

41 fights	32 wins	8 losses
By knockout	26	7
By decision	6	1
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
40	Loss	32–8	Sam Soliman	TKO	9 (12)	2000-06-19	Meadowside Leisure Centre, Burton upon Trent, England	For vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Middleweight title.
39	Win	32–7	Jason Collins	TKO	2 (6), 1:48	2000-05-21	Pennine Hotel, Derby, England
38	Loss	31–7	Chris Davies	TKO	2 (8)	2000-03-18	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
37	Win	31–6	Errol McDonald	TKO	3 (10), 2:43	1999-07-17	The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, England
36	Loss	30–6	Glenn Catley	RTD	8 (12), 3:00	1998-01-17	Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England	Lost BBBofC British Middleweight title.
35	Loss	30–5	Hacine Cherifi	TKO	6 (12), 2:44	1997-04-26	Green Bank Leisure Centre, Swadlincote, England	For EBU European Middleweight title.
34	Win	30–4	Willie Quinn	TKO	4 (12), 2:10	1997-01-18	Green Bank Leisure Centre, Swadlincote, England	Retained BBBofC British Middleweight title.
33	Loss	29–4	Steve Collins	TKO	11 (12), 0:54	1996-03-09	Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Ireland	For WBO super-middleweight title.
32	Win	29–3	Shaun Cummins	KO	5 (12), 2:40	1995-11-10	Moorways Leisure Centre, Derby, England	Retained BBBofC British Middleweight title.
31	Win	28–3	Trevor Ambrose	PTS	8	1995-09-02	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England
30	Loss	27–3	Anthony Ivory	PTS	8	1995-07-22	London Arena, Millwall, London, England
29	Win	27–2	Carlo Colarusso	TKO	7 (12), 2:26	1995-03-03	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	Retained BBBofC British Middleweight title.
28	Win	26–2	Steve Goodwin	TKO	3 (10), 0:45	1995-02-10	Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England
27	Win	25–2	Antonio Fernandez	TKO	9 (12)	1994-11-29	Chase Leisure Centre, Cannock, England	Retained BBBofC British Middleweight title.
26	Win	24–2	Colin Pitters	KO	2 (8), 0:26	1994-10-29	Chase Leisure Centre, Cannock, England
25	Loss	23–2	Agostino Cardamone	TKO	7 (12)	1994-07-20	National Exhibition Centre, Solofra, Italy	For EBU European Middleweight title.
24	Win	23–1	Walid Underwood	PTS	10	1994-03-16	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England
23	Win	22–1	Andy Flute	RTD	7 (12), 3:00	1994-01-26	Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England	Retained BBBofC British Middleweight title.
22	Win	21–1	Frank Grant	TKO	7 (12)	1993-11-10	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	Won BBBofC British Middleweight title.
21	Win	20–1	Paul Busby	PTS	10	1993-03-16	Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England
20	Win	19–1	Graham Burton	KO	4 (8)	1993-01-20	Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England
19	Win	18–1	Karl Barwise	TKO	6 (8)	1992-12-04	Racquet Centre, Telford, England
18	Win	17–1	Horace Fleary	PTS	8	1992-11-02	Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England
17	Win	16–1	Ernie Loveridge	TKO	4 (6)	1992-10-01	Telford Ice Rink, Telford, England
16	Win	15–1	Paul Murray	KO	3 (8), 1:37	1992-03-26	Telford Ice Rink, Telford, England
15	Win	14–1	Colin Pitters	TKO	3 (8), 0:48	1991-11-21	Meadowside Leisure Centre, Burton upon Trent, England
14	Win	13–1	Paul Wesley	PTS	8	1991-10-03	Meadowside Leisure Centre, Burton upon Trent, England
13	Win	12–1	Paul Smith	TKO	3 (8), 2:30	1991-08-29	Town Hall, Oakengates, England
12	Loss	11–1	Paul Wesley	TKO	1 (8)	1991-07-04	Leisure Centre, Alfreton, England
11	Win	11–0	Winston Wray	TKO	1 (8)	1991-04-12	Baths, Willenhall, England
10	Win	10–0	Tony Booth	PTS	6	1991-03-28	Leisure Centre, Alfreton, England
9	Win	9–0	Jimmy Thornton	TKO	1 (8)	1991-02-13	Grand Hall, Wembley, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Seamus Casey	TKO	4 (8)	1991-01-17	Leisure Centre, Alfreton, England
7	Win	7–0	Chris Richards	TKO	2 (6)	1990-12-13	Leisure Centre, Dewsbury, England
6	Win	6–0	Nigel Moore	KO	1 (6), 1:52	1990-10-10	Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Anthony Campbell	TKO	2 (6), 1:27	1990-09-13	Watford Town Hall, Watford, England
4	Win	4–0	William Pronzola	TKO	3 (6)	1990-05-09	Grand Hall, Wembley, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Jimmy McDonagh	TKO	2 (6), 0:38	1990-03-27	Grosvenor House Hotel, Mayfair, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Colin Ford	RTD	3 (6)	1990-01-10	Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Spencer Alton	TKO	4 (6), 1:16	1989-11-08	Grand Hall, Wembley, London, England	Professional debut