Glenn Catley
Born (1972-03-15) 15 March 1972[1]
Frampton Cotterell, England [1]
NationalityBritish
Other namesCatman[1]
Statistics
Weight(s)Super middleweight[1]
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm)[1]
Reach70 in (178 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox[1]
Boxing record
Wins29
Wins by KO22
Losses7
Draws0

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Glenn Catley". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Darren Barker and Glenn Catley recall world title fights in Germany". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Rawling, John (10 July 2001). "Catley title ends its merry-go-round". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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