# Neville Brown

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.
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.
Back down at middleweight, Brown made a successful defence of his British title in January 1997 against Willie Quinn. 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. 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.
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.

## Professional boxing record

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