ko weight birth_place height nationality article_title total birth_date nickname draws wins realname losses name style
10 featherweight manchester 5 6 british gary de roux
 22 4 november 1962 dynamite 1 13 gary de ` roux 8 gary de ` roux orthodox
gary de roux

gary de'roux -lrb- born 4 november 1962 -rrb- is a retired former professional boxer , boxing trainer , manager and british boxing board of control ltd inspector .
boxed as an amateur for the focus abc , peterborough - trainer : terry shufflebottom and raf tuccillo .
made his amateur debut as an eastern counties select squad member on 10 march 1984 , aged 21 in jersey , channel islands !
won ko round 1 .
his first five amateur fights were won by ko , earning him the nickname `` dynamite '' gary de'roux -lrb- peterborough -rrb- amateur record runner up eastern counties featherweight championships in 1985 and 1986 .
winning 16 of 21 fights , including one exhibition fight .
turned professional in 1986 .
made his debut on sept 25th 1986 against manchesters ' tony carter in peterborough at the wirrina stadium in a planned 6 rounder .
he won in the second round with the referee stopping the contest , his following 2 fights ended in a similar fashion , making him one of the most exciting all action fighters to come out of peterborough .
historic boxing fact - boxing historian harold alderman mbe .
gary de'roux won the southern area featherweight title on 14 december 1990 and went on to make history , by becoming the only peterborough boxer , to not only contest a british title but to actually win it .
in what was seen as one of the most exciting british title fights of recent years on 5 march 1991 .
-lrb- source , harry mullan , boxing news 15 march 1991 -rrb- .
knocking out holder sean murphy -lrb- st albans -rrb- and getting his name on the coveted lord lonsdale british championship belt .
although losing in his first defence to colin mcmillan -lrb- barking -rrb- , gary made his claim as peterboroughs ' best ever , the night he won the southern area title in his home town .
gary de'roux later revived amateur boxing in peterborough in 1998 with the formation of the phoenix abc producing amateur champions of his own .
-lrb- source , harold alderman -rrb- gary de'roux -lrb- peterborough -rrb- professional record british featherweight - 9 st -lrb- 126 lbs -rrb- champion , 5 march 1991 until 22 may 1991 undefeated southern area featherweight champion , 14 december 1990 until 5 march 1991 .
relinquished title on winning the british title .
record : bouts 22 , won 13 -lrb- 10 -rrb- , drew 1 , lost 8 -lrb- 6 -rrb- .
not including an exhibition with former world champion naseem hamed at watford town hall .
retired december 1993 .
managed by : 1 .
ken whitney -lrb- weldon , northamptonshire -rrb- 2 .
billy aird -lrb- eltham , london -rrb- 3 .
terry toole -lrb- hackney , london -rrb- 4 .
ken whitney -lrb- northants -rrb- for a second time .
5 .
self managed 6 .
frank maloney -lrb- london -rrb- 7 .
self managed -lrb- note , for final fight of his career , he was advised by brendan ingle , whose gym he trained out of . -rrb-
trained by : 1 .
terry shufflebottom -lrb- peterborough -rrb- 2 .
terry toole -lrb- hackney , london -rrb- 3 .
kevin sanders -lrb- peterborough -rrb- 4 .
jimmy tibbs & dean powell -lrb- london -rrb- 5 .
brendan & john ingle -lrb- sheffield -rrb- he was born in manchester , though is most closely associated with peterborough .
the peak of his boxing career was becoming the british featherweight champion in 1991 .
he knocked out sean murphy in the fifth round to win the title on 5 march 1991 .
he went on to run an amateur boxing club in peterborough and in 2006 started work as a professional trainer .
