ko death_date death_place draws weight birth_place height nationality article_title total |birth_date realname wins image losses name
18 13 march 2010 swansea , wales 1 heavyweight montserrat 6 0 british neville meade
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neville meade

neville meade -lrb- 12 september 1948 -- 13 march 2010 -rrb- was a montserrat-born boxer who emigrated to the united kingdom settling in swansea in south wales .
he rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1974 commonwealth games in new zealand .
he turned professional in 1974 and won the welsh heavyweight title in 1976 and then followed this with the british title in 1981 .
he retired in 1983 after a failed defence of his british title .
meade was known for his big-hitting style of fighting with very few of his bouts going the distance .
of his 20 professional wins , 18 came via knockout .
despite this ability , meade lacked motivation in training and during the middle of his career , with his weight reaching above 17 stone , he suffered a lack of form that saw him lose seven out of nine fights .
he took on a new trainer , jimmy bromfield , in 1979 and this saw a change in his fortune which led to meade taking the british heavyweight title .
