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{{short description|English boxer}}
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'''Nicky Wilshire''' ({{birth date and age|1961|11|03|df=y}}<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=TCjVXGrs2q4wX%2F7tvkvoTw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>) born in [[Bristol]] is an [[English people|English]] [[amateur]] [[light middleweight|light middle]]/[[middleweight]] and [[professional]] [[light middleweight|light middle]]/[[middleweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur won the 1979 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England]] (ABAE) middleweight title, against [[Douglas James]][http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=49566&cat=boxer] ([[Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes]] (RAOB) ABC) ([[Llanelli]]/[[Swansea]]),<ref name="92nd ABAE National Championship">{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1970-1979/1979/|title=92nd ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> boxing out of [[National Smelting (company)|National Smelting]] [[National Smelting Company|Company]] ABC [http://www.smeltersboxing.com] ([[Avonmouth]]), was runner-up in the 1980 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England]] (ABAE) light middleweight title, against [[James Price (boxer)|James Price]] (Holy Name ABC) ([[Fazakerley]], [[Liverpool]]),<ref name="93rd ABAE National Championship">{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-1989/1980/|title=93rd ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> boxing out of [[National Smelting (company)|National Smelting]] [[National Smelting Company|Company]] ABC [http://www.smeltersboxing.com] ([[Avonmouth]]), and represented Great Britain at light middleweight in the [[Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Boxing at the]] [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], defeating [[Miodrag Perunović]] of [[Yugoslavia]], and losing to eventual [[silver medal]] winner [[Aleksandr Koshkyn]] of the [[Soviet Union]], and as a professional won the [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#light middleweight|Commonwealth light middleweight title]], and was a challenger for the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] (BBBofC) British light middleweight title against [[Jimmy Cable]], and [[Lloyd Hibbert]], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convinfobox||kg||st|152+3/4|lb|}}, i.e. [[light middleweight]] to {{convinfobox||kg||st|158|lb}}, i.e. [[middleweight]].<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=41348&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
'''Nicky Wilshire''' (born 3 November 1961<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=TCjVXGrs2q4wX%2F7tvkvoTw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> in [[Bristol]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[amateur]] [[light middleweight|light middle]]/[[middleweight]] and [[professional]] [[light middleweight|light middle]]/[[middleweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur won the 1979 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England]] (ABAE) middleweight title, against [[Douglas James]][http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=49566&cat=boxer] ([[Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes]] (RAOB) ABC) ([[Llanelli]]/[[Swansea]]),<ref name="92nd ABAE National Championship">{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1970-1979/1979/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922230142/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1970-1979/1979/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2011|title=92nd ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> boxing out of [[National Smelting (company)|National Smelting]] [[National Smelting Company|Company]] ABC [http://www.smeltersboxing.com] ([[Avonmouth]]), was runner-up in the 1980 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England]] (ABAE) light middleweight title, against [[James Price (boxer)|James Price]] (Holy Name ABC) ([[Fazakerley]], [[Liverpool]]),<ref name="93rd ABAE National Championship">{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-1989/1980/|title=93rd ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131021131725/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-1989/1980/|archivedate=21 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> boxing out of [[National Smelting (company)|National Smelting]] [[National Smelting Company|Company]] ABC [http://www.smeltersboxing.com] ([[Avonmouth]]), and represented Great Britain at light middleweight in the [[Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Boxing at the]] [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], defeating [[Miodrag Perunović]] of [[Yugoslavia]], and losing to eventual [[silver medal]] winner [[Aleksandr Koshkyn]] of the [[Soviet Union]], and as a professional won the [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#light middleweight|Commonwealth light middleweight title]], and was a challenger for the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] (BBBofC) British light middleweight title against [[Jimmy Cable]], and [[Lloyd Hibbert]], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|152+3/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. [[light middleweight]] to {{convert|158|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. [[middleweight]].<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=41348&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>


==Genealogical information==
==Genealogical information==
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Bristol]]
[[Category:British male boxers]]




Latest revision as of 07:30, 23 May 2023

Nicky Wilshire
Born
Nicholas C. Wilshire

(1961-11-03) 3 November 1961 (age 63)
Bristol, England
NationalityEnglish
Statistics
Weight(s)light middle/middleweight
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights40
Wins36 (KO 31)
Losses4 (KO 1)

Nicky Wilshire (born 3 November 1961[1] in Bristol) is an English amateur light middle/middleweight and professional light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur won the 1979 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Douglas James[1] (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) ABC) (Llanelli/Swansea),[2] boxing out of National Smelting Company ABC [2] (Avonmouth), was runner-up in the 1980 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) light middleweight title, against James Price (Holy Name ABC) (Fazakerley, Liverpool),[3] boxing out of National Smelting Company ABC [3] (Avonmouth), and represented Great Britain at light middleweight in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, defeating Miodrag Perunović of Yugoslavia, and losing to eventual silver medal winner Aleksandr Koshkyn of the Soviet Union, and as a professional won the Commonwealth light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British light middleweight title against Jimmy Cable, and Lloyd Hibbert, his professional fighting weight varied from 152+3⁄4 lb (69.3 kg; 10 st 12.8 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 158 lb (72 kg; 11 st 4 lb), i.e. middleweight.[4]

Genealogical information

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Nicky Wilshire is the younger brother of Deborah A. Wilshire (birth registered April→June 1956 in Bristol District), Luke W. Wilshire (birth registered July→September 1957 in Bristol District), and Stuart C. Wilshire (birth registered January→March 1960 in Bristol District).

References

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  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "92nd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ "93rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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