Johnny Greaves (boxer)

Johnny Greaves
Statistics
Rated at Light welterweight
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Nationality English
Born (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979
Forest Gate, London, England
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 100
Wins 4
Wins by KO 1
Losses 96
Draws 0

Johnny Greaves (born 4 March 1979) is an English former light welterweight professional boxer. A prolific journeyman, he fought in 100 matches during his professional career, winning four in total - including his final fight.

Career

Greaves turned professional in 2007, after a brief spell as an amateur while fighting on the unlicensed circuit. He marked his debut with a points loss against Rob Hunt (4-0-0). With his first ten fights ending in defeat, Greaves managed to win his eleventh with a first round technical knockout against Sergejs Rozakmens (2-21-1). Match ups stopped coming for a while after his first win, with promoters wary about the risk of exposing one of their fighters against a boxer who could potentially ruin unbeaten records. But like most journeymen, Greaves settled for a life fighting up and coming prospects.[2]

His next two wins came against Ali Wyatt (4-11-2) and Floyd Moore (in his professional debut), winning both on point verdicts. The latter, Moore eventually beat Greaves in a rematch a few years later.[1] Greaves ended his career in 2013 at York Hall with a win against Dan Carr (2-42-2).[3][4]

The documentary film Cornered, shown on BT Sport, follows the life of Greaves during the latter stages of his boxing career.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Johnny Greaves". Boxrec. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Turley, Mark (2 September 2014). "Journeymen: the boxers who choose to lose". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Bunce, Steve (20 September 2013). "Bunce on Boxing: Journeyman Johnny Greaves bows out with a win – after losing 96 'easy' fights". The Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Dirs, Ben (8 October 2014). "Boxing journeymen: sport's biggest losers or unappreciated artists?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Davies, Gareth (21 October 2013). "'Cornered' documentary is a moving, raw account of the life of 100-fight journeyman Johnny Greaves". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Gibson, Paul (24 September 2014). "Johnny Greaves: 100 fights, 96 defeats, four wins, one fine journeyman boxer". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

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