JOHN CONTEH - WORLD CHAMPION - BOXER - AUTOGRAPH ON ORDER BOOK PAGE
ohn Anthony Conteh
,
MBE
(born 27 May 1951) is a British former
professional boxer
who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the
WBC
light-heavyweight
title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the
European
,
British
and
Commonwealth
titles between 1973 and 1974. As an
amateur
, he represented
England
and won a
gold medal
in the
middleweight
division at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
.
In 2017, Conteh was awarded an
MBE
for services to boxing at the
Queen's Birthday Honours
.