Neville Meade (12 September 1948 – 13 March 2010) was a British boxer from Swansea. Born in Montserrat, he moved to Wales at the age of nine. 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.
NevilleMeade (12 September 1948 – 13 March 2010) was a British boxer from Swansea. Born in Montserrat, he moved to Wales at the age of nine. He rose...
1978 – 26 June 1979r 1 Gordon Ferris 30 March 1981 – 12 October 1981 1 NevilleMeade 12 October 1981 – 22 September 1983 1 David Pearce 22 September 1983r...
13 August 1977 Wembley Ice Rink, Johannesburg, South Africa Win 11–2 NevilleMeade KO 10 4 June 1977 Milner Park Showgrounds, Johannesburg, South Africa...
23/04/1976 Madrid Win 5–0–1 Giuseppe Ros PTS 8 02/04/1976 Madrid Win 4–0–1 NevilleMeade PTS 8 12/03/1976 Madrid Draw 3–0–1 Jose Antonio Galvez PTS 8 21/02/1976...
champion) Gary Mason (British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion) NevilleMeade (British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion) Mo Hussein (Commonwealth...
politician, acting Minister of Justice (1991), after long illness. NevilleMeade, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer. Gary Mittelholtz, 55, Canadian journalist...
Rackley Light Heavyweight Men Bill Knight William Byrne Gordon Ferris Isaac Ikhouria Heavyweight Men NevilleMeade Fatai Ayinla Benson Masanda Vai Samu...
become British champion. He lost the title in his first defence, against NevilleMeade in October 1981, losing by a first-round knockout. He attempted to get...
Foot, politician, 96 10 March – Micky Jones, musician, 63 13 March – NevilleMeade, heavyweight boxer, 61 31 March – Keith Kissack, historian of Monmouth...
1972 Tim Wood Belgrave ABC 1973 Garfield McEwan Kyrle Hall ABC 1974 NevilleMeade Royal Air Force 1975 Gregory McEwan Rum Runners ABC 1976 John Rafferty...
9 August – Jackie Lawrence, politician 12 September (in Jamaica) – NevilleMeade, heavyweight boxer (d. 2010) 24 October – Phil Bennett, rugby player...
Edwards Mac Williams Nathan Cleverly Ned Turner Neil Haddock Neil Swain NevilleMeade Nicky Piper Nipper Pat Daly Pat Thomas Percy Jones Peter Harris Ralph...
Personality of the Year – John Toshack Boxing - NevilleMeade becomes British heavyweight champion. Football - Neville Southall joins Everton F.C. 12 January –...
lightweight Roy Hilton 51kg flyweight Bill Knight 81kg middlweight 1 x gold NevilleMeade 91kg heavyweight 1 x gold Carl Speare 75kg middleweight 1 x bronze...
(Arthur Alexander) – 2:42 "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 3:00 "Pain in My Heart" (Naomi Neville) – 2:14 "Dear Doctor" – 3:28 "Con le mie lacrime (As...
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