Horace Notice

Horace Notice
Born
Horace G. Notice

(1957-08-07) 7 August 1957 (age 67)
West Bromwich, England
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight
Height6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m)
Boxing record
Total fights16
Wins16 (KO 12)
Losses0

Horace G. Notice (born 7 August 1957[1]) is an English amateur and professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s who as an amateur won the 1983 ABA Heavyweight Championship boxing out of the Nechells Green ABC (Birmingham.

As a professional, Notice won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, and Commonwealth heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 196 lb, to 212 lb.[2] After defending both his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against Hughroy Currie, a retinal detachment prematurely ended his boxing career, and ruined his plans of a next defence. Notice said; "his only regrets were not fighting for a EBU title and facing the man that Frank Bruno avoided, David Pearce".

Personal life

Notice lives in Hayes, South East London, with the actress Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence and their daughters, Naomi and Amelia.[3] Singer and actress Michelle Gayle is godmother to one of their daughters.[4]

Professional boxing record

16 fights 16 wins 0 losses
By knockout 12 0
By decision 4 0
No. Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 16-0 United Kingdom Hughroy Currie TKO 10 (12) 3 September 1988 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green Retained Commonwealth and British Heavyweight titles
Win 15-0 Australia Dean Waters TKO 4 (12) 2 December 1987 United Kingdom Grand Hall, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 14-0 United Kingdom Paul Lister KO 3 (12) 3 November 1987 United Kingdom Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland Retained Commonwealth and British heavyweight titles
Win 13-0 United Kingdom Dave Garside TKO 5 (12) 26 May 1987 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title;
Won vacant British heavyweight titles
Win 12-0 Zimbabwe Proud Kilimanjaro TKO 8 (12) 4 March 1987 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Dudley Won vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 11-0 United States Mike Jameson UD 10 7 May 1986 United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 10-0 United Kingdom Hughroy Currie TKO 6 (12) 12 April 1986 United Kingdom Palace Lido, Douglas Won British and vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
Win 9-0 United States Curtis Jones KO 2 (8) 4 March 1986 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 8-0 France Anaclet Wamba PTS 8 16 October 1985 United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Win 7-0 United Kingdom Noel Quarless [5] [6] KO 7 (12) 26 March 1985 United Kingdom The Stadium, Liverpool
Win 6-0 United Kingdom Bob Young PTS 6 27 November 1984 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 5-0 United Kingdom Winston Allen PTS 6 27 November 1984 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley
Win 4-0 Republic of Ireland Paddy Finn TKO 3 (6) 26 October 1984 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 3-0 United Kingdom Andrew Gerrard TKO 2 (6) 27 April 1984 United Kingdom Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Win 2-0 United Kingdom Theo Josephs KO 1 (6) 30 November 1983 United Kingdom National Sporting Club,Cafe Royal, Piccadilly
Win 1-0 United Kingdom Andrew Gerrard PTS 6 24 October 1983 United Kingdom NSC, Grosvenor House, Mayfair Professional debut

References

  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ Kingsley, Hilary (1990). The EastEnders Handbook. BBC books. ISBN 0-685-52957-6.
  4. ^ "MICHELLE MARK II Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine", The Voice. URL last accessed on 2007-01-05.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Login".
  6. ^ "BoxRec: Login".