Wayne Elcock
Encyclopedia
Wayne Elcock is an English
boxer
. He is the current British
Middleweight
champion, having won the title from Howard Eastman in September 2007. Elcock has also held the lightly regarded WBU
middleweight title. As of December 2007, he has had 21 professional fights, with 18 wins (including eight by knockout) and three losses. He fought IBF
world champion Arthur Abraham
on 8 December 2007, losing by a fifth round knockout.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. He is the current British
British Boxing Board of Control
The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff.- Councils :...
Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
champion, having won the title from Howard Eastman in September 2007. Elcock has also held the lightly regarded WBU
World Boxing Union
The World Boxing Union is a boxing sanctioning body.Until recently it was fully recognised by the British Boxing Board of Control as a legitimate sanctioning body.WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa....
middleweight title. As of December 2007, he has had 21 professional fights, with 18 wins (including eight by knockout) and three losses. He fought IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
world champion Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...
on 8 December 2007, losing by a fifth round knockout.