FEATHERWEIGHT division

DAVE NEEDHAM

Retired

Born 1951-08-15, NOTTINGHAM (died aged 57)· Died 2008-09-19, CHONBURI, THAILAND· GBR

· Stance: southpaw· aka THE ARTFUL DODGER

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Needham won the 1969 and 1970 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Nottingham School of Boxing ABC.

He represented England and won a gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh defeating Uganda's Leo Rwabwogo in the final.

Needham retired aged 29 in 1980, after becoming disillusioned with the sport. He went on to run a motorcycle dealership with his brother.

He spent the last couple of years of his life in Thailand. Needham died in Chonburi hospital from liver problems. He was 57.

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