Ali Forbes (born 7 March 1961) is a British former
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who was British
super middleweight
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Boxing
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champion in 1995 and fought for the World Boxing Federation
light heavyweight
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Boxing
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world title in 2000.
Career
Born in London, Ali Forbes began his professional career in February 1989 at the age of 28 with a win over David Haycock. Unbeaten in his first seven fights he suffered his first defeat in March 1992 when he challenged
Ian Strudwick for the
BBBofC
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History
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Southern Area super middleweight title, losing on points. When Strudwick vacated the title Forbes got a second chance in March 1994 against Richard Bustin, this time winning on points.
In January 1995 he beat
Fidel Castro Smith
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Career
Born in Nottingham i ...
on points at the
York Hall
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to become British super middleweight champion. His first defence came three months later against
Sam Storey
Samuel Storey (born 9 August 1963 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former professional boxer. Storey fought at Super Middleweight and won the British title in 1995. From Marsden Gardens in North Belfast, one the areas of Belfast hit hardest d ...
and Storey took the title on points.
Forbes was out of the ring for three years but returned in May 1998 with a win over Darren Ashton. Six months later he faced
David Starie for Starie's commonwealth title and the British title vacated by
Dean Francis
Dean Temius Francis (23 January 1974 – 25 May 2018) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2014. He held the British Boxing Board of Control, British super middleweight title from 1997 to 1998; the European Boxing Union, E ...
; Starie knocked Forbes out in the eleventh round.
Forbes moved up to light heavyweight and his next fight came in December 1999, a points defeat to
Mark Delaney. In March 2000, he challenged for
Mark Baker's WBF World light heavyweight title, losing on points. He then suffered defeats to
Juan Nelongo (for the
WBA inter-continental title),
Thomas Ulrich, and
Clinton Woods (for the vacant
WBC International light heavyweight title, Forbes a late substitute for
Michael Nunn
Michael John Nunn (born April 14, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF middleweight title from 1988 to 1991, and the WBA super middleweight title ...
). He had four further fights—two wins and two defeats—before retiring in 2002.
Since retiring, Forbes has worked as a trainer and has been involved in fundraising for the Tenterden Amateur Boxing Club, Pedro Amateur Boxing Club, and Beckley Park Cricket Club.
Sam Webb, James Cook And Ali Forbes To Guest On Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour Thursday 12th August.
, britishboxers.co.uk, 10 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2015
References
External links
Career record
at boxrec.com
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1961 births
Living people
English male boxers
Super-middleweight boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
Boxers from London