Jimmy Anderson (born 1 October 1942) was a British former

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who was the first holder of the British

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title, holding it from February 1968 to January 1969, and again from February 1969 until the division was abolished in 1970 He died in January 2022. His funeral was January 14, 2022.

Career

Born in

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, Hertfordshire, Anderson made his professional debut in October 1964 with a second round stoppage of Dave Savva. In October 1966 he stopped Johnny Mantle in the seventh round to win the vacant

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Southern Area

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title. In March 1967 he beat Japanese champion Hiroshi Shoji on points at the

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. In 1968 the BBBofC recognized junior weight classes and Anderson was matched with the previously unbeaten

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for the British junior lightweight title, the two meeting at the Royal Albert Hall in February.Golesworthy, Maurice (1988) ''Encyclopaedia of Boxing'' (8th edn.), Robert Hale, , p. 19 Anderson stopped Revie in the ninth round to become the first British champion at the weight. In April 1968 he faced WBC World featherweight champion

Howard Winstone Howard Winstone, MBE (15 April 1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958, and a Commonwealth Games Gold M ...

at the Empire Pool, knocking Winstone down in the first round but losing on points over ten rounds. Anderson made a successful defence of his British title in October against

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, and a second in February 1969 against Colin Lake at the

, Anderson stopping Lake in the seventh round to win the belt outright. Anderson lost to WBC World featherweight champion

Johnny Famechon Jean-Pierre Famechon (28 March 1945 – 4 August 2022) was an Australian featherweight boxer. Famechon was the 2003 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category and was the third to be elevated to Legend status ...

by one a quarter points in May 1969 but broke Famechon's jaw. Anderson fought a draw against American Bill Whittenburg in October. Anderson's reign as champion came to an end when the BBBofC ceased to recognize the junior lightweight division in 1970 (a British title was not contested at the weight again until 1986). He moved up to

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and fought twice in 1971 before retiring.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Jimmy 1942 births Living people English male boxers Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers People from Waltham Cross