Kevin Lueshing (born 17 April 1968) is a British former

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who was British

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champion between 1996 and 1997 and three times fought for world titles, winning the IBO World welterweight title in 1996.

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From

Beckenham Beckenham () is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west ...

, London, Kevin Lueshing made his professional debut in September 1991 with a second round stoppage of John McGlynn at the

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. After winning his first ten fights he faced Kirkland Laing in June 1993 for the vacant

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Southern Area

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title, stopping Laing in the fifth round. He suffered his first defeat in March 1994 when Chris Saunders stopped him in the fourth. He won his next five fights leading to a challenge for Saunders' British welterweight title in February 1996. Lueshing stopped Saunders in the third round to become British champion. After stopping Paul King in two rounds in June he challenged for Nino Cirilo's IBO World welterweight title in New York in July 1996. Lueshing stopped Cirilo in the second round to take the title. Now based in New York, his next fight was against the unbeaten Félix Trinidad for the latter's IBF World welterweight title at the

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in January 1997. Although Lueshing had Trinidad down in the second round, Trinidad stopped him in the third to retain the title.Mullan, Harry (1997)
Boxing: A turn for the worse - Kevin Lueshing - 'I'm in this for money, not belts'
, ''

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'', 28 December 1997. Retrieved 10 October 2015 In July 1997 he made the first defence of his British title against

Geoff McCreesh Geoff McCreesh (born 12 June 1970) is an English former boxer who won the British welterweight title in 1997 and went on to fight for European and World titles. Career Born in Billingham, Stockton on Tees and based in Bracknell, McCreesh had a ...

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. McCreesh stopped him in the tenth round to take the title. He had two fights in 1998, wins over Benji Singleton and Nicky Thurbin, the latter for the

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intercontinental light-middleweight title. In 1999 he challenged for Harry Simon's

World super welterweight title. The fight, in May 1999 at the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, ended with Simon stopping Lueshing in the third round, and proved to be Lueshing's final fight. He returned to live in England and went on to become a boxing agent, his clients including

Nigel Benn Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964), is a former British professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. A two-weight world champion, he held the WBO middleweight title in 1990 and reigned as the WBC super-middleweight champion f ...

. In 2016 his autobiographical book ''The Belt Boy'' was published, detailing his troubled early life including the physical and sexual abuse he received as a child, and resulting suicide attempts, and how boxing changed his life.Gigney, George (2016)
The harrowing story of Kevin Lueshing
, ''Boxing News'', 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lueshing, Kevin 1968 births Living people English male boxers Welterweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers Boxers from the London Borough of Bromley People from Beckenham

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