Maurice Core (born 22 June 1965) is a British former
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and now a boxing trainer. He won the British light-heavyweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the European title.
Career
Born in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
, Core started boxing at the Champs Camp gym in
Moss Side
Moss Side is an Inner city, inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the Manchester city centre, city centre. It had a population of 20,745 at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Cho ...
in 1982, where he was trained by
Phil Martin. Core had 65 amateur fights before beginning his professional career. During his time as an amateur he was charged with nine attempted murders and imprisoned in
Strangeways Prison
HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in Manchester, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It is still commonly referred to as Strangeways, which was its former official name derived from the area in which it is l ...
; He was later cleared and awarded substantial damages.
[Bunce, Steve (2000)]
Champs Camp tells a Moss Side story
, ''The Observer
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In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
'', 8 October 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2015 His first pro fight was a win over Dennis Banton in 1990. He won 9 of his first 10 pro fights, with a drawn fight against
Nicky Piper in May 1990.
In September 1992 he fought
Noel Magee
Noel Magee (born 16 December 1965) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1997. He held the Commonwealth light heavyweight title in 1995.
Background
Magee grew up in the strongly nationalist Ardoyne area of Belfast and ...
for the vacant British light-heavyweight title, stopping Magee in the 9th round to take the title.
[Maylett, Chris (2013)]
‘Hard Core’ – Career Interview with former British champion Maurice Core
", britishboxers.co.uk, 6 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2015 He successfully defended the title in December 1993 against
Simon Harris
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, stopping the Londoner in the 11th round. Martin's death from cancer in April 1994 deeply affected Core. He went on to challenge
Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1995 to 1997, the WBA cruiserweight title f ...
for the European title but was stopped in the fourth round — Core's first defeat as a pro. Core moved on to work with
Jimmy Tibbs for his last few fights,
beating Eric French and
Frank Minton in 1995 before his final fight, a loss to
Mark Prince in July 1996.
After retiring from boxing he became a trainer at the Moss Side gym where he had learned his trade, going on to work with fighters such as
Carl Thompson Carl Thompson may refer to:
* Carl Thompson (boxer) (born 1964), British boxer
* Carl Thompson (luthier) (born 1939), American luthier
* Carl Thompson (heavy person) (1981–2015), heaviest man in the United Kingdom
* Carl D. Thompson (1870–1949 ...
,
Michael Jones,
Prince Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.Davies, Gareth A (8 June 2015)"Prince Naseem Hamed: 'I always thought they w ...
and
Michael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis ( ; ; born 15 August 1980) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim championship, interim lightweight title twice between 2007 and 2010 ...
.
, '' Sporting Life'', 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015
References
External links
Career record
at boxrec.com
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1965 births
Living people
Light-heavyweight boxers
English male boxers
Boxers from Manchester