Neil Perkins (born 2 August 1979 is a British former amateur boxer who has won medals in international tournaments at welterweight.

Career

Perkins was a southpaw and fought for Kirkdale ABC in Liverpool. He won the 2002 and 2003

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British middleweight title. He failed to qualify for the

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after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. He won the

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bronze medal after beating Robert Blazo, local hero Ha Na, European silver medallist, Armenia's

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by 18 points but losing 33–21 in the semi-final to Belarusian

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. In Melbourne 2006, he won the bronze again at the

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, after losing to

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14:22 in the welterweight semi finals. At the Euro 2006 he lost in the first round to Serbian Zoran Mitrovic 14:34. At the 2007 World Championships he again lost in the first round to Mitrovic. In 2010, he made a comeback at middleweight and was comprehensively beaten by Hosea Burton in the ABA championships.

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1979 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Prizefighter contestants Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games England Boxing champions AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England English male boxers Boxers from Liverpool Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing {{England-boxing-bio-stub