Ralph Charles (born 5 February 1943) is an English

amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...

welterweight and professional light welter/ welter/ light middle/

middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...

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of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won the

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(ABAE) 1959 Junior Class-A title against Kenneth " Ken"/" Kenny" J. Coope

( Warley, West Midlands, Warley ABC), boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, won the

(ABAE) 1960 Junior Class-B title against J. Harwood (National Association of Boys Clubs), boxing out of West Ham Boys & ABC, and was runner-up for the 1963

welterweight title, against

Johnny Pritchett John G Pritchett (born 15 February 1943) is an English amateur welterweight and professional light middle/ middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s, and boxing manager of the 1970s and '80s. He fought as Johnny Pritchett. Boxing ...

(Bingham & District ABC), boxing out of West Ham ABC, and as a professional won the

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(BBBofC) Southern Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title,

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(EBU) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title, and World Boxing Association (WBA) World welterweight title against José Nápoles, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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1943 births English male boxers Middleweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Boxers from Greater London Welterweight boxers {{England-boxing-bio-stub