Sylvester "The Master Blaster" Mittee (born 29 October 1956) is a Saint Lucian-British

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of the 1970s and 1980s. He fought as an

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and a

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, winning multiple championships.

Boxing career

As an amateur, Mittee won the 1973

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(ABAE) Junior Class-B title, while boxing for Crown and Manor ABC,

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, London. He subsequently won the 1976 ABAE lightweight title against Thomas McCallum (Sparta BC) while boxing for Repton Amateur Boxing Club,

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, London. Mittee represented Great Britain at the

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, Canada, competing as a lightweight in the boxing events. After a bye in the round of 64, his sole fight was a loss to

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of Romania, the eventual

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ist, in the round of 32; the referee stopped the contest in the third round. As a professional, Mittee won the

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(BBBofC) Southern (England) Area light welterweight title, the BBBofC British welterweight title and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight title against Clinton McKenzie, and

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(EBU) welterweight title against

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. His professional fighting weight varied from , or light welterweight, to , or light middleweight.

References

External links

Sylvester Mittee at boxrec.com
1956 births Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers from London British male boxers Light-middleweight boxers Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers for Great Britain Place of birth missing (living people) Saint Lucian emigrants to the United Kingdom Welterweight boxers {{England-boxing-bio-stub