Eddie Avoth

Eddie Avoth
Eddie Avoth
Statistics
Rated at	Light-heavyweight
Nationality	Welsh
Born	2 May 1945; Cardiff, Wales
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	53
Wins	44
Wins by KO	20
Losses	9
Draws	0
No contests	0

Eddie Avoth (born 2 May 1945) is a former boxer and actor. He was British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, with a record of 44 wins (20 by knockout) from 53 fights.

History

Avoth was born in Cardiff, Wales. He was a product of the Eddie Thomas boxing gym based in Merthyr Tydfil, which spawned the boxing careers of such notables as Howard Winstone and Ken Buchanan . Avoth's professional boxing career spanned nine years and in this time he won the British and Commonwealth titles. Avoth retired from the ring in 1972. He was also an accomplished amateur boxer and represented his country internationally on many occasions.

Following retirement from boxing, Avoth settled in Puerto Banús, Costa del Sol, Spain where he part-owned a well-known celebrity restaurant. He now resides back in the UK.

Avoth's acting career began with a starring role for entertainment giant Warner Brothers in their 1986 blockbuster film "Instant Justice" where he starred alongside Michael Paré, Tawny Kitaen and Charles Napier. The film was directed by Hollywood producer Craig T Rumar. In 2010 he appeared in the Howard Winstone biopic Risen as boxing promoter Jack Solomons. Avoth himself was played in the film by Welsh boxer Enzo Maccarinelli.

Avoth now regularly travels around the UK and Ireland making after dinner speeches.

Professional boxing record

44 Wins (20 knockouts, 24 decisions), 9 Losses (4 knockouts, 5 decisions) [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	25-6	Bunny Johnson	TKO	3	15 Mar 1972	Double Diamond Club, Caerphilly, United Kingdom
Loss	13-3	Sarel Aucamp	PTS	10	30 Oct 1971	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Win	11-7	Kosie Smith	PTS	10	12 Jun 1971	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Win	8-15-1	Guinea Roger	PTS	8	12 May 1971	Double Diamond Club, Caerphilly, United Kingdom
Loss	14-2	Chris Finnegan	TKO	15	24 Jan 1971	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British/Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Titles
Win	13-1	Trevor Thornberry	TKO	6	23 Oct 1970	Brisbane Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title
Loss	21-0	Mike Quarry	UD	10	6 Jun 1970	Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States	3-5, 3-5, 2-4
Win	33-7-1	John "Young" McCormack	DQ	8	6 Apr 1970	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Light Heavyweight Title
Win	5-9	Emilio Okee	PTS	10	16 Feb 1970	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	15-3	Bunny Johnson	PTS	8	27 Oct 1969	Commodore Hotel, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Loss	27-12-4	Ivan Prebeg	PTS	15	28 Jun 1969	Salata Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia	EBU Light Heavyweight Title
Win	17-20-3	Lloyd Walford	PTS	8	17 Mar 1969	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	61-15-5	"Boxing" Luis Gutierrez	KO	4	6 Feb 1969	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Win	30-4-1	John "Young" McCormack	TKO	11	13 Jan 1969	Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Light Heavyweight Title
Win	28-22-1	Curtis Bruce	TKO	6	18 Nov 1968	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Win	13-21	Stanford Bulla	PTS	10	24 Jul 1968	Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, United Kingdom	50-47.5
Win	12-11-3	Johnny Hendrickson	PTS	8	24 Apr 1968	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, United Kingdom	39.5-39
Win	12-10-3	Johnny Hendrickson	PTS	8	8 Mar 1968	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom	39.5-39.25
Win	3-4	Guinea Roger	PTS	10	28 Nov 1967	Afan Lido, Aberavon, United Kingdom	50-47.75
Win	12-9-3	Johnny Hendrickson	TKO	3	19 Sep 1967	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Loss	24-3-1	John "Young" McCormack	TKO	7	19 Jun 1967	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Light Heavyweight Title
Loss	4-5	Ernie Field	TKO	2	30 Jan 1967	Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	33-16-6	Johnny Halafihi	PTS	8	7 Dec 1966	Afan Lido, Port Talbot, United Kingdom
Win	8-8-2	Johnny Ould	TKO	4	26 Oct 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	3-2	Ernie Field	PTS	8	19 Sep 1966	Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
Loss	15-4-2	Derek Richards	PTS	10	12 Jul 1966	Afan Lido, Port Talbot, United Kingdom	BBBofC Welsh Light Heavyweight Title
Win	10-10	Clarence Prince	TKO	2	6 Jun 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	16-12-3	"Stunning" Steve Richards	TKO	4	11 May 1966	Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	8-9-1	Lloyd Walford	TKO	7	19 Apr 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	4-4-1	Charlie "The War" Wilson	TKO	1	4 Apr 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	4-3-1	Charlie "The War" Wilson	PTS	8	28 Feb 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	7-8-1	Lloyd Walford	TKO	6	10 Jan 1966	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	14-20-3	Joe "Dinner" Bell	PTS	8	26 Apr 1965	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	13-29-1	Fitzroy Lindo	TKO	7	8 Mar 1965	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	9-14-1	Syd Brown	TKO	5	1 Feb 1965	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	4-11-2	"Rob" Roy Thomas	TKO	6	20 Jan 1965	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Win	26-15-2	Tony French	PTS	6	14 Dec 1964	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	20-13-1	George Palin	KO	1	1 Dec 1964	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	4-5	Louis Onwuna	KO	2	16 Nov 1964	Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	13-27-1	Fitzroy Lindo	PTS	8	2 Nov 1964	Ebbw Vale Indoor Cricket Hall, Ebbw Vale, United Kingdom
Win	3-3	Gary Chippendale	TKO	4	12 Oct 1964	Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	4-5	Jimmy "Vertigo" Stewart	KO	1	21 Sep 1964	Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	3-3	Louis Onwuna	PTS	6	20 Jul 1964	Ebbw Vale Indoor Cricket Hall, Ebbw Vale, United Kingdom
Win	9-12-1	Syd Brown	PTS	8	22 Jun 1964	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	7-3	Dave "Tom" Arnold	KO	4	20 May 1964	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	3-2-1	"Union" Jack Powell	PTS	6	12 May 1964	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	2-0	Henry Turkington	TKO	4	24 Mar 1964	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	8-9	Syd Brown	PTS	8	24 Feb 1964	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Loss	16-25-4	"Average" Joe Somerville	PTS	6	9 Dec 1963	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	16-24-4	"Average" Joe Somerville	PTS	6	25 Nov 1963	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	--	Ray Fallone	PTS	6	22 Oct 1963	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Win	5-21-1	Terry Phillips "66"	PTS	6	20 Aug 1963	Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, United Kingdom
Win	3-0	Dave "Tom" Arnold	PTS	6	1 Jul 1963	National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom