Boxer (band)

{{Short description|British rock band}}

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| origin = London, England

| genre = Rock

| years_active = {{Start date|1975}}–{{End date|1979}}

| label = Virgin Records

| associated_acts = Patto, Spooky Tooth, Vanilla Fudge

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| past_members = Mike Patto
Ollie Halsall
Chris Stainton
Keith Ellis
Tony Newman
Tim Bogert
Eddie Tuduri
Adrian Fisher
Boz Burrell
Bobby Tench
Tim Hinkley

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Boxer were a rock band formed by singer and keyboardist Mike Patto and guitarist Ollie Halsall in 1975. They signed to Virgin and three albums followed, Below the Belt (1975), Absolutely (1977) and Bloodletting (1979), which also featured Bobby Tench and Boz Burrell.[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p16037|pure_url=yes}} Boxer] at AllMusic The band dissolved after Absolutely when Patto became ill.

The band was managed by Nigel Thomas who secured a five-album deal over five years with CBS, reputed to have been worth £1.2million,[http://www.pattofan.com/Boxer/tuduri.htm Boxer] an Excerpt from Eddie Tuduri's book Sideman 2001 and was never fully executed due to Patto's death on 4 March 1979.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=79}} During a six-year period, Boxer also toured the US and Europe.