Les Stevens (boxer)

{{Short description|English boxer (1951–2020)}}

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Leslie Stevens (7 March 1951 – 25 April 2020) was a boxer who competed for England.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/les-stevens-death-fighter-trainer-pinewood-starr-heavyweight-a9485476.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/les-stevens-death-fighter-trainer-pinewood-starr-heavyweight-a9485476.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Remembering the great Les Stevens: A terrific fighter, an iconic trainer, and one of British boxing's finest men|website=The Independent|date=27 April 2020 |access-date=29 December 2021}}

Boxing career

Stevens won the Amateur Boxing Association 1971 heavyweight title, when boxing out of the Reading Boxing Club.{{cite news |title= Boddington's title Turpin just fails|work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=6 May 1967 |access-date=29 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19670506/138/0015| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title= Its champion Les - now for the Olympics|work=Reading Evening Post |date=8 May 1971 |access-date=29 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19710508/512/0018| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

He represented England in the -91 kg heavyweight division, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43340|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

He turned professional on 13 September 1971{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16073|title=Profile|publisher=Box Rec}} and fought in 27 fights until 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxinghistory.org.uk/Boxer_Les_Stevens_Reading.htm|title=Profile|publisher=Boxing History}}

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