Sylvester Mittee
{{short description|Saint Lucian/British boxer}}
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Sylvester "The Master Blaster" Mittee (born 29 October 1956) is a Saint Lucian-British boxer of the 1970s and 1980s. He fought as an amateur lightweight and a professional light welterweight/welterweight/light middleweight, winning multiple championships.
Boxing career
As an amateur, Mittee won the 1973 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title, while boxing for Crown and Manor ABC, Hoxton, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/junior/1970-1979/1973/|title=1973 ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|accessdate=1 January 2013}} He subsequently won the 1976 ABAE lightweight title against Thomas McCallum (Sparta BC) while boxing for Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Bethnal Green, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1970-1979/1976/|title=1976 89th ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|accessdate=1 January 2013}}
Mittee represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, competing as a lightweight in the boxing events. After a bye in the round of 64, his sole fight was a loss to Simion Cuţov of Romania, the eventual silver medalist, in the round of 32; the referee stopped the contest in the third round.{{Cite web|title=Montreal 1976 Olympic Games|url=https://www.olympic.org/montreal-1976/boxing|access-date=17 March 2021|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}}
As a professional, Mittee won the British Boxing Board of Control (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 European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title against Lloyd Honeyghan. His professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|139|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, or light welterweight, to {{convert|151+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, or light middleweight.{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/22046|title=Sylvester Mittee|publisher=boxrec.com|accessdate=31 March 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Sylvester_Mittee Sylvester Mittee at boxrec.com]
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Category:Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Light-middleweight boxers
Category:Light-welterweight boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for Great Britain
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Saint Lucian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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