Glenn Catley


Glenn Catley is a British retired professional boxer and former World Champion in the Super Middleweight division.

Biography

Catley was born in Frampton Cotterell, south Gloucestershire, England. Known as "Catman", he turned pro in 1993 as a Middleweight and Won 21 of his first 22 fights, and won the WBC International Middleweight Title against George Bocco. However, he then surprisingly lost this title to Hungarian Andras Galfi by TKO.
Catley came back from this unexpected setback and won the British Middleweight Title with a KO over world rated Neville Brown.
He then moved up to Super Middleweight and challenged WBC World Super Middleweight Title holder Richie Woodhall in 1998, but lost a majority decision in an all British battle. Woodhall did not perform well and many observers felt Catley had done enough to win.
Catley then had an impressive run of wins, capturing the WBO Intercontinental Super Middle title in a revenge victory over Andras Galfi, taking the IBF version against Andy Flute. Catley then travelled to Canada and scored a very impressive KO win over the teak tough and highly rated Eric Lucas. Lucas had never previously been knocked out.
These wins earned him another shot at the WBC title against World Champion Markus Beyer of Germany. In Frankfurt Catley again scored an impressive KO "on the road", winning the World Title via 12th-round TKO.
Catley surprisingly lost the belt in his next fight, again in an "away" fight in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela, via 12th-round KO. Catley was leading comfortably, but seemed to tire in the heat late in the fight. Catley would later claim that he was cheated out of the title as the South African had been using "loaded" gloves.
In 2001, he got a chance to regain the Vacant WBC Super Middleweight Title against Eric Lucas. He travelled to Canada once more, but this time Lucas exacted revenge, and he was KO'd in the 7th.
He travelled to Germany to challenge Danilo Haussler for the European Title, and despite flooring Haussler in the 8th round, was somewhat harshly on the wrong end of a majority decision. Many observers felt this was a "Home Town" decision.
After a warm up against an Armenian journeyman, Catley again challenged Haussler, again in Germany. The fight was stopped after the German suffered an accidental headbutt, however he retained the title on a Technical Decision. Catley retired after this fight, which was on 1 February 2003.
He made a short comeback in 2006-7, winning KO's over two fairly respectable journeymen from Syria and Russia, before retiring for good.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
36Win29–7 Sergey KharchenkoTKO5, 2:352007-02-24 Filton College Wise Campus, Bristol, England
35Win28–7 Hussain OsmanTKO3, 1:102006-11-03 Dolman Exhibition Hall, Bristol, England
34Loss27–7 Danilo Haussler5 2003-02-01 Chemnitz Arena, Chemnitz, GermanyFor EBU European Super middleweight title.
Fight stopped due to a cut on Haussler caused by an accidental head-butt.
33Win27–6 Vage KocharyanPTS82002-07-10 Conference Centre, Wembley, London, England
32Loss26–6 Danilo HausslerMD122002-03-09 Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt, GermanyFor EBU European Super middleweight title.
31Loss26–5 Éric LucasKO7, 2:002001-07-10 Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFor vacant WBC super middleweight title.
30Loss26–4 Dingaan ThobelaKO12, 2:532000-09-02 Big Top Arena, Brakpan, South AfricaLost WBC super middleweight title.
29Win26–3 Markus BeyerTKO12, 0:532000-05-06 Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, GermanyWon WBC super middleweight title.
28Win25–3 Éric LucasTKO12, 2:051999-12-10 Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWBC Super middleweight title eliminator.
27Win24–3 Andy FluteRTD5, 3:001998-12-05 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon IBF Inter-Continental Super middleweight title.
26Win23–3 András GálfiPTS121998-10-24 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon WBO Inter-Continental Super middleweight title.
25Loss22–3 Richie Woodhall121998-09-05 Telford Ice Rink, Telford, EnglandFor WBC super middleweight title.
24Win22–2 Neville Brown8, 3:001998-01-17 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon BBBofC British Middleweight title.
23Loss21–2 András GálfiTKO7, 2:491997-06-05 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandLost WBC International Middleweight title.
22Win21–1 Georges BocoTKO4 1997-01-21 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon WBC International Middleweight title.
21Win20–1 Paul WesleyTKO7 1996-10-19 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
20Win19–1 Lee CrockerTKO2 1996-04-26 Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
19Win18–1 Peter VosperTKO2, 1:201995-12-16 Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
18Win17–1 Carlos ChristieKO3, 1:381995-11-10 Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England
17Win16–1 Carlos ChristiePTS81995-10-28 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
16Win15–1 John DuckworthTKO3 1995-09-30 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales
15Win14–1 Quinn PaynterTKO1 1995-09-02 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England
14Win13–1 Kevin AdamsonKO1, 2:001995-07-28 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
13Win12–1 Mark Lee DawsonTKO5 1995-05-06 Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England
12Win11–1 Lee BlundellTKO6 1995-02-18 Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England
11Win10–1 Kirkland LaingTKO5 1994-11-22 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
10Win9–1 Martin JolleyTKO1 1994-07-02 Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England
9Win8–1 Chris DaviesTKO1, 1:571994-05-25 Colston Hall, Bristol, England
8Loss7–1 Carlo ColarussoTKO5, 1:451994-03-23 Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff, Wales
7Win7–0 Mark ChichockiPTS61994-03-10 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
6Win6–0 Seamus CaseyPTS41993-12-13 Odyssey Night Club, Bristol, England
5Win5–0 Marty DukeTKO1 1993-11-03 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
4Win4–0 Barry ThorogoodPTS41993-09-13 Odyssey Nightclub, Bristol, England
3Win3–0 Marty Duke2 1993-08-31 Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, England
2Win2–0 Chris Vassiliou2 1993-06-26 Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England
1Win1–0 Rick North41993-05-27 Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandProfessional debut