Glenn Catley


Glenn Catley is a British retired professional boxer and former WBC super-middleweight World Champion.

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
36Win29–7Sergey KharchenkoTKO5, 2:352007-02-24Filton College Wise Campus, Bristol, England
35Win28–7Hussain OsmanTKO3, 1:102006-11-03Dolman Exhibition Hall, Bristol, England
34Loss27–7Danilo Haussler5 2003-02-01Chemnitz Arena, Chemnitz, GermanyFor EBU European Super middleweight title.
Fight stopped due to a cut on Haussler caused by an accidental head-butt.
33Win27–6Vage KocharyanPTS82002-07-10Conference Centre, Wembley, London, England
32Loss26–6Danilo HausslerMD122002-03-09Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt, GermanyFor EBU European Super middleweight title.
31Loss26–5Éric LucasKO7, 2:002001-07-10Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFor vacant WBC super middleweight title
30Loss26–4Dingaan ThobelaKO12, 2:532000-09-02Big Top Arena, Brakpan, South AfricaLost WBC super middleweight title.
29Win26–3Markus BeyerTKO12, 0:532000-05-06Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, GermanyWon WBC super middleweight title
28Win25–3Éric LucasTKO12, 2:051999-12-10Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWBC Super middleweight title eliminator
27Win24–3Andy FluteRTD5, 3:001998-12-05Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon IBF Inter-Continental Super middleweight title
26Win23–3András GálfiPTS121998-10-24Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon WBO Inter-Continental Super middleweight title
25Loss22–3Richie Woodhall121998-09-05Telford Ice Rink, Telford, EnglandFor WBC super middleweight title
24Win22–2Neville Brown8, 3:001998-01-17Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon BBBofC British Middleweight title
23Loss21–2András GálfiTKO7, 2:491997-06-05Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandLost WBC International Middleweight title
22Win21–1Georges BocoTKO4 1997-01-21Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandWon WBC International Middleweight title
21Win20–1Paul WesleyTKO7 1996-10-19Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
20Win19–1Lee CrockerTKO2 1996-04-26Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
19Win18–1Peter VosperTKO2, 1:201995-12-16Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
18Win17–1Carlos ChristieKO3, 1:381995-11-10Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England
17Win16–1Carlos ChristiePTS81995-10-28Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
16Win15–1John DuckworthTKO3 1995-09-30Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales
15Win14–1Quinn PaynterTKO1 1995-09-02Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England
14Win13–1Kevin AdamsonKO1, 2:001995-07-28Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
13Win12–1Mark Lee DawsonTKO5 1995-05-06Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England
12Win11–1Lee BlundellTKO6 1995-02-18Bath & West Country Showground, Shepton Mallet, England
11Win10–1Kirkland LaingTKO5 1994-11-22Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
10Win9–1Martin JolleyTKO1 1994-07-02Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England
9Win8–1Chris DaviesTKO1, 1:571994-05-25Colston Hall, Bristol, England
8Loss7–1Carlo ColarussoTKO5, 1:451994-03-23Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff, Wales
7Win7–0Mark ChichockiPTS61994-03-10Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
6Win6–0Seamus CaseyPTS41993-12-13Odyssey Night Club, Bristol, England
5Win5–0Marty DukeTKO1 1993-11-03Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, England
4Win4–0Barry ThorogoodPTS41993-09-13Odyssey Nightclub, Bristol, England
3Win3–0Marty Duke2 1993-08-31Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, England
2Win2–0Chris Vassiliou2 1993-06-26Rugby Ground, Keynsham, England
1Win1–0Rick North41993-05-27Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol, EnglandProfessional debut