Albert Finch

Albert Finch
Data
Birth Name
Weight class	Middleweight or light heavyweight
nationality	British
birthday	May 16, 1926
place of birth	Croydon , England
Date of death	January 23, 2003
style	Left-hand boom
Combat Statistics
Struggles	103
Victories	72
Knockout victories	21st
Defeats	21st
draw	9
Profile in the BoxRec database

Albert Finch (born May 16, 1926 in Croydon , England , † January 23, 2003 ) was a British boxer .

Career

After a short amateur period, Albert Finch became a professional boxer at the beginning of 1945. He developed with the coach Ed Buckingham in the course of his career to an excellent technician, who sometimes lacked the necessary toughness, but never lacked a great will to fight and courage. Finch began as a welterweight, but later grew into the middleweight and light heavyweight division and was not afraid to compete against heavyweights.

He fought his first fight on August 14, 1945 in London and fought against Eddie Starrs in a draw. After winning 13 construction battles, all of which took place in London, he received his first defeat on March 25, 1946 in London from Harry Watson, which came about due to an eyebrow injury from him. In 1946 and 1947 he played a total of 26 fights, of which he won 21. The opponents he beat in the process are all irrelevant in the boxing world today. On June 8, 1948 Albert Finch managed to win over a future world champion . It was Randy Turpin , whom he beat safely on points over eight rounds in London. Turpin was only at the beginning of his boxing career, but had already been the British middleweight amateur boxer champion.

On October 11, 1948 Albert Finch won in London by a points victory over 12 rounds over Mark Hart the championship of southern England in the middleweight division. On January 24, 1949, he failed in the attempt to become known on the European continent, because he lost on points against Luc van Dam from Belgium in London.

On June 20, 1949 Albert Finch got the chance in Birmingham in the fight against Dick Turpin , the older brother of Randy Turpin, British middleweight champion and also to win the British Empire Middleweight Title. Dick Turpin won just about points in 15 rounds. The revenge, which was only about the British Middleweight Championship, took place on April 24, 1950 in Nottingham . Albert Finch managed to win this fight, which again went over the full distance of 15 rounds, on points. He was the British middleweight champion.

On October 17, 1950, Albert Finch defended this title against Randy Turpin, who has now matured into a world-class boxer, and lost to a knockout in the 5th round. On October 16, 1951, Albert Finch, meanwhile moved up to the light heavyweight division, had another chance to become British Champion and British Empire Champion. In London he lost to Don Cockell by knockout in the 7th round. His last fight for the British light heavyweight championship played Albert Finch on November 9, 1954 against Alex Buxton . But also against this fighter he lost by knockout in the 8th round.

Over the next few years, Albert Finch fought on many arenas in England and the European continent. He gave his best in every fight, but had to suffer a few defeats since he competed against many top European boxers. He celebrated notable victories on April 25, 1953 in St. Nazaire against the French light heavyweight champion Charles Colin , on February 23, 1954 against the heavyweight Joe Bygraves and against his compatriots Fred Powell , Arthur Howard and Jim Cooper . Albert Finch suffered defeats from the Germans Gerhard Hecht and Erich Schöppner , both long-time European light heavyweight champions, among others . He also lost against the strong Dutchman Wim Snoek , his compatriot Ron Barton and on March 17, 1968 against Noel Trigg from England. After the knockout loss against Trigg in the 3rd round, he ended his boxer career.

literature

• Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1958

Web links

• Albert Finch in the BoxRec database
• Albert Finch in the BoxRec Encyclopaedia