Robert McCracken

Robert McCracken (* 31 May 1968 ) is a former British boxers in Halbmittel- and middleweight and current boxing trainer.

McCracken was trained by fellow compatriot Pat Lynch and managed by Mick Hennessy .

McCracken first worked as a wood machinist at Hoskins Cabinet Works in Bordesley , Birmingham , England before turning to boxing.

Professional boxing career

In 1991 McCracken began his career with the professionals. He won his first eight fights all ahead of time, while he won his seventh by disqualification . In his twelfth fight against Horace Fleary, he won on points for the first time.

In the light middleweight division, McCracken won the British championship title of the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC for short) when he unanimously defeated Andy Till on points on February 23, 1994. He defended this title in September of the same year against Steve Foster and in February of the following year against Paul Weley in each case by a unanimous decision of the judge.

On November 3, 1995, McCracken also won in the middleweight division over the Canadian Fitzgerald Bruney on points and thus captured the vacant Commonwealth belt . The following year, two defenses of that belt followed, on April 3 against Paul Busby by technical knockout in the 7th round and on October 1 against Fitzgerald Bruney, whom he defeated again by unanimous decision, as in the previous year.

At the end of April 2000, McCracken got the chance to box for the WBC World Championship in middleweight division . His opponent was the American Keith Holmes , who fought for this title on April 24, 1999 against Hacine Cherifi by TKo. McCracken couldn't use his only chance to "become boxing champion" and was knocked out in round 11

McCracken completed his last fight on April 10, 2001 against the until then undefeated Howard Eastman (31 fights, 31st wins). Eastman held the BBBofC and Commonwealth titles - in addition to these two titles, the vacant European Championship title of the European Boxing Union (EBU for short) was at stake. McCracken also lost this battle through a technical knockout.

His record was - 35 fights, 33 wins (21st by knockout), 2 defeats.

Coaching career

McCracken was the head coach of the British Boxteams at the 2012 Olympics in London . Five medals were won under his leadership , including three gold medals ( Anthony Joshua super heavyweight , Luke Campbell bantamweight , Nicola Adams flyweight - Fred Evans won the silver medal in the welterweight and Anthony Ogogo a bronze medal in the middleweight).

McCracken was also the only coach Carl Froch had in his entire professional career. Joshua, who he made IBF World Champion and WBA Superchampion , has so far been trained exclusively by him, both with amateurs and professionals.

Web links

• Robert McCracken in the BoxRec database
• ON BoxRec

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chief Rob McCracken key to Team GB's Olympic boxing medal haul
2. ^ Rob McCracken: Meet British boxing's Dave Brailsford