Dick Richardson (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Richardson (boxer)

Welsh heavyweight boxer

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1934

Place of Birth: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1999

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Dick Richardson (1 June 1934 – 15 July 1999) was a heavyweight boxer from the Maesglas area of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.
He held the European heavyweight title from March 1960 to June 1962.
In all, he won 31 of his 47 professional bouts, losing 14, with two drawn.
He was one of a quartet of outstanding British heavyweights in the 1950s and early 1960s, along with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine and Brian London, who held out the possibility of a British heavyweight world champion. Richardson defeated a number of top heavyweights in his career, including; Ezzard Charles, Karl Mildenberger, Bob Baker, Brian London and Hans Kalbfell.