Derek Roche

Derek Roche
Statistics
Real name	Derek Roche
Nickname(s)	Rebel
Rated at	Light Middleweight
Nationality	Irish
Born	19 July 1972 (1972-07-19) (age 39) New Ross, Ireland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	34
Wins	29
Wins by KO	13
Losses	5
Draws	0
No contests	0

Derek Roche (born 19 July 1972 in the New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish former professional boxer.^[1] He fought at mainly within the Light Middleweight division but could compete at Welterweight and Super Middleweight.^[2]

Roche turned professional in September 1994, winning his first fight in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in which Roche knocked out Doncaster southpaw Michael Alexander in the final round of a six round fight on the undercard of a card that included Terrace Gaskin.

Roche lived and fought out of Leeds in England for the majority of his professional career.^[3]

Roach was undefeated in 22 fights, until he fought Harry Dhami in 2000 who took the title and the undefeated record off him, and also knocked him down 5 times.

See also

• List of British welterweight boxing champions

References

1. ^ Boxrec Fighter Page
2. ^ Boxrec. "Derek Roche". Boxrec Fighter Page. http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=8926. Retrieved 24 March 2007. 
3. ^ Larry Cooney. "Rebel Roche". The Irish Post. http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishpost/sport/rebelroche.asp. Retrieved 16 November 2001. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Derek Roche from BoxRec

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Name	Roche, Derek
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 July 1972
Place of birth	New Ross, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death