- Jack Bodell
Jack Bodell (born
11 August 1940 inSwadlincote ) is a retired English professional boxer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.Bodell started out as a
Light heavyweight , winning the 1961 ABA championships and a bronze medal at the European amateur championships the same year. He won the British heavyweight championship in 1969, before losing it to Henry Cooper in his first defence. Bodell regained the title a year later by out-pointingJoe Bugner . He lost the European title in 1971 after a defeat by SpaniardJosé Manuel Urtaín , and after losing both his British and Commonwealth titles to a second-round knockout byDanny McAlinden the following year, he retired from professional boxing.Among his other notable fights were a first-round
knockout loss toJerry Quarry after just 64 seconds, and a points win over future world title contenderJose "King" Roman . Bodell's final record was 58 wins (including 31 by knockout) and 13 losses.Trivia
Jack Bodell is mentioned in the "Boxing Tonight" sketch in episode 37 of
Monty Python's Flying Circus , in which he (played byNosher Powell ) fightsSir Kenneth Clark (played byGraham Chapman ).External links
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