Dick Richardson (boxer)
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 6 ft 3ins tall and weighed about 200 lbs. He was one of a quartet of outstanding British heavyweights in the 1950s and early '60s, 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.
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