Nickname(s) Roberttown Rocket Name James Hare Stance Orthodox stance Losses 3 (KO 2) Total fights 37 | Wins 33 (KO 19) Height 1.70 m Nationality English Role Boxer Draws 1 | |
Rated at feather/lightweight, and light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight Born 16 July 1976 (age 47)
Dewsbury, England ( 1976-07-16 ) Division Middleweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Light welterweight, Welterweight, Light middleweight | ||
James hare
James "Roberttown Rocket" Hare ( (1976-07-16) 16 July 1976 ) born in Dewsbury is an English amateur feather/lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1991 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-A featherweight (57 kg) title, against Daniel Happe (Honor Oak ABC), boxing out of Batley ABC, and won the 1992 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B lightweight (60 kg) title, against George Robshaw (Dale Youth), boxing out of Batley and Dewsbury ABC, and as a professional won the European Boxing Union (EBU) European Union (EU) welterweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British welterweight title against David Barnes, his professional fighting weight varied from 139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb), i.e. middleweight.