Les McAteer

Les McAteer ( (1945-08-19) 19 August 1945 ) born in Birkenhead is an English amateur and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1960 Schools Intermediate title, boxing out of Birkenhead, and won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) 1962 Junior Class-B title against K. Kemp (West Ham Boys' Club), boxing out of Willaston Birkenhead ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area middleweight title, BBBofC British middleweight title, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title against Johnny Pritchett, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Tom Bogs, his professional fighting weight varied from 153 ³⁄₄ lb (69.7 kg; 10 st 13.8 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 164 lb (74 kg; 11 st 10 lb), i.e. light heavyweight. Les McAteer was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).

Contents

• Venture Boxing tells the story of Les McAteer
• Genealogical information
• References

Genealogical information

Les McAteer is the younger brother of Brian McAteer (birth registered January→March 1937 (age 79–80) in Birkenhead district), Niel McAteer (birth registered January→March 1940 (age 76–77) in Birkenhead district), and the boxer Gordon McAteer (birth registered April→June 1942 (age 74–75) in Birkenhead district), the older brother of William McAteer (birth registered July→September 1950 (age 66–67) in Birkenhead district), and Patricia McAteer (birth registered October→December 1952 (age 64–65) in Birkenhead district), the cousin of the boxer Pat McAteer, and relative of association (soccer) footballer Jason McAteer.