Ray Gilbody
Ray Gilbody (born 21 March 1960) is a British former boxer who after a successful amateur career held the British bantamweight title between 1985 and 1987, and fought for the European title twice in 1986. Amateur career Born in Southport and raised in Warrington, Gilbody had a successful career as an amateur in which he won three national schools titles, several other junior titles and three senior ABA titles — at flyweight in 1979 and at bantamweight in 1980 and 1982. He fought with the Great British boxing team that was captained by his older brother George Gilbody at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and in 1982 he represented England and won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In all he represented his country over 50 times. 1980 Olympic results Round of 64: bye Round of 32: defeated Joao Luis de Almeida (Angola) by decision, 5-0 Round of 32: lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) by decision, 1-4 Professional career He made his professional debut in March 1983, stopping George Bailey in the second round at the Royal Albert Hall. In December, in his fifth fight, he challenged for John Farrell's BBBofC Southern Area bantamweight