Richard Evatt
Richard Evatt (26 August 1973 – 17 July 2012), also called 'tiger', was a British amateur and professional boxer in the super featherweight division who was unsuccessful in his only opportunity to win a world title. He hailed from Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Amateur and professional career Once described as one of the hardest hitting fighters in the world, Evatt wore tiger-skinned shorts into the ring. Evatt was the 1993 British ABA amateur boxing tournament champion in the bantamweight division. He turned professional on 18 December 1995, with a first-round knockout of veteran Kevin Shell on a boxing card held at Grosvenor House in London. He won fifteen consecutive professional bouts to open his career, winning the International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title by seventh round technical decision over South African fighter Mzukisi Oliphant on 23 February 1998, in Glasgow, Scotland. On 4 February 1999, in the best performance of his career, Evatt knocked down IBO Super Featherweight champion Junior Jones twice and won every round of the 12 rounder, and was close to stopping him before suddenly getting knocked out by Jones at 2:31 of the eleventh round. In his next bout, Evatt incurred a broken jaw