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621:Scott Welch
497:Scott Welch
349:smoking ban
333:Westminster
189:No contests
122:Heavyweight
91:Nationality
1584:Categories
1535:30 January
1316:References
1056:Tee Lewis
924:Art Terry
836:, Zimbabwe
637:6 May 1994
376:Wandsworth
303:Pro career
289:Paddington
285:brain dead
165:Wins by KO
110:Statistics
46:1961-06-10
1505:8 October
1334:USA Today
1294:, England
1216:York Hall
1182:, England
1079:, England
910:, England
561:, England
521:, England
370:Aftermath
117:Weight(s)
94:Nigerian
1481:BBC News
1445:BBC News
1409:BBC News
1391:BBC News
1371:Archived
1353:30 March
1304:See also
519:Brighton
441:Location
421:Opponent
400:4 Losses
132:Orthodox
1180:Wisbech
1077:Reading
908:Wisbech
847:10–2-1
811:11–2-1
778:12–2-1
757:Vacant
730:13–2-1
697:14–2-1
664:15–2-1
617:16–2-1
603:, Wales
601:Cardiff
572:17–2-1
559:Ipswich
535:18–2-1
507:10 (12)
493:18–3-1
455:18–4-1
404:1 Draws
396:18 Wins
309:Cardiff
281:Nigeria
264:in the
104:Big Bad
96:British
58:Nigeria
1572:BoxRec
1292:London
1090:4–1-1
1053:5–1-1
1020:6–1-1
987:7–1-1
954:8–1-1
921:9–1-1
884:9–2-1
873:, U.S.
834:Harare
763:BBBofC
742:1 (12)
650:, U.S.
416:Record
339:Murder
173:Losses
128:Stance
80:London
1570:from
1277:6 (6)
1205:2 (6)
1168:2 (6)
1153:Loss
1102:6 (6)
1087:Draw
1065:1 (?)
999:1 (6)
966:3 (6)
933:5 (8)
881:Loss
823:1 (?)
769:title
709:8 (8)
490:Loss
452:Loss
446:Notes
313:Wales
277:Lagos
258:boxer
181:Draws
54:Lagos
1537:2015
1507:2008
1355:2012
1265:1–0
1262:Win
1229:2–0
1226:Win
1193:3–0
1190:Win
1156:3–1
1123:4–1
1120:Win
1050:Win
1017:Win
984:Win
951:Win
918:Win
844:Win
808:Win
775:Win
727:Win
694:Win
661:Win
614:Win
569:Win
532:Win
436:Date
426:Type
411:Res.
157:Wins
65:Died
40:Born
1525:EDP
1499:BBC
1272:PTS
1236:TKO
1163:TKO
1130:TKO
1097:PTS
1027:TKO
891:TKO
785:TKO
759:WBC
737:TKO
704:PTS
671:TKO
542:TKO
502:TKO
464:TKO
431:Rd.
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1460:,
1442:,
1424:,
1406:,
1331:,
1290:,
1200:KO
1060:KO
994:KO
961:KO
928:KO
854:KO
818:KO
646:,
626:KO
599:,
581:KO
311:,
279:,
168:16
160:18
152:23
82:,
78:,
56:,
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192:0
184:1
176:4
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