PAT COWDELL FW
Hometown - Warley, England
36(18)-6-0
Cowdell put together an impressive featherweight resume. He won the British Featherweight Title in 1979 on a 15 round decision over Dave Needham, he went on to defend the title twice and later won the Brittish Junior Lightweight title. He also won the European Junior Lightweight title, defending it twice as well. Pat had two shots at the WBC belt. The first came in 1981 that was a 15 round war with the split decision awarded to Salvador Sanchez at the Astrodome in Houston Texas. The second chance came four years later against the hard hitting Azumah Nelson who scored a first round knockout. Cowdell also holds wins over Carlos Hernandez, Roberto Castanon, Jean-Marc Renard, Kevin Pritchard, Salvatore Melluzzo and Jimmy Flint.
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