[Rocco Del Sesto]

Here's another guy who fought in the British and Commonwealth(British Empire) HW Title fights.

Danny McAlinden - 1 Overall Rating
United Kingdom 1969-1981

31 wins / 12 losses / 2 draws / 28 KO

Hometown: Coventry, England
Birthplace: Newry, Ireland
Manager: George Middletown

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto (McAlinden was in a TF2001 data base that I'd downloaded from Cubedrum's website at one time. I tweeked a few of the ratings a little. I'm not sure if Cube was the originator of this rated fighter or someone else?)

It was interesting that McAlinden started his career against another fairly well known Englishman Heavyweight of the 1970's who was also fighting his first career bout when he went up against McAlinden on July 7th, 1969. His name was Richard Dunn. McAlinden KO'd Dunn in the 1st round! McAlinden's opponents over the next 2-1/2 or so years included an 8 round decision loss to Jack O'Halloran, a 10 round draw with Ray Patterson, an 8 round decision over Lou Bailey, a 10 round decision over Carl Gizzi, a 5th round TKO over Roberto Davila and a 4th round KO ver Bill Drover. So a 20-1-2 record led up to a March 1972 fight with Larry Middleton. Middleton won by TKO in the 8th.

None the less after the Middleton loss, McAlinden was given a shot at the Commonwealth(British Empire) and British Heavyweight Titles in June 1972 against Jack Bodell. McAlinden was crowned the new king from Britain as he KO'd Bodell in the 2nd round! McAlinden was then only 3-2 in his next fights including a 10 round decision loss to Pat Duncan(44-11-3), when in January 1975 he lost the Commonwealth and British Heavyweight Titles to Bunny Johnson by KO in the 9th round.

In November1975, McAlinden took a shot at winning back the two British crowns against an old opponent, Richard Dunn who'd taken the British HW crowns from Johnson in a 15 round decision in September of 75. This time, McAlinden was no match for Dunn as he was KO'd in the 2nd by Dunn.

The rest of McAlinden's career was pretty much forgettable going only 4-6-0 against pretty much forgettable opponents.

All this info is in his bio in the import file.

Enjoy.....
Rocco