Gary Thornhill

Gary Thornhill (born 11 February 1968) is a former English professional boxer who fought at featherweight and super featherweight.

Gary Thornhill
Statistics
Nickname(s)Tornado
Weight(s)Featherweight, super featherweight
Height5′ 6½″ / 169cm
Reach67″ / 170cm
NationalityBritish
Born (1968-02-11) 11 February 1968
Liverpool, England
Stanceorthodox
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins24
Wins by KO12
Losses5
Draws1

He is a former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental super featherweight champion, as well as a BBBofC super featherweight central area champion.[1] Thornhill also held the Lonsdale belt before being stripped after failing a drugs test.[2]

Amateur career

Thornhill started boxing at the age of 12, he went on to be an England international at the age of 18. Thornhill had 80 bouts as an amateur, winning 71 of them. He boxed for Higherside A.B.C,[3] St Helens Star A.B.C, then Transport A.B.C where he met his trainer, George Vaughan, who carried his career through to the paid ranks when Thornhill turned 24.

Professional career

Thornhill turned professional in February 1993 at the Epic Leisure Centre, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. In his debut Thornhill defeated Sheffield's Brian Hickey with a fourth round knockout.

Thornhill fought five world champions during his career: Justin Juuko-WBO World title holder (for the Commonwealth title),[4] Michael Gomez-WBU World title holder (for the British title), Scott Harrison-WBO & WBC World title holder,[5] Nicky Cook-WBA World title holder,[5] Stephen Foster-WBU World title holder. At super-featherweight Thornhill was central area champion, WBO Intercontinental champion, and he also went on to win a British featherweight title fight with a 9th round stoppage against fellow Liverpudlian Richie Wenton in May 2000, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for amphetamines after the fight and banned for six months.[6]

References
  1. Allsopp, Derick (2003) Fighting Chance: Winners and Losers in the Ultimate Risk Business, Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 978-1840186918
  2. http://www.britishboxers.co.uk/2011/08/stephen-smith-defends-his-belts-against.html
  3. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MERSEYSIDE+MOURNS+MULCAHY.-a0328297253
  4. "Tyson snubbed in favour of Lewis", Glasgow Herald, 12 December 1996. Retrieved 21 February 2016
  5. "Fighting Harrison 'like facing a brick wall'", The Scotsman, 6 December 2006. Retrieved 21 february 2016
  6. Mee, Bob (2000) "Boxing Ban Hits Thornhill", Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2016
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