Lester Ellis
Encyclopedia
Lester Ellis is a boxer
, who lives in Melbourne
, Australia
. He was world boxing
champion in 1985 winning the IBF super lightweight world title and also won the WBF
Welterweight
division 1993, IBO
Light Welterweight
(aka Super Lightweight) division in 1994, IBO
Lightweight
division in 1995.
Ellis earned early success as an amateur, winning the Australian Bantamweight Championship before turning professional in 1983. The young fighter, now fighting in the Junior Lightweight division, went through 1983 and 1984 undefeated, finishing 1984 by winning the Commonwealth title from Zambian, John Sichula.
His rapid progress reached a peak on 15 February 1985 in Melbourne when he challenged the Korean, Hwan-Kil Yuh
, for the IBF
Junior Lightweight title. After 15 gruelling rounds, Ellis was the new world champion.
However boxing can be a fickle sport, and his meteoric rise up the ranks was equally rapid on the way down. Just five months later, Lester Ellis, after one successful title defence against Rod Sequenan, lost the world crown to another Victorian, Barry Michael
. Ellis fought on for a number of years and won another world title of sorts by securing the WBF welterweight belt.
An aggressive, hard puncher, he was always an attractive drawcard in Australia.
He was charged to face the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to answer three counts of assault and one count of affray. Magistrate Lisa Hannan ordered Lester to attend David Nolte's Pharmacy for care as well as Dr Helen Kouzmin FRACP. He was placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond. Lester has since completed this course imposed by the Court.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who lives in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
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. He was world boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
champion in 1985 winning the IBF super lightweight world title and also won the WBF
World Boxing Foundation
The World Boxing Foundation was formed in 2004 to sanction championship boxing contests but has a history dating back to 1988 via its predecessor the World Boxing Federation...
Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division 1993, IBO
International Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...
Light Welterweight
Light welterweight
-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
(aka Super Lightweight) division in 1994, IBO
International Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...
Lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
division in 1995.
Ellis earned early success as an amateur, winning the Australian Bantamweight Championship before turning professional in 1983. The young fighter, now fighting in the Junior Lightweight division, went through 1983 and 1984 undefeated, finishing 1984 by winning the Commonwealth title from Zambian, John Sichula.
His rapid progress reached a peak on 15 February 1985 in Melbourne when he challenged the Korean, Hwan-Kil Yuh
Hwan-Kil Yuh
Hwan-Kil Yuh was a boxer from South Korea.In December 1981, he won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation lightweight title....
, for the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
Junior Lightweight title. After 15 gruelling rounds, Ellis was the new world champion.
However boxing can be a fickle sport, and his meteoric rise up the ranks was equally rapid on the way down. Just five months later, Lester Ellis, after one successful title defence against Rod Sequenan, lost the world crown to another Victorian, Barry Michael
Barry Michael
Barry Michael is a former Australian boxer. He was in his prime during the 1980s and is best remembered for his 1985 fight against Lester Ellis, which received nationwide television coverage in Australia.-Early life:...
. Ellis fought on for a number of years and won another world title of sorts by securing the WBF welterweight belt.
An aggressive, hard puncher, he was always an attractive drawcard in Australia.
He was charged to face the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to answer three counts of assault and one count of affray. Magistrate Lisa Hannan ordered Lester to attend David Nolte's Pharmacy for care as well as Dr Helen Kouzmin FRACP. He was placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond. Lester has since completed this course imposed by the Court.
See also
- Boxing weight classes
- List of boxing triple champions
- List of boxing quadruple champions
- List of boxing quintuple champions
External links
- Crunch! Lester Ellis recoils ..., 1985 / Bruce Howard