Ross Money Mitchell is a British amateur boxer. From July 12, 2005 through June 14, 2008 he was rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one up and coming boxer in the UK. Mitchell has an amateur record of 84-6 and won British Amateur Boxing championships in 2003 (at 106 lb), 2004 (at 114 lb), and 2006 (at 125 lb.) He was given the nickname "Money" by his amateur teammates because of his love of spending and bling. He was once even known to repeatedly throw money in the face of a nightclub bouncer who wouldn’t let him in a club. Born in Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, Mitchell was raised in the Marton

Marton, Blackpool

Marton is a settlement on the coastal plain of the Fylde in Lancashire, England, most of which is now part of the seaside town of Blackpool. Marton, which consisted of Great Marton, Little Marton, Marton Fold and The Peel, was originally part of the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, before the...

 area and trained at the Victoria Boxing Gym in Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

. Mitchell currently divides his time between the UK and Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

where his training camp is based.