Dave Needham

Dave Needham (15 August 1951 – 19 September 2008) was a British boxer. He was a Commonwealth Games gold medal winner and one of the few boxers to have held both the BBBC bantamweight and featherweight titles. Early life and amateur career Needham was born in Nottingham and attended Cottesmore School. He trained at the Nottingham Boxing School in Radford. Needham won the 1969 and 1970 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Nottingham School of Boxing ABC. He represented England and won a gold medal in the flyweight division, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. defeating Uganda's Leo Rwabwogo in the final. Professional career Needham's first professional fight was on 25 January 1971 when he fought Jimmy Killeen.