Saint Lucian/British boxer

Sylvester "The Master Blaster" Mittee (born 29 October 1956) is a Saint Lucian-British boxer of the 1970s and 1980s. He fought as an amateur lightweight and a professional light welterweight/welterweight/light middleweight, winning multiple championships.

Boxing career

As an amateur, Mittee won the 1973 Amateur Boxing *ociation of England (ABAE) Junior Cl*-B *le, while boxing for Crown and Manor ABC, Hoxton, London. He subsequently won the 1976 ABAE lightweight *le against Thomas McCallum (Sparta BC) while boxing for Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Bethnal Green, London.

Mittee represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, competing as a lightweight in the boxing events. After a bye in the round of 64, his sole fight was a loss to Simion Cuţov of Romania, the eventual silver medalist, in the round of 32; the referee stopped the contest in the third round.

As a professional, Mittee won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern (England) Area light welterweight *le, the BBBofC British welterweight *le and Commonwealth welterweight *le, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight *le against Clinton McKenzie, and European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight *le against Lloyd Honeyghan. His professional fighting weight varied from 139:lb (63:kg; 9:st 13:lb), or light welterweight, to 151+1⁄2:lb (68.7:kg; 10:st 11.5:lb), or light middleweight.

References

External links

• Sylvester Mittee at boxrec.com