Gavin Rees (born 10 May 1980) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2014. He held the WBA super lightweight *le from 2007 to 2008 and challenged once for the WBC lightweight *le in 2013. At regional level, he held the British lightweight *le twice between 2010 and 2012, and the EBU European lightweight *le from 2011 to 2012.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 World champion
  • 1.2 Further success
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Professional boxing record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Career

After a successful amateur career, Rees turned professional in 1998.

World champion

In 2007, Rees defeated Souleymane M'baye to become the WBA Light Welterweight champion with a unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Rees however lost his World *le in his first defence via a 12th-round TKO loss to Andreas Kotelnik in March 2008.

Further success

Following his world *le loss Rees was out of action for more than a year before returning in August 2009 to beat Johnny Greaves in 4 rounds. On 4 December, Rees entered the light welterweight prizefighter compe*ion beating Ted Bami in the quarter finals, Jason Cook in the Semi-finals and Colin Lynes in the Final to win the £32,000 prize

Following his Prizefighter victory, Rees moved down to the (lightweight) division where he enjoyed instant success winning the British *le in 2010 (which he then vacated). He has since won the European *le in June 2011 and most recently regained the British *le in July 2012.

Rees fought Adrien Broner for the World Boxing Council lightweight world *le at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on 16 February 2013. He lost the fight via 5th-round TKO.

Personal life

Rees lives in Pantside, Wales and has four children all girls.

Professional boxing record

See also

• List of WBA world champions

References

External links

• Boxing record for Gavin Rees from BoxRec (registration required)