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Wayne Elcock

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Wayne Elcock
Born (1974-02-12) 12 February 1974 (age 50)
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesMad Dog
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height5 ft 9+12 in (177 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins19
Wins by KO9
Losses4

Wayne Elcock (born 12 February 1974) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2009. He challenged once for the IBF middleweight title in 2007. At the regional level, he held the British middleweight title from 2007 to 2009.

Career

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Elcock was managed by Frank Maloney at the start of his career and promoted by Panix promotions before moving after two winning fights to Frank Warren, then later to Mick Hennessy. Elcock was trained in Leicester to begin with by Jez Brogan, before moving to London to be trained by both Frank Maloney and Alan Smith, along with several visits to America to build on his skills. Wayne worked with Goody Petronelli, the trainer of former world champions Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Steve Collins, at his famous Brockton gym. Wayne came back to his home town to team up with Birmingham's most successful boxing trainers, Paddy and Tommy Lynch. Knocking out fellow contender Darren Rhodes in 1 minute 30 seconds in Elcocks homecoming and first ever fight with the Lynch brothers in Birmingham at a sold out Aston Events Centre, this setting up his first attempt at the prestigious British title Lonsdale Belt against Plymouth's Scott Dann (boxer) in the first British title fight to ever be scored by three judges, after defeat Wayne bounced back with two back to back knockout victories one of them a British title eliminator winning by TKO against Scotland's Lawrence Murphy, who was the only other boxer to have beaten Elcock, In Wayne's next contest he faced the English champion Steven Bendall who was to be yet another stopped, but this time over eight punishing rounds and setting up his next contest where he would become the first British boxer to beat long standing British and Commonwealth champion Howard Eastman to win the coveted Lonsdale Belt in 2007, Elcock also won the Commonwealth title and the minor WBU World Middleweight title becoming the first Birmingham born fighter to ever hold a version of a World title. Elcock challenged for the IBF middleweight title against the unbeaten World champion Arthur Abraham on 8 December 2007, losing by a fifth round knockout.[1] Wayne bounced back from his world title attempt defending the lonsdale belt with a TKO win against local Dudley rival Darren McDermott, before losing the next defence to fellow Birmingham fighter Matthew Macklin in the Battle of Brum Elcock retired after this contest at the age of 36 with a record of 23 -19 - 9 KO’s to concentrate fully on his other businesses, today Wayne can be found mentoring in schools and behind the counter at Mad Dog's Boxing shop located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, as well as coaching in the evening at the multi award winning company Wayne Elcock's Box Clever and training professional fighters at his Kronk Birmingham gym in Chelmsley Wood, which is not far from where he grew up in Shard End.[citation needed]

Professional boxing record

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23 fights 19 wins 4 losses
By knockout 9 3
By decision 10 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location More
23 Loss 19–4 United Kingdom Matthew Macklin TKO 3 (12), 0:59 14 Mar 2009 United Kingdom Aston Villa Events Centre, Birmingham, England Lost BBBofC British middleweight title
22 Win 19–3 United Kingdom Darren McDermott TKO 2 (12), 0:50 20 Jun 2008 United Kingdom Wolverhampton Civic Centre, Wolverhampton, England Retained BBBofC British middleweight title
21 Loss 18–3 Germany Arthur Abraham TKO 5 (12), 1:58 8 Dec 2007 Switzerland St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland For IBF middleweight title
20 Win 18–2 Guyana Howard Eastman UD 12 28 Sep 2007 United Kingdom Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England Won BBBofC British middleweight title
19 Win 17–2 United Kingdom Steve Bendall TKO 8 (10), 1:30 1 Dec 2006 United Kingdom Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England Won BBBofC English middleweight title
18 Win 16–2 United Kingdom Vinnie Baldassara TKO 6 (10), 1:59 8 Sep 2006 United Kingdom International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England Won vacant WBF International middleweight title
17 Win 15–2 United Kingdom Lawrence Murphy TKO 5 (10), 2:15 6 May 2006 United Kingdom International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England
16 Loss 14–2 United Kingdom Scott Dann UD 12 16 Sep 2005 United Kingdom The Pavilions, Plymouth, England For BBBofC British middleweight title
15 Win 14–1 United Kingdom Darren Rhodes KO 1 (6), 1:45 7 Apr 2005 United Kingdom Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England
14 Win 13–1 United Kingdom Michael Monaghan PTS 4 5 Jun 2004 United Kingdom York Hall, London, England
13 Win 12–1 Zimbabwe Farai Musiyiwa PTS 6 7 Feb 2004 United Kingdom York Hall, London, England
12 Loss 11–1 United Kingdom Lawrence Murphy KO 1 (12), 2:28 29 Nov 2003 United Kingdom Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Lost WBU middleweight title
11 Win 11–0 United Kingdom Anthony Farnell UD 12 5 Apr 2003 United Kingdom MEN Arena, Manchester, England Won WBU middleweight title
10 Win 10–0 Belarus Yuri Tsarenka PTS 10 15 Feb 2003 United Kingdom Wembley Conference Centre, London, England
9 Win 9–0 United Kingdom Jason Collins TKO 1 (6), 1:53 23 Nov 2002 United Kingdom Storm Arena, Derby, England
8 Win 8–0 United Kingdom Ojay Abrahams PTS 4 17 Aug 2002 United Kingdom Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales
7 Win 7–0 United Kingdom Jason Collins TKO 2 (6), 1:57 1 Jun 2002 United Kingdom MEN Arena, Manchester, England
6 Win 6–0 United Kingdom Howard Clarke PTS 4 20 Apr 2002 United Kingdom Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
5 Win 5–0 United Kingdom Charles Shodiya TKO 1 (4), 1:12 2 Mar 2002 United Kingdom York Hall, London, England
4 Win 4–0 France Valery Odin PTS 4 9 Oct 2001 United Kingdom Wales National Ice Rink, Cardiff, Wales
3 Win 3–0 United Kingdom Darren Rhodes PTS 4 7 Jul 2001 United Kingdom Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England
2 Win 2–0 United Kingdom Sonny Pollard TKO 3 (4), 2:04 4 Mar 2000 United Kingdom Werrington Sports Centre, Peterborough, England
1 Win 1–0 United Kingdom William Webster PTS 6 2 Dec 1999 United Kingdom Moat House, Peterborough, England

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elcock fails in world title bid". BBC. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
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