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Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer. He is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxers of the post-war era to have never won a world title.〔 In 1978, after winning the ABA middleweight title, he turned professional, fighting out of Brendan Ingle's gym in the Wincobank area of Sheffield. Graham went 38 fights undefeated, winning the British, Commonwealth and European light middleweight titles, as well as the British and European middleweight titles. He eventually lost his unbeaten record defending his European middleweight title against future world champion Sumbu Kalambay in 1987. Graham would go on to fight for world titles twice at middleweight and once at super middleweight. In his first attempt, challenging for the vacant WBA middleweight title, he took Mike McCallum to a close split decision; points deducted for low blows ended up costing Graham the verdict. A year later, in another world title challenge, he lost to Julian Jackson in another closely fought contest for the vacant WBC middleweight title. The now-famous right hook that caught Graham knocked him out cold before he hit the canvas.〔 Four years of inactivity were followed by an unexpected comeback in which Graham put together a series of victories to gain a last shot at a world title in March 1998. Challenging Charles Brewer for his IBF super middleweight title, Graham was stopped in the tenth round. Following this he retired from the ring and now lives in London, working as a personal trainer and specialising in boxing-based exercises. In February 2009, Graham's son was injured in what police described as a "targeted shooting" at Westfield, Sheffield. Graham released his autobiography entitled ''Bomber: Behind the Laughter'' in 2011.〔 ==Amateur accomplishments== 1976 Junior World Welterweight Champion (beat John Mugabi in final) 1977 Senior ABA Light-Middleweight finalist (lost to Steve Hopkin) 1978 Senior ABA Middleweight Champion 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herol Graham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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