SHREWSBURY A.B.C WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1959 & IN 2009

WILL BE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS . THE CLUB USED TO BE KNOWN

AS SALOP GOLDEN GLOVES BEFORE HAVING ITS NAME CHANGED

BY THE LATE JOHN DAVIES WHO WOULD GIVE HOURS OF

DEDICATION TO KEEP THE CLUB RUNNING.THE CLUB AS HAD

SOME TREMENDOUS BOXERS & COACHES REPRESENTING US AND

WERE REWARDED IN 1972 WHEN LIVERPUDLIAN LARRY PAUL

WENT ON TO WIN THE A.B.A LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AT

SENIOR LEVEL...PAUL EVENTUALLY TURNING PROFESSIONAL IN

1973 AND WENT ON TO WIN THE BRITISH TITLE INSIDE 9 FIGHTS

EVENTUALLY LOSING THE TITLE TO THE GREAT MAURICE HOPE..HE

ALSO LOST BY 1/2 POINT TO WORLD CHAMPION ALAN MINTER IN

A NON TITLE FIGHT...IN 1988 RICHIE WOODHALL REPRESENTED

HIS COUNTRY IN THE SEOUL OLYMPICS AND CAME HOME WITH A

BRONZE MEDAL , LOSING IN THE SEMI- FINAL ON POINTS TO

WHOM MANY BELIEVE THE BEST POUND FOR POUND BOXER IN

THE WORLD ROY JONES JNR...IN 1990, RICHIE STRUCK GOLD AT

THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN AUCKLAND BEFORE EVENTUALLY

TURNING PROFESSIONAL IN 1992..HIS CAREER WENT FROM

STRENGTH TO STRENGTH & AFTER WINNING THE

COMMONWEALTH & EUROPEAN TITLES , HE WAS CROWNED WBC

WORLD SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION WITH A POINTS WIN

IN HIS HOME TOWN OF TELFORD AGAINST SUGAR BOY

MALINGA...SHREWSBURY NOW HAVE A CONVEYOR BELT OF

CHAMPIONS AND RECENTLY ADDED JORDAN SIMMONS TO ITS

LIST OF MIDLANDS CHAMPIONS WHEN HE WON A SCHOOLBOY

TITLE IN FEBRUARY 2008 TO GO WITH SHANE GRIFFITHS WHO AS

WON NATIONAL TITLES AT SCHOOLBOY & JUNIOR LEVEL , TWO

GOLD MEDALS IN THE FOUR NATIONS AND REPRESENTED

ENGLAND IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2005.SHANE AS

ALSO WON JUNIOR ABA TITLES AT 75KG & 81KG AND AS BEEN

RANKED NUMBER 1 AT BOTH WEIGHTS ASWELL AS WINNING 5

MIDLANDS TITLES..OTHER MIDLANDS CHAMPIONS INCLUDE

CRAIG GREEN (twice) , TONY JONES (twice) WHO ALSO LOST 2

NATIONAL FINALS AND JOSH NORTHEY ...WE HAVE GREAT

EXPECTATIONS FOR MOST OF OUR SQUAD AND NOVICES COMING

THROUGH AND THIS COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT ALL THE

HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES BEING DONE BY GRAHAM ROBB

WHO HELPS TO GET FUND RAISING EVENTS AND RAISE FUNDS , BY

TERRY TITLEY, CON MCGEEHAN , DICK HOMDEN & JANET

HIGHFIELD WHO WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO

SABC , THE CLUB WOULDNT SURVIVE ..MICK MURRAY WHO

PROVIDES ALL THE TRACKSUITS FOR ALL OUR BOXERS AND

COACHES....SHREWSBURY A.B.C FEEL WE ARE ALL HEADING IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND HOPEFULLY WILL BRING AS MUCH

SUCCESS HAS WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 49 YEARS

SHREWSBURY ABC WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

REMEMBER ONE OF OUR BOXERS . NIKI JEREMY GRICE WHO WAS

TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A CAR CRASH...NIKI BOXED THROUGHOUT

HIS CAREER WITH RICHIE WOODHALL AND SABC HEAD COACH

BRIAN ROBB..MANY BELIEVE HE WAS THE BETTER OF THE THREE

SO IF YOU SEE WHAT RICHIE & BRIAN WON AS AN AMATEUR . YOU

WILL SEE WHAT A GREAT LOSS THE SPORT OF BOXING LOST