Scott Welch

Scott Welch
Scott Welch at Brighton & Hove ABC 2010
Statistics
Real name	Scott Welch
Nickname(s)	The Brighton Rock
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6' 2" / 188cm
Reach	75" / 191cm
Nationality	English
Born	21 April 1968 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Stance	Orthodox

Scott Welch (born 21 April 1968) is a retired British professional boxer. As an amateur, Welch became one of the UK's ABA Heavyweight Champions. He travelled the world as a professional boxer, winning the Southern Area belt, the British, Commonwealth and WBO Intercontinental titles.

In 1997, he contended the WBO World Title fight in Nashville, losing to Henry Akinwande by a wide points margin.

In all, he had 26 professional fights, with 22 wins and an impressive 17 knock-outs.

As Head Trainer at the Hove ABC,^[1] working alongside his old coach Dave Brown, Welch has dedicated much of his time to training fighters since he retired in 1999.

Guy Ritchie's bare-knuckle movie Snatch (2000), needed authentic boxing co-stars and so Welch played Horace 'Good Night' Anderson. His big fight scene with Brad Pitt has achieved notoriety, famously sending Pitt skyward a round before being 'knocked out'.

Welch takes his acting fame with a big pinch of salt: "A film star lifestyle would be great if I hadn't done anything in my life, but I'm very pleased with what I've achieved. I've had my career. My career was boxing."

Early years

Welch's formative years were spent in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth. Welch got into boxing at a local club.

Welch moved to Brighton when he was 16 and found it "a massive wow factor after Yarmouth." At 86 kilos, he was just too big to find a match on the amateur circuit. It took a couple more years, and some intensive coaching at the Hove ABC (Amateur Boxing Club) under Dave Brown, before his amateur career started. Over the next few years, Welch racked up an impressive amateur record of 30 wins against 8 defeats (5 of which he later reversed), culminating in the ABA Heavyweight title of Great Britain in May 1992. "In amateur boxing, every fight was a tough fight as we were all so well matched," Welch remembers.

Professional boxing record

Professional boxing record for Scott Welch from BoxRec

Current activities

Still a fitness fanatic, Welch has raised huge sums for charity, completing the gruelling 250-mile Marathon des Sables in the Sahara, climbing Kilimanjaro and has tackled the Atacama desert.

Welch is Head Trainer at the Brighton and Hove ABC, working alongside his old coach Dave Brown. "I really enjoy it," he says, "I'm putting it all back in. We've got a few good prospects, and there's a lot of younger lads coming through, too".

iBoxing Trainer ^[3][4] is Welch's smartphone app designed to help youngsters get into boxing and is approved by the WBC (World Boxing Council) and the BBBofC (British Boxing Board of Control). By keeping things simple but comprehensive, Welch covers everything an aspiring boxer needs to get started and progress. "Learning the basics properly is vital. I wish I had something like this when I first started".

Welch is proud of his work with young boxers and has been recognised for his efforts with a WBC honorary belt.

Welch purchased and restored Thorington Gate Lodge in Suffolk, which had been derelict for 20 years. The project was featured on the television series The Restoration Man in 2010.^[5]

References

1. brightonandhoveabc.com http://www.brightonandhoveabc.com. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "BoxRec - Scott Welch". boxrec.com.
3. http://www.iboxingtrainer.com
4. "Home". southcoastproductions.com.
5. "The Restoration Man Series 1 - 6. Thorington Gate Lodge, Suffolk". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Scott Welch from BoxRec
• Scott Welch at the Internet Movie Database
• Scott Welch on Twitter