Background
Chris Evangelou was born in Wood Green, London in the United Kingdom on 1 January 1986.
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When Evangelou was 17 he was involved in a verbal altercation in the street. While the incident did not get physical, he said that he felt "an inch tall after that" and he "could"ve done better," so he decided to start boxing. Amateur career
Evangelou started boxing at the Haringey Boxing Gym in Tottenham when he was 17 under coach Chris Hall and had his first amateur fight after 6 months of training.
He decided to pursue boxing as a career at age 18.
He was recruited to box for Cyprus at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing but he lost his last qualifying match to the number one boxer on the German team Evangelou turned professional at the age of 23 after an amateur career of 40 fights with 35 wins.
Professional career
As a professional, Evangelou was offered contracts at several boxing gyms. He went to the Wildcard Boxing Gym in Los Angeles, California to meet acclaimed boxing trainers Freddie Roach and Jesse Reid.
After a sparring session, the coaches at the Wildcard Boxing Gym offered Evangelou a contract but he refused because he wanted to stay in the United Kingdom, where his family and fans were.
He also spent time training with boxing legend Ricky Hatton. Evangelou finally decided to sign for Matchroom Promotions which is part of the Barry Hearn sporting group. Evangelou suffered his first defeat on 8 September 2012 to Danny Connor 98-94 in a ten round competition at London"s Alexandra Palace.
In July 2011, he set a goal to be fighting for an English title by the end of the year.
In an interview in March 2012 with World Boxing News, he said that he would like to compete against Darren Hamilton for the Southern Area Belt in order to earn a spot in the rankings as one of Britain’s top 10 fighters. A rematch with Danny Connor ended with a 97-93 victory to Connor who knocked Evangelou down twice in the 7th round.
Evangelou suffered a further loss on 30 November 2013 on points 56-59 to Ashley Mayall making a 3rd defeat in a row. Evangelou was scheduled to face Zoran Cvek on 27 September 2014 for the International Masters Welterweight Title.
Evangelou’s older brother Andreas "The Ace" Evangelou is also a boxer and is undefeated in the light heavyweight division.
Achievements
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As an amateur, he won 5 international gold medals and a 2006 national champion in the under-20 category. Evangelou was considering signing with Hatton"s camp and also the camp of Calzaghe Promotions, a boxing organization run by former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. The decision was questioned by many boxing pundits and professionals who had thought it a clear win for Evangelou. In 2014 Evangelou won both bouts he contested, a points win 40-37 over journeyman Dan Carr and a first round KO of Mick Mills.
