Career
Boxed as an amateur for the Focus American Broadcasting Company, Peterborough - Trainer: Terry Shufflebottom and Raf Tuccillo. Made his amateur debut as an Eastern Counties Select squad member on 10 March 1984, aged 21 in Jersey, Channel Islands! Gary De"Roux (Peterborough) amateur record Runner up Eastern Counties Featherweight Championships in 1985 and 1986. Winning 16 of 21 fights, including one exhibition fight.
Turned professional in 1986.
Made his debut on September 25th 1986 against Manchesters" Tony Carter in Peterborough at the Wirrina Stadium in a planned 6 rounder. Historic Boxing Fact - Boxing historian Harold Alderman Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire. In what was seen as one of the most exciting British title fights of recent years on 5 March 1991.
(Source, Harry Mullan, Boxing News 15 March 1991). Knocking out holder Sean Murphy (Street Albans) and getting his name on the coveted Lord Lonsdale British Championship belt.
Gary De"Roux later revived amateur boxing in Peterborough in 1998 with the formation of the Phoenix American Broadcasting Company producing amateur champions of his own.
(Source, Harold Alderman)
Relinquished title on winning the British Title. Not including an exhibition with former World Champion Naseem Hamed at Watford Town Hall. Retired December 1993.
Managed by: 1.
Ken Whitney (Weldon, Northamptonshire) 2. Billy Aird (Eltham, London) 3. Terry Toole (Hackney, London) 4.
Ken Whitney (Northamptonshire) for a second time.
5. Self managed 6. Frank Maloney (London) 7. Self managed (Note, for final fight of his career, he was advised by Brendan Ingle, whose gym he trained out of)
Trained by: 1.
Terry Shufflebottom (Peterborough) 2. Terry Toole (Hackney, London) 3.
Kevin Sanders (Peterborough) 4.
Jimmy Tibbs & Dean Powell (London) 5. Brendan & John Ingle (Sheffield)
He was born in Manchester, though is most closely associated with Peterborough. He went on to run an amateur boxing club in Peterborough and in 2006 started work as a professional trainer.