Jeff Harding

Career

Jeff lived in South Grafton North.S.W. Australia and was a student at South Grafton High School. Others training at Club with John Lewis at that time included Jeff Fenech and Peter Mitrevski amongst others Jeff later chose to relocate to a Gym in Glebe (Sydney) where he was trained by Manny Hinton.

In 1991 he recaptured the WBC Light Heavyweight Title by taking a majority decision over Andries in their third match.

Harding retired after the bout. After years of battling alcohol abuse, he attempted to turn a corner.

In September 2009 he had been off the drink for 4 months.

Achievements

• He trained with Steve Cansdell in Grafton before relocating to Sydney where he was first trained by John Lewis at the Newtown Police Boys" Club from where he won his first amateur title (NSW State). Harding turned professional in 1986 and in 1989 won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title with a 12th round TKO over Dennis Andries in only his 15th professional fight with Johnny Lewis in his corner.

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He defended the title twice before losing the belt via KO in 1990 in a rematch with Andries. He defended the belt twice before losing the title in 1994 to Mike McCallum by unanimous decision.