Career
Gavin has beaten him twice since. At the European Championships 2006 he lost to Olexandr Klyuchko. 2007 World championships
At the 2007 World Championships he first beat reigning world silver medallist and fellow southpaw Romal Amanov of Azerbaijan scoring a knockdown.
Frankie then caused a huge upset by defeating Russian superstar Aleksei Tishchenko, unbeaten in four years, to reach the final where he beat Italian Domenico Valentino 19:10.
2007 AIBA World Amateur championships held in Chicago
Defeated Omar Ward (Barbados) Royal Society of Chemistry 3 (0:50)
Defeated Ramal Amanov (Azerbaijan) 21–10
Defeated Onur Sipal (Turkey) 16–7
Defeated Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia) 19–10
Defeated Domenico Valentino (Italy) 18–10
2008 Summer Olympics
Gavin was Great Britain"s best hope of a boxing medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was unable to make the weight and was therefore unable to compete. In October 2008, Gavin announced that he would turn professional.
He signed a contract with promoter Frank Warren and agreed to be trained by Anthony Farnell in Manchester. In June 2013, Gavin defeated the previously unbeaten Denton Vassell by 7th round TKO, having broken Vassell"s jaw.
In doing so he retained his BBBofC British welterweight title and captured Vassell"s Commonwealth title.