Fred Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Freddie William Evans[2] 4 February 1991[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freddie William Evans (born 4 February 1991) is a British professional boxer fighting in the 69 kg welterweight category. As an amateur, he won gold at the 2007 World Cadet Championships in Hungary and won gold for Wales at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Ankara. He was the first Welsh boxer to achieve the feat in 86 years.
Evans won Olympic silver for Great Britain in the welterweight division, losing in the final to Kazakh boxer Serik Sapiyev. His achievement made him the most successful Welsh boxer in Olympic history, surpassing the record of Ralph Evans at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned professional in 2015.