Record details

Bunny STERLING

Middleweight

Male
(Basil Sylvester Sterling)
Great Britain, Tottenham, North London, England
Born: 4 April 1948, in Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean
Died: 16 November 2018, Finsbury Park, North London, England, Great Britain
(passed away after a four-year battle with dementia)

Sterling moved to London from Jamaica with his family at the age of eight

Sterling became the first Caribbean immigrant
to win a British title beating Mark Rowe

No amateur results

Professional record


1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 13	Joe Devitt	Shoreditch, Great Britain	L 6
- Oct. 17	Willie Turkington	Piccadilly, Great Britain	L 6
- Oct. 26	Fess Parker	Piccadilly, Great Britain	L 6
+ Dec. 5	Fess Parker	Brighton, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 13	Tony Dowling	Shoreditch, Great Britain	W 6

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 3	Fess Parker	Brighton, Great Britain	W 6
+ Jan. 16	Mike Keeney	Mayfair, Great Britain	W 6
+ Jan. 23	Dave Derbyshire	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Feb. 21	Ted Sherwood	Shoreditch, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Apr. 4	John Darkie Smith	Hammersmith, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 8	Joe Somerville	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 6
- May 30	Dick Duffy	Porthcawl, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 3	Al Sharpe	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 23	Wally Swift	Mayfair, Great Britain	L 8
+ Dec. 21	Henry Turkington	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Larry Brown	Solihull, Great Britain	W 8
= Feb. 4	Klaus Stockmann	Kiel, Germany	Draw 8
- May 6	Johnny Kramer	Piccadilly, Great Britain	L 10
Southern Area Middleweight Title
+ Aug. 20	Jim Swords	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Sept. 14	Bo Petterson	Stockholm, Sweden	W 8
+ Nov. 11	Johnny Kramer	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 8
Southern Area Middleweight Title

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 15	Wally Swift	Solihull, Great Britain	L 8
- Apr. 24	Harry Scott	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8
= Nov. 23	Nessim Max Cohen	Paris, France	Draw 10
- Dec. 9	Dick Duffy	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 19	Dennis Pleace	Mayfair, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ May 11	Harry Scott	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 12
+ Sept. 8	Mark Rowe	Wembley, Great Britain	cTKO 4
British and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles
+ Oct. 6	Mario Almanzo	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Nov. 13	Kahu Mahanga	Melbourne, Australia	W 15
Commonwealth Middleweight Title

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 21	Tony Mundine	Sydney, Australia	Draw 15
Commonwealth Middleweight Title
+ Mar. 22	Johan Louw	Edmonton, Canada	W 15
Commonwealth Middleweight Title
+ Apr. 27	Billy Douglas	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 25	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 21	Tom Bogs	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 10
- Dec. 20	Jean Claude BOUTTIER	Paris, France	KO by 14
European Middleweight Title

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 7	Tom Bethea	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 9
- Apr. 14	Tony Mundine	Brisbane, Australia	KO by 15
Commonwealth Middleweight Title
= July 29	Roy Lee	Kingston, Jamaica	Draw 10
+ Sept. 19	Phil Matthews	Manchester, Great Britain	KO 5
British Middleweight Title

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Don McMILLAN	Solihull, Great Britain	TKO 11
British Middleweight Title
+ Mar. 13	David Adkins	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 17	Mark Rowe	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
British Middleweight Title
- July 2	Maxie Smith	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8
- Nov. 7	Elio Calcabrini	San Remo, Italy	L 15
vacant European Middleweight Title

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 11	Kevin Finnegan	Mayfair, Great Britain	L 15
British Middleweight Title
+ Mar. 14	Tom Jensen	Randers, Denmark	W 10
+ Apr. 4	Poul Knudsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 8
- May 29	Tom Bogs	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 10
+ Oct. 16	Victor Attivor	Mayfair, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 10	Rudiger Schmidtke	Offenbach, Germany	W 10

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 10	Maurice Hope	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 8
vacant British Middleweight Title

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 20	Frank Reiche	Alsterdorf, Germany	TKO 13
vacant European Middleweight Title
- June 4	Angelo Jacopucci	Milano, Italy	L 15
European Middleweight Title

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 28	Rudy Koopmans	Rotterdam, Netherlands	L 10
+ Sept. 30	Frank Reiche	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 4
- Nov. 3	Mustafa Wassaja	Randers, Denmark	L 8