Clive Atwell
Clive Junior Atwell (born 11 November 1988) is a Guyanese former professional boxer who competed from 2010 to 2015 and challenged for the WBC featherweight title in 2014. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games as a bantamweight.
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| Real name | Clive Junior Atwell | |||||||||||||
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Reach | 168 cm (66 in) | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Guyanese | |||||||||||||
| Born | November 11, 1988 Friendship, Guyana | |||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
Atwell won gold at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association championships in Trinidad in 2006[1] and the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the Bantamweight category.[2]
Professional career
His debut professional fight was 29 January 2010, where he defeated Carlton Skeete.[1] Atwell challenged for his first world title on May 24, 2014 against WBC Featherweight champion Jhonny González, but lost by tenth-round technical decision.[3]
He fought Kye Mc Kenzie for the Interim PABA super featherweight title in Melbourne, Australia, but lost and was hospitalized after the fight, His next win was against Jamaican Sakima Mullings on 21 February 2015, for the super lightweight CABOFE WBC title.
In October 2015, during a match for the FECARBOX World Boxing Council’s (WBC) lightweight title against Dexter Gonzales, Atwell fainted during the match. He was immediately hospitalized and later went to the US for corrective cranial surgery[4] effectively ending his boxing career.[1]
Professional boxing record
| 17 fights | 13 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 7 | 2 |
| By decision | 6 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 17 | Loss | 13–3–1 |  Dexter Gonzales |
TKO | 8 (12) | Oct 24, 2015 |  Giftland Office Max, Georgetown, Guyana |
For vacant WBC–CABOFE lightweight title |
| 16 | Win | 13–2–1 |  Sakima Mullings |
SD | 12 | Feb 21, 2015 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
Won vacant WBC–CABOFE super lightweight title |
| 15 | Loss | 12–2–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kye MacKenzie |
TKO | 10 (12), 1:11 | Nov 12, 2014 | Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia |
For PABA interim super featherweight title |
| 14 | Loss | 12–1–1 |  Jhonny González |
TD | 10 (12) | May 24, 2014 | Convection Center, Acapulco, Mexico |
For WBC featherweight title; Unanimous TD after González was cut from an accidental head clash |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Glenroy Beckford |
KO | 2 (8) | Oct 15, 2013 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Anson Green |
KO | 3 (8), 0:25 | Aug 3, 2013 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 |  Rafael Hernandez |
UD | 12 | Apr 20, 2013 | The Princess Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana |
Won vacant WBC–CABOFE featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Revlon Lake |
KO | 3 (12) | Dec 28, 2012 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
Won Guyanese lightweight title |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Prince Lee Isidore |
TKO | 12 (12), 0:40 | Oct 26, 2012 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
Won vacant WBC–CABOFE super lightweight title |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Orlando Rogers |
TKO | 5 (6) | Oct 13, 2012 | Thirst Park, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Revlon Lake |
KO | 4 (8) | Jul 27, 2012 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Rudolph Fraser |
KO | 2 (12) | Jun 29, 2012 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
Won vacant Guyanese featherweight title |
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Orlando Rogers |
UD | 6 | Oct 29, 2011 | Thirst Park, Ruimveldt, Guyana |
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| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Earl Trotmann |
PTS | 6 | Nov 6, 2010 | Princess Hotel and Casino, Providence, Guyana |
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| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Cecil Smith |
UD | 4 | Oct 29, 2010 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 2 | Draw | 1–0–1 | Mark Austin |
PTS | 4 | Sep 24, 2010 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Carlton Skeete |
PTS | 4 | Jan 29, 2010 | Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana |
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References
- "Injury cut short Atwell's promising career". Stabroek News. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- "Clive Atwell: Professional Boxer, Businessman and Group Educator". Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- "Jhonny Gonzalez Beats Clive Atwell In Cut-Shortened Bout". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- "Gov't to help with skull surgery for Clive Atwell". Stabroek News. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2021-01-14.