John Anthony Conteh, MBE (born 27 May 1951) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974. As an amateur, he represented England and won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. In 2017, Conteh was awarded an MBE for services to boxing at the Queen's Birthday Honours. More about John Conteh
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Born in Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside) to an Irish mother and Sierra Leonean father, Conteh began boxing at the age of 10 at a boxing club in Kirkby that was a training ground for fellow British amateur Joey Singleton. At 19, he won the middleweight gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. He won the WBC light-heavyweight title in October 1974 by defeating Jorge Ahumada. He held the title until 1977 when he was stripped for not going through with a mandated defence.In total, we tracked 180 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Conteh (Framed Photograph of John Conteh & Signature WBC Light-Heavyweight Title Holder) was sold in June 2021 for £165.00 while the cheapest item (John Conteh (WBC Light-Heavyweight Champion) Signed PR Card) found a new owner for £0.65 in December 2013. The month with the most items sold (6) was August 2018 with an average selling price of £8.24 for an autographed item of John Conteh. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2021 with £165.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.65 was December 2013. In average, an autographed item from John Conteh is worth £9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Conteh were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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JOHN CONTEH “ ART OF SPORT ( SIGNED ) LIMITED EDITION BOXING FIGURINE. FIGURE | £77.00 | ||
Boxing Legend John Conteh Hand signed Biography With Photo Proof | £44.00 | ||
Don Howe Tribute Evening Signed Menu - ten Arsenal football players &John Conteh | £24.99 | ||
Hand Signed Autograph Of John Conteh+Signed Letter World Light Heavyweight Camp | £1.99 | ||
John Conteh Signed Black Lonsdale Boxing Glove | £35.00 | ||
JOHN CONTEH signed montage 16x12 - BOXING | £11.00 | ||
John Conteh WBC Light Heavyweight Champion 1974-1977 Signed Large Photo. | £36.00 | ||
John Conteh WBC Light Heavyweight Champion 1974-1977 Signed Photo | £25.00 | ||
John Conteh/Alan Minter Signed Sparing Glove | £20.00 | ||
Per Of Signed Boxing Gloves By John Conteh | £27.00 |
In pictures: Liverpool's boxing greats remembered including John Conteh, Johnny (11/22/14): Looking back at the city's best fighters
Former Liverpool world champion John Conteh handed new WBC world title belt (11/04/14): Kirkby light-heavyweight presented with belt at special night in his name
John Conteh recalls the night he became WBC world light-heavyweight champion (10/08/14): This month marks 40 years since Conteh defeated Jorge Ahumada in London
John Conteh at St Albans’ St Columba’s College Sportsmans Dinner (03/09/14): Boxing legend John Conteh was guest of honour at the recent sell-out St Columba’s College Sportsman’s Dinner.