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Paul Pender (June 20, 1930 – January 12, 2003) was an American middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 boxer
Boxing

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.

as born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts....
, the son of William and Anna (Liecester) Pender. A 1949 graduate of Brookline High School
Brookline High School

Brookline High School is a four-year public high school in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States.As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,826 students and 136 teachers , for a student-teacher ratio of 13.4 to 1 teacher....
, Pender was recruited as an all American football player at Michigan State University and Penn State, but chose instead to enter professional boxing, while attending Staley college. Although a champion, he regarded boxing as his second job and being a Brookline Fire Fighter his first.






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Paul Pender (June 20, 1930 – January 12, 2003) was an American middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
.

Early life

He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts....
, the son of William and Anna (Liecester) Pender. A 1949 graduate of Brookline High School
Brookline High School

Brookline High School is a four-year public high school in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States.As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,826 students and 136 teachers , for a student-teacher ratio of 13.4 to 1 teacher....
, Pender was recruited as an all American football player at Michigan State University and Penn State, but chose instead to enter professional boxing, while attending Staley college. Although a champion, he regarded boxing as his second job and being a Brookline Fire Fighter his first. As an amateur, he won the New England welterweight championship.

Pro career

In 1959, the National Boxing Association withdrew its recognition of Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
 as middleweight champion. Gene Fullmer
Gene Fullmer

Gene Fullmer is a former United States middleweight Boxing.Fullmer was born in West Jordan, Utah Utah and raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 and Carmen Basilio
Carmen Basilio

Carmine Basilio, born April 2 1927 in Canastota, New York, better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is a former boxer of Italy-United States origin....
 fought for the vacant NBA title, and Fullmer won. Pender beat Robinson the disputed middleweight championship.

He fought a set of three matches against English boxer Terry Downes
Terry Downes

Terry Downes, is a retired British middleweight boxer....
, of which only the third (on April 7, 1962) went the full nine rounds. He won the first and the third bout, but the last would prove to be the only fight of that year for Pender. The New York Boxing Commission stripped Pender of his title for not defending it against Dick Tiger
Dick Tiger

Dick Tiger Member of the Order of the British Empire was a Boxing from Amaigbo, Orlu, Nigeria, was a migrant fighter to Liverpool . Tiger was a member of the Igbo people ethnic group....
. Pender sued and won on appeal.

His career was hampered by his brittle hands. He retired May 7, 1963 as world middleweight champion, having never lost his title.

His career record was 40 wins (20 by KO), 6 losses, and 2 draws.

Life after boxing

He died in Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford, Massachusetts

Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, some north-west of the city of Boston, Massachusetts....
 on January 12, 2003, at the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital .

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