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Frank Grant (boxer)
Frank Grant (born 22 May 1965) is a British former boxer who was British middleweight champion between 1992 and 1993.
==Career==
Born and raised in Bradford, Grant trained out of Phil Martin's Champs Camp gym in Moss Side, Manchester,〔Winterbottom, Danny (2015) "(Carl Thompson: A conversation with 'The Cat' )", ''Boxing Monthly'', 8 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕 and made his professional debut in October 1986, when he was stopped by Lincoln Pennant in the first round. He won 19 of his first 22 fights, including a win over Shaun Cummins and defeat to Kid Milo, before getting a shot at the British title in September 1992 at Elland Road against Herol Graham, who was making his fourth defence. Grant stopped Graham in the ninth round to take the title, inflicting Graham's only professional defeat to another British boxer.〔Gibson, Neil (2003) "(Imprisoned ex-champ is given another chance )", ''The Star'', 14 March 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕〔Mullan, Harry (1996) "(Close-up: Herol Graham For love and the money )", ''The Independent'', 24 November 1996. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕〔Halling, Nick (1992) "(SPORTING IMAGES / Those memorable moments that lit up the world of sport in 1992: Boxing: Grant restores pride in the gloves game )", ''The Independent'', 23 December 1992. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕 He made a successful defence in March 1993 against John Ashton, but lost the title in November that year to Neville Brown. He subsequently retired from boxing and ran a pub.〔〔Dooley, Terence (2013) "(One Memorable Night: When Grant Beat Herol Graham )", boxingscene.com, 8 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕
In 1996 Grant, who had spent time in prison as a teenager, was convicted of assault against his wife, and in August 2001 he was arrested after attacking a doorman who he claimed had previously assaulted him, receiving a four-year prison sentence in July 2002.〔"(King of the ring jailed for vicious beating )", ''Telegraph & Argus'', 17 July 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕 In 2003 he was allowed out of prison twice a week to coach young boxers at Goole Boxing Club.〔
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