Dennis Andries

 ( 1953 Births ) 

Dennis Andries MBE (born 5 November 1953) is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight.

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Professional career Andries turned pro in 1978 and won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1986 in a decision over American JB Williamson. He defended the title once against fellow Briton Tony Sibson before losing the belt in 1987 to Thomas Hearns. In 1989 he re-captured the Vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title with a win over American Tony Willis, but lost the title in his first defence to Jeff Harding. In 1990 he won a rematch with Harding via 7th-round KO, recapturing the title. He made two further defences before in 1991 losing the title again to Harding, via majority decision, capping their trilogy. Dennis Andries, lost a WBA Cruiserweight final eliminator via 7th-round KO to David Pearce in 1982, although the BBBoC did not sanction the Cruiserweight division in the UK. Dennis Andries retired in 1996.

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Professional boxing record

65	Loss	49–14–2	Johnny Nelson	TKO	7	14 December 1996
64	Loss	49–13–2	Terry Dunstan	PTS	12	13 February 1996
63	Win	49–12–2	Artis Pendergrass	PTS	8	28 October 1995
62	Loss	48–12–2	Terry Dunstan	PTS	12	13 May 1995
61	Win	48–11–2	Mike Peak	PTS	10	4 March 1995
60	Win	47–11–2	Denzil Browne	TKO	11	21 January 1995
59	Win	46–11–2	Sylvester White	TKO	5	1 October 1994
58	Loss	45–11–2	Przemysław Saleta	UD	12	23 March 1994
57	Win	45–10–2	Mike Peak	PTS	10	26 February 1994
56	Win	44–10–2	Crawford Ashley	TKO	4	29 January 1994
55	Win	43–10–2	Willie Jake	TKO	6	31 March 1993
54	Win	42–10–2	David Sewell	PTS	10	27 February 1993
53	Loss	41–10–2	Akim Tafer	MD	12	27 February 1992
52	Win	41–9–2	Paul Madison	TKO	9	11 December 1991
51	Win	40–9–2	Edward Neblett	KO	4	15 November 1991
50	Loss	39–9–2	Jeff Harding	MD	12	11 September 1991
49	Win	39–8–2	Guy Waters	UD	12	19 January 1991
48	Win	38–8–2	Sergio Daniel Merani	TKO	4	10 October 1990
47	Win	37–8–2	Jeff Harding	KO	7	28 July 1990
46	Win	36–8–2	Clarismundo Aparecido Silva	TKO	7	20 January 1990
45	Win	35–8–2	Art Jimmerson	UD	10	26 October 1989
44	Loss	34–8–2	Jeff Harding	TKO	12	24 June 1989
43	Win	34–7–2	Tony Willis	TKO	5	21 February 1989
42	Win	33–7–2	Paul Madison	TKO	4	17 October 1988
41	Win	32–7–2	Tony Harrison	TKO	8	10 September 1988
40	Win	31–7–2	Bobby Czyz	MD	10	22 May 1988
39	Win	30–7–2	Jamie Howe	PTS	10	20 February 1988
38	Win	29–7–2	Robert Folley	PTS	10	6 October 1987
37	Loss	28–7–2	Thomas Hearns	TKO	10	7 March 1987
36	Win	28–6–2	Tony Sibson	TKO	9	10 September 1986
35	Win	27–6–2	J. B. Williamson	SD	12	30 April 1986
34	Win	26–6–2	Keith Bristol	TKO	6	13 February 1986
33	Draw	25–6–2	Alex Blanchard	PTS	12	11 December 1985
32	Win	25–6–1	Marcus Dorsey	KO	3	6 June 1985
31	Win	24–6–1	Tim Broady	TKO	5	25 May 1985
30	Win	23–6–1	Jeff Meachem	TKO	4	7 May 1985
29	Win	22–6–1	Jose Seys	TKO	3	23 March 1985
28	Win	21–6–1	Devon Bailey	KO	12	10 October 1984
27	Win	20–6–1	Tom Collins	PTS	12	6 April 1984
26	Win	19–6–1	Tom Collins	PTS	12	26 January 1984
25	Win	18–6–1	Keith Bristol	KO	4	22 September 1983
24	Win	17–6–1	Chris Lawson	KO	4	19 May 1983
23	Win	16–6–1	Karl Canwell	KO	4	28 February 1983
22	Win	15–6–1	Keith Bristol	PTS	10	13 August 1982
21	Loss	14–6–1	Tom Collins	PTS	15	15 March 1982
20	Win	14–5–1	Alex Penarski	PTS	10	23 November 1981
19	Loss	13–5–1	David Pearce	TKO	7	12 October 1981
18	Win	13–4–1	Liam Coleman	TKO	6	16 September 1981
17	Win	12–4–1	Shaun Chalcraft	PTS	10	23 March 1981
16	Win	11–4–1	Chris Lawson	TKO	8	18 June 1980
15	Loss	10–4–1	Mustafa Wasajja	PTS	8	17 April 1980
14	Loss	10–3–1	Bunny Johnson	PTS	15	27 February 1980
13	Win	10–2–1	Johnny Waldron	TKO	10	17 September 1979
12	Win	9–2–1	Bonny McKenzie	PTS	8	6 June 1979
11	Win	8–2–1	Francis Hands	TKO	8	5 April 1979
10	Win	7–2–1	Tom Collins	KO	6	30 January 1979
9	Loss	6–2–1	Bunny Johnson	PTS	10	22 January 1979
8	Win	6–1–1	Tom Collins	PTS	8	4 December 1978
7	Win	5–1–1	Glen McEwan	TKO	7	22 November 1978
6	Draw	4–1–1	Les McAteer	PTS	8	14 November 1978
5	Win	4–1	Neville Esteban	PTS	6	31 October 1978
4	Win	3–1	Ken Jones	PTS	6	18 September 1978
3	Loss	2–1	Bonny McKenzie	PTS	8	20 June 1978
2	Win	2–0	Mark Cumber	TKO	1	1 June 1978
1	Win	1–0	Ray Pearce	KO	2	16 May 1978

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Honours Andries was appointed the MBE in the 1991 Birthday Honours.

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See also

• List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
• List of British world boxing champions
• List of outright winners of the Lonsdale belt

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