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MARK OWENS BOXER (talk) 16:59, 10 December 2011 (UTC)MARK OWENS {BORN 25 JANUARY 1973} FROM TEESIDE UK. A FORMER BRITISH & INTERNATIONAL FMA{FEDERATION OF MARTIAL ARTS}CHAMPION, AND PROFESSIONAL BOXER{BBBC}

MARK FIRST WON HIS FMA TITLE IN 1993 IN SCOTLAND, HE THEN WENT ON TO WIN AN INTERNATIONAL TITLE IN LOS ANGELES USA.OWENS DEFENDED HIS INTERNATIONAL TITLE AGAINST A GERMAN CHAMPION AT STOCKTON_ON_TEES IN 1994 WHO HE KNOCKED OUT IN TEN SECONDS IN THE VERY FIRST ROUND. THIS WAS OWENS'S LAST PROFESSIONAL MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT. RATHER THAN PERSUING THE WORLDS TOP 10 OWENS SET HIS SIGHTS ON PROFESSIONAL BOXING,TURNING PRO WITH GUS ROBINSON IN 1995,AND TRAINED BY FORMER PROFESSIONAL TITLE CONTENDER GEORGE BOWES. OWENS WAS UNDEFEATED IN THE WORLD OF FULL CONTACT KARATE, BUT WAS SOON TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH IN THE RANKS OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING{BBBC. LOOSING HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEBUT FIGHT BY TKO TO P.R MASON AT THE BOROUGH HALL HARTLEPOOL ON 29/09/1995. HE THEN WENT ON TO FIGHT ONE OF THE MOST UNLUCKIEST FIGHTS IN BOXING HISTORY AGAINST ROY CHIPPERFEILD ON 21/11/1995 AT MARTON COUNTRY CLUB,YORKSHIRE,UNITED KINGDOM.OWENS AFTER HAVING HIS JAW BROKEN IN THE FIRST ROUND CARRIED ON IN A BLOODY BATTLE PUTTING CHIPPERFEILD DOWN TWICE IN THE FIGHT AND WINNING ALL FIVE ROUNDS UNTIL HE WAS VIOLENTLY PUT DOWN IN THE SIXTH,ONLY TO GET UP AND BE PUT THROUGH THE ROPES ONTO THE PRESS DESKS BELOW,AFTER CLIMBING BACK IN THE RING OWENS CARRIED ON ONLY TO HAVE VICTORY SNATCHED AWAY FROM HIM,WHEN THE REFEREE STOPPED THE FIGHT WITH ONE SECOND TO GO.

THREE MONTHS LATER ON 22/02/1996 SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR OWENS FINALLY TOOK A VICTORY AGAINST NORMAN MITCHELL IN A 6X2 WAR.THE FOLLOWING NEXT TWO WARS AGAINST LEE HERMAN AND SHAUN O'NIELL WERE TO BE HIS LAST UNDER GUS ROBINSON PROMOTIONS. HE THEN CONTINUED AS A JOURNEYMAN THROUGHOUT THE 90'S IN THE RANKS OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING SIGNED BY THE OLDEST MANAGER IN THE BUSINESS TOMMY MILLER AND TRAINER,FORMER COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION MAXIE SMITH.OWENS DID A SHORT STINT SERVING IN THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT OWENS CONTINUED TO FIGHT AS A PROFESSIONAL BOXER,FIGHTING FIGHTERS SUCH AS LEE BIRD 27/09/1996 KEITH SCOTT 04/12/1996 AND PEDRO CARRAGHER 21/10/1997,A FIGHT IN WICH OWENS WAS DISQUALIFIED IN THE FORTH ROUND FOR AN ILLIGAL HEADBUTT,OWENS HAD HIS PURSE WITHHELD BY THE BOARD OF BRITISH BOXING CONTROL UNTIL A FURTHER HEARING WHERE HE WAS REPREMMANDED.ON THE 27/02/1998 IN GLASGOW OWENS FOUGHT A CATCHWEIGHT FIGHT WITH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE CONTENDER TANVEER AHMED HE TOOK AHMED THE DISTANCE BUT LOST ON POINTS. HE THEN FOUGHT ANOTHER 6X3 WAR WITH FRANKIE O'CONNOR ON 27/02/1998 AGAIN THE DESSISION WENT TO THE HOME FIGHTER.

OWENS WAS NEVER PHASED BY THIS AND ON 06/03/1998 IN EDINBROUGH HE HAD A BLISTERING SHOWDOWN WITH WELSH FIGHTER SHANE THOMAS. A TOE TO TOE WAR WHERE BOTH FIGHTERS GAVE THEIR ALL WITH OWENS TAKING THE VICTORY HAVING PUT THOMAS DOWN IN THE THIRD WHERE HE WAS SAVED BY THE BELL.

OWENS THEN FOUGHT CENTRAL AREA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION EBA EUROPEAN SUPERMIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION DANNY THORNTON IN BRADFORD 30/03/1998 OWENS TOOK THORNTON THE DISTANCE BUT AGAIN THE HOME SIDE TOOK THE VICTORY.OWENS RETURNED TO GLASGOW AND ON 24/04/1998 AND 17/09/1998 WENT THE DISTANCE TWICE WITH BANGIO FALCONE THE BBBC SCOTISH AREA MIDDLWEIGHT CHAMPION. TOMMY MILLER THEN ARRANGED A FIGHT FOR OWENS IN WEST BROM AGAINST THE UNKOWN ADRIAN HOULDEY. OWENS WAS BLATENTLY ROBBED INFRONT OF HOULDEY'S HOME CROWED BUT HOULDEY PROMISED A REMATCH. AFTER MARK OWENS TOOK ON FUTURE WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION AND UNBEATEN MANCHESTER PROSPECT WAYNE PINDER AND ON 26/10/1998 AT OLD TRAFFORD MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL STADIUM OWENS WITH A BROKEN CHEEKBONE TOOK PINDER THE DISTANCE AND WINNING EVERY ROUND BY THE VEIWS OF MANY WAS GIVEN A DRAW,MARK OWENS HIMSELF BELIEVES HE WON THE FIGHT CLEARLY BUT GIVEN PINDERS RECORD AND THE VENUE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE DRAW. MARK OWENS HAS ALWAYS RESPECTED ALL FIGHTERS AND COMMENDS ANYONE WHOM ENTERS THE RING. TWO FURTHER MONTHS OF HARD TRAINING WITH MAXIE SMITH FINALLY GOT OWENS THE FIGHT HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR WITH ADRIAN HOULDEY, IT WAS TO BE SET NEAR OWENS HOME TOWN AT TALL TREES HOTEL,YARM ON 01/12/1998 AT MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION.OWENS BOXED HIS BEST PERFORMANCE TO DATE PUTTING HOULDEY DOWN IN THE SIXTH AND WINNING CLEARLY ON POINTS. OWENS NEXT FIGHT ON 27/02/1999 STORM ARENA,DERBY ON THE CARL THOMPSON V JONNY NELSON WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONS UNDERCARD,HE HAD HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AGAINST FUTURE WBF WORLD SUPERMIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION AND COMMONWEALTH MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION DAMON HAGUE WHOM WAS LATER DEFEATED BY CARL FROCH.THE FIGHT TELEVISED LIVE ON SKYSPORTS TV SEEN OWENS PUT DOWN IN THE SECOND BY HAGUE ONLY TO GET BACK UP BUT REFEREE TERRY O'CONNOR STOPPED THE BOUT TKO2 FOR HAGUE.OWENS WAS SAID TO BE A TOUGH WELL TRAVELLED OPPONANT BY BOXINGS BARRY MCGUIGAN AND AFTER FEELING THE FIGHT HAD BEEN STOPPED TO EARLY OWENS [PLEADED WITH MANAGER TOMMY MILLER TO GET A SECOND SHOT AT DAMON HAGUE AND HAGUE WAS HAPPY FOR THE FIGHT TO GO AHEAD,SOMETHING OWENS WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFULL FOR, BY NOW OWENS'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON HIS BOXING CAREER AND OWENS STARTED TO MISS TRAINING, OWENS WAS WORKING THE DOORS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND UNLIKE AN ATHELETE WAS ABUSING HIS BODY.THREE MONTHS LATER ON 27/06/1999 ON A FRANK WARREN- JOHN ASHTON SHOW ALVERTON,DERBY OWENS WAS TO FIGHT HIS LAST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT UNDER THE BBBC AGAINST DAMON HAGUE FOR THE SECOND TIME. OWENS RIBS WERE BROKEN IN THE SECOND AND AGAINST HIS WILL THE REFEREE BROUGHT THE FIGHT TO A STOP IN THE FITH.OWENS WAS LATER ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER COLLAPSING FROM A BRAIN HEMERAGE AN INJURY WICH WOULD END OWENS BOXING CAREER AND IN 2001 OWENS RETIRED FROM PROFESSIONAL BOXING. IN 2007 MARK OWENS SERVED A FOUR YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR SUPPLYING CLASS A NARCOTICS HE RETUNED TO THE RING AS A HEAVYWEIGHT IN AN UNLICIENCED MMA MATCH AGAINST WORLD JU-JITSU CHAMPION CHRIS CROSSING AKA BRAM. OWENS WAS TAPPED OUT AND HAS NEVER RETURNED TO THE RING SINCE. OWENS NOW 39 YERA OLD HEAVYWEIGHT RETIRED FROM THE RING BUT STILL TRAINS REGULARLY.UNDER THE WATCHFULL EYE OF HIS NEW MENTOR AND PARTNER BERNI OWENS,AND TAKES ADVICE ON WEIGHT TRAINING AND FIGHTING FROM BRIAN COCKERILL AKA THE TAXMAN, A VERY CLOSE FREIND AND GUARDIAN TO MARK WHO ALWAYS STATES THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISIOS OF THE PROFESIONAL BOXING RANKS "MIGHT" HAVE BEEN PLAYED A DIFFRENT WAY IF HE HAD MARK UNDER HIS WING. MARK OWENS LEAVES THE NORTH EAST A BOXING LEGACY AND COLOURFUL CAREER THAT NOW LIES IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.BOXING GAVE MARK OWENS A BOY FROM NOWHERE THE OPPOTUNITY TO SEE AND DO THINGS IN LIFE HE OTHERWISE NEVER WHOULD HAVE.AT THE TOP OF THE KICKBOXING RANKS OWENS BECAME THE UNDERDOG IN THE PROFESSIONAL BOXING RANKS ALWAYS HOLDING HIS OWN AND FACING WORLD CHAMPIONS ON THIER WAY UP.WITH A STRONG FAITH AND A GREAT SPORT TO WORK IN MARK OWENS LIVED HIS DREAM AND THANKS BOXING FOR THAT AND NOW WITH HIS PARTNER FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS TO PUT HIS ENERGIES INTO OWENS CAN ENJOY THE SPORT FROM OUTSIDE THE RING BUT HE WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAYS HE RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH THE STARS LIKE NIGEL BENN,CHRIS EUBANKS,PRINCE NASEEM HAMED,ENSLEY BINGHAM,ERNIE SHAVERS,BRUCE GROBULAR,MAD FRANKIE FRAISER,FRANK BRUNO,AND OFCOURSE THE GREAT PROMOTORS FRANK WARREN,BARRY HEARN AND KATHERINE MORRISON AND GARY JACOBS BRITISH AND EUROPEAN WELTERWHAIGHT CHAMPION WHO FOUGHT THE GREAT PERNAL WHITTIKER IN LAS VAGUS FOR THE WORLD TITLE WHO MARK GOT TO SPAR WITH A DREAM FOR ANY BOXER FROM THE WORKING CLASS ENVIRONMENTS THE NORTHEAST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

WITH THE RISE OF UNLICENCED BOXING THESE DAYS MARK OWENS AND PARTNER BERNI OWENS ALONG SIDE BRIAN COCKERILL HAVE HAD THE OPPTUNITY TO WORK WITH FIGHTERS SUCH AS ERICK THE VIKING THOMPSON AND PLAY APART IN THE BOXING WORLD ONCE AGAIN AND ALTHOUGH MARK RESPECTS ANYONE WHO STEPS IN THE RING AND IS HAPPY TO PUT INPUT INTO ANY FIGHTERS CAREAR ITS A FAR WORLD FROM THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS HE USED TO MAKE HIS LIVING FROM AND WILL ALWAYS RESPECT THE MEDICAL GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BEFORE HIM BY THE NEUROLOGIST CONSULTANT NOT TO FIGHT AGAIN. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UNLICENCED GAME GIVES KIDS THE OPPOTUNITY TO BOX WHERE AS THERE COULDNT IN THE PRO RANKS HE WHOULD URGE ANY BOXER TO FOLLOW A AMETUER CAREAR BEFORE PROGRESSING FURTHER UNDER STRICT MEDICAL SUPERVISION IT TAKES ONE PUNCH TO CAUSE A BLEED AND SERIOUS INJURY.MARK OWENS ALWAYS ADVISERS ANY FIGHTER TO LEARN HIS TRADE FIRST BEFORE BECOMING A PRIZE FIGHTER.