Researching Richard Steele
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8014 people with the Steele surname? In that year Steele was ranked number 502 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Steele on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Steele and the Steele Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 16819 people with the Steele surname in the UK? Steele is now ranked number 324 for popularity in the UK. |
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Richard Steele (referee)
Richard Steele (born January 26, 1944) is an American retired boxing referee who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
A former member of the United States Marine Corps, Steele was a teammate of future world Heavyweight champion Ken Norton in the Marines. He began his career as an amateur boxer while with the Marines, compiling a record of 12 wins and 3 losses before launching a professional career. Steele was All Marines in 1963-64 and participated in the 1964 Olympic Trials, and was inducted into the US Marines Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017. He had 16 wins and 4 defeats as a professional fighter. He was also a contestant on To Tell the Truth on April 9, 1991 as the central character.
Steele began refereeing fights in the 1970s up until 2007, and he went on to referee in 147 world title fights around the world. His first major fight was the 1977 slugfest between unbeaten Mexican champions Carlos Zarate and Alfonso Zamora. Among his other notable fights were Aaron Pryor's knock out of Alexis Argüello in their ten rounds in their rematch and Mike Tyson's defeat of Donovan Ruddock in 1991, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns' 1985 middleweight championship bout, Hagler's 1987 loss to Sugar Ray Leonard, and the first of two fights between Julio César Chávez and Meldrick Taylor, which he stopped with 2 seconds remaining of the final round.
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