{{Short description|British boxer (1908–1943)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=April 2014}} {{more footnotes needed|date=April 2014}} }} {{Infobox boxer | name = Dick Corbett | realname = Richard Coleman | weight = {{ubl|Flyweight|Bantamweight|Featherweight}} | height = 5 ft 4 in | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|09|28|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|03|03|1908|09|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Bethnal Green, London | style = Orthodox | total = 185 | wins = 131 | KO = 32 | losses = 38 | draws = 16 | no contests = 1 }}
'''Richard Coleman''' (28 September 1908 – 3 March 1943), better known as '''Dick Corbett''', was a two-time British bantamweight champion. He was from Bethnal Green, London.
==Boxing career== According to his traceable fight record Corbett remained undefeated between 1926 (the year of his pro debut) and 1927. His first defeat was at the hands of future British flyweight champion, Bert Kirby. Dick fought and beat Willie Smith while defending the Empire bantamweight title. Dick fought and beat Johnny King for the vacant British bantamweight title and the Commonwealth (British Empire) bantamweight title, and would fight Johnny King a further four times. In their second bout Corbett lost his British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles to King, but he regained both titles in their third meeting. Their fourth and fifth fights were both draws and so left Corbett the title holder. Corbett also won the British (Southern Area) Featherweight Title by defeating Dave Crowley.
==Personal life== Coleman was son of Henry and Elizabeth Coleman.<ref name=cwgc>{{cite web|title=Civilian casualty record, Borough of Bethnal Green, Richard Coleman|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3125233/richard-coleman/|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>
Coleman was one of 173 who died during the Bethnal Green Disaster during World War II, leaving a widow Lilian Rose.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/feb/15/weekend.jessicalack The hush-hush catastophe{{sic|nolink=y}}] The Guardian, 15 February 2003</ref><ref name=cwgc/> He was a younger brother of the British featherweight champion Harry Corbett.
==Championships and accomplishments== *'''British Boxing Board of Control''' **List of British bantamweight boxing champions (2 times) **British (Southern Area) Featherweight Title 1 time **Commonwealth (British Empire) bantamweight Title 1 time
==See also== *List of British bantamweight boxing champions *British Boxing Board of Control *National Sporting Club
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110201033303/http://nipperpatdaly.co.uk/dickcorbett.html Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green)] Nipper Pat Daly - British Boxing History * {{BoxRec|49144}}
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