# Gordon Ferris

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{{short description|Irish boxer}}
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| weight         = [Heavyweight](/source/Heavyweight)
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| nationality    = British, Irish
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|df=y|1952|11|21}}
| birth_place    = [Enniskillen](/source/Enniskillen), Northern Ireland
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| total          = 26
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| relatives = [Finlay Bealham](/source/Finlay_Bealham) (first cousin once removed)
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'''Gordon Ferris''' (born 21 November 1952) is a [Northern Irish](/source/Northern_Ireland) former [heavyweight](/source/heavyweight) boxer who was both Irish and British champion in the early 1980s.

==Career==
Born in [Enniskillen](/source/Enniskillen), Northern Ireland, and a [lock-keeper](/source/lock-keeper) by trade,<ref name="BT">"[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/jack-magowan-great-irish-heavyweights-are-few-and-far-between-28530771.html Jack Magowan: Great Irish heavyweights are few and far between]", ''[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph)'', 6 December 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2014</ref> Ferris had a distinguished amateur career, winning a bronze medal at the [1974 Commonwealth Games](/source/1974_Commonwealth_Games) and five Irish amateur titles.<ref name="IR">"[http://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/roundup/articles/2010/10/22/392431-boxing-stopped-me-going-off-the-rails/ 'Boxing stopped me going off the rails'] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140928151639/http://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/roundup/articles/2010/10/22/392431-boxing-stopped-me-going-off-the-rails/ |date=2014-09-28 }}", ''[The Impartial Reporter](/source/The_Impartial_Reporter)'', 22 October 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2014</ref><ref>"[http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/boxing.htm Boxing]", gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014</ref>

After missing out on selection for the [1976 Olympic Games](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics), Ferris took the decision to turn professional and made his pro debut in December 1977 with a win over Keith Steve Johnson. He won 14 of his first 18 pro fights, leading to a final eliminator for the British heavyweight title in September 1980 against [Tommy Kiely](/source/Tommy_Kiely), with the Irish and Northern Ireland Area titles also at stake; He won on points over 12 rounds, leading to a fight with [Billy Aird](/source/Billy_Aird) for the vacant British title. He won by a 15-round points decision to become British champion.<ref name="BT" /><ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19810331&id=R8BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6539,6961509 Ferris the New Champion Heavy]", ''[Glasgow Herald](/source/Glasgow_Herald)'', 31 March 1981, p. 28. Retrieved 28 September 2014</ref> He lost the title in his first defence, against [Neville Meade](/source/Neville_Meade) in October 1981, losing by a first-round knockout.<ref name="BT" /> He attempted to get another shot at the title but was beaten in a final eliminator in June 1982 by [David Pearce](/source/David_Pearce_(boxer)), after which he retired from boxing.<ref name="IR" />

He subsequently ran pubs in [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester) and [Stoke-on-Trent](/source/Stoke-on-Trent).<ref name="IR" />

The Irish [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player, [Finlay Bealham](/source/Finlay_Bealham) is his first cousin once removed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/finlay-bealham-canberra-2399232-Jul2025/|title='We had to say to Finlay, mate, you're allowed to be a kid. He was so driven'|first=Murray|last=Kinsella|date=9 July 2025|website=The 42}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:Male boxers from Northern Ireland
Category:Heavyweight boxers
Category:Sportspeople from Enniskillen
Category:Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
Category:Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Boxers from County Fermanagh
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing

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