Dennis Talbot

Dennis Alan Talbot (born 18 April 1954) is an Australian former boxer. His boxing career started from Mudgee in June 1969 and went on for a period of 15 years. He retired in April 1984 after successfully defending his lightweight title against Brett Young.

Dennis traveled to every part of Australia and visited many parts around the World (New Caledonia, Fiji, Bahrain, Italy, Marreia Island, Singapore, Austria, American Samoa, Tahiti, Germany, The Philippines and New Zealand).

He met many celebrities, including; Prince Philip, Princess Anne, Raymond Burr, Mick Jagger, Marlon Brando, Johnny Weissmuller, Ferdinand Marcos, Lionel Rose, Johnny Famechon and Jimmy Carruthers.

Dennis entered the ring against 4 World Champions.

He fought over a 100 fights including 30 title fights, with 85% in victories, 50% KO's, 26 KO's in under 2 rounds, 3 KO's under 1 round and 2 KO's under 30 seconds of the first round.

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