10 Facts About Chic Calderwood

Chic Calderwood was a Scottish light-heavyweight boxer from Craigneuk in North Lanarkshire, Scotland who was active from 1957 to 1966.

Chic Calderwood's career was cut short when he was killed in an automobile accident.

Chic Calderwood compiled an amateur boxing record of 64 wins and 6 defeats.

Chic Calderwood had his first professional fight in September 1957 when he fought Jimmy Teasdale in Falkirk, winning by a knockout in the second round.

Chic Calderwood was the first Scottish boxer to hold the British light-heavyweight title.

Chic Calderwood won by a technical knockout in the twelfth, to gain his second title.

Chic Calderwood continued his winning record and in September 1960 he gained a ten-round points victory over American, Willie Pastrano, later to become world light-heavyweight champion.

Chic Calderwood retained his tiles when Redrup retired at the end of the eleventh round with a badly cut eye.

Later in 1963, Chic Calderwood was charged with assaulting a labourer from Selkirk and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

Chic Calderwood was knocked out in the second round of, what proved to be, his last fight.