Prince Rodney

Noel "Prince" Rodney (born 31 October 1958) is a British former boxer who was British light middleweight champion between 1983 and 1986.

Career Born in London, Rodney spent nine years living in Grenada before settling in Huddersfield in the late 1960s. He attended Deighton High School and as a teenager was a promising athlete and a member of Longwood Harriers before taking up boxing. In September 1982 he fought another British title eliminator against Graeme Ahmed, this time winning via a third round stoppage.

In October 1983 he faced Jimmy Batten at the Royal Albert Hall for the British title vacated by Graham. Rodney stopped Batten in the sixth round to become British champion. He lost a non-title fight in November against Adam George and his second defence of the British title also ended in defeat, when he was knocked out in the ninth round by Chris Pyatt at the Royal Albert Hall in February 1986.

Rodney beat Carlton Warren in November 1986 but was then out of the ring until May 1989, when he lost to Sean Heron on points over six rounds. He had his final fight in April 1990, Terry Dixon stopping him in a cruiserweight contest in the seventh round.

In November 2008 Rodney opened the Prince Rodney Titans Amateur Boxing Club in Linthwaite.