Just what boxing needs: convicted child molester to make comeback

13/03/2007

Just what boxing needs: convicted child molester to make comeback

Davey Hilton plans ring return

Press Release: Former WBC super middleweight titlist Davey Hilton is planning a boxing comeback according to the Montreal Gazzette. Hilton turned pro in 1981, and amazingly, claimed a world title in his nineteenth year as a pro. He won his world title by split decision over Dingaan Thobela in 2000. He never defended the title, though, because he was found guilty in 2001 of multiple sexual assaults of two teenage girls, the daughters of his then-girlfriend, which took place over a period of three years. Hilton, now 43, was released from prison last year.