Keith Tate (30 January 1945[1] – 5 April 2019[2][3]) was an English amateur, and professional bantamweight boxer of the 1960s, and boxing trainer.
[4] Keith Tate was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire (his birth was registered in Lower Agbrigg).
He won the National Coal Board British Flyweight title, was runner-up for the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-A title against George O'Neill[5] (Wolverhampton ABC) at The Royal Albert Hall, London on Thursday 23 March 1961,[6] won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title against Ken Buchanan (Sparta AAC) at The Royal Albert Hall, London on Thursday 22 March 1962[7] and was runner-up for the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Flyweight (51 kg) title against Monty Laud[8] (St Ives ABC) at The Empire Pool, London on Friday 26 April 1963.
[9] He fought internationally for the Amateur Boxing Association of England; including against Hungary with a points defeat by Hungarian amateur flyweight (51 kg (112.4 lb; 8 st 0.4 lb)) champion Imre Harangozo[10] (born circa-1943, of Székesfehérvár MAV), at King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester on Monday 11 November 1963.
Tate's final professional bout was a defeat by Johnny Mantle (Southern (England) Area featherweight challenger) on Tuesday 20 September 1966.