Not a perennial power, it last won a Commonwealth title in 2002.
He now held both the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles.
The medal ceremony for his Commonwealth title was marked by an unusual incident.
He is a former British champion and has twice competed for the Commonwealth title.
He also acquired the Commonwealth title in 1953.
The win meant that he had now won the Commonwealth title as an amateur and as a professional.
Thompson won his third Commonwealth title in 1986 but after that he never quite recaptured the superlative form of earlier years.
Four more victories followed in 2008 before being given the chance to fight for the Commonwealth title in 2009.
He would vacate his Commonwealth title later in the year to set up the biggest fight of his career.
During his career he held the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles.
