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Brian Carr
Born (1969-06-20) 20 June 1969 (age 55)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Statistics
Weight(s)super bantam/feather/super featherweight
Height5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights33
Wins25 (KO 5)
Losses7 (KO 3)
Draws1

Brian Carr (born 20 June 1969, in Glasgow) is a Scottish amateur featherweight and professional super bantam/feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s.

Boxing career

Amateur career

As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, when boxing out of the Auchengeich BC, against John Williams (Pontypool & Panteg BC).

He represented Great Britain at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, losing to eventual silver medal winner Faustino Reyes of Spain.

Professional career

As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Scottish Area featherweight title, and Commonwealth super bantamweight title (won against Meshack Kondwani), and was a challenger for the British super bantamweight title against; Michael Brodie, Patrick Mullings, Michael Alldis, and Esham Pickering, and World Boxing Union (WBU) featherweight title against Cassius Baloyi.

His professional fighting weight varied from 120 lb (54 kg; 8 st 8 lb), (super bantamweight) to 130 lb (59.0 kg; 9 st 4.0 lb), (super featherweight).

References

  1. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. "1990 103rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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