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.
Brian Carr | |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | super bantam/feather/super featherweight |
Height | 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Born | (1969-06-20) 20 June 1969 (age 53) Glasgow, Scotland |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 33 |
Wins | 25 (KO 5) |
Losses | 7 (KO 3) |
Draws | 1 |
As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, when boxing out of the Auchengeich BC,[1] against John Williams (Pontypool & Panteg BC).[2]
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.
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).[3]
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