Bernard "Punching Postman" Paul (born October 22, 1965) is a

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light welter/ welter/

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of the 1990s and 2000s who won the

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(BBBofC) Southern (England) Area light welterweight title, and Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the

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(WBO) Inter-Continental light welterweight title against

Jon Thaxton Jonathan Thaxton (born 10 September 1974) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2009. He held the British lightweight title from 2006 and 2007, and the EBU European title from 2008 to 2009. Professional career He h ...

(BBBofC) British light welterweight title against

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, and

(WBO) Inter-Continental light welterweight title against

Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships at li ...

, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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