Brian Carr (born 20 June 1969, in
Glasgow
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) is a Scottish
amateur featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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and
professional
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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
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
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
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, and
World Boxing Union
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(WBU) featherweight title against
Cassius Baloyi.
His professional fighting weight varied from , (
super bantamweight) to , (
super featherweight).
References
External links
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1969 births
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Featherweight boxers
Living people
Olympic boxers for Great Britain
Scottish male boxers
Boxers from Glasgow
Super-bantamweight boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
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