Dale Robinson (born 9 April 1980) born in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

is an English

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and

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/ super fly/ bantam/

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of the 1990s and 2000s, who as an amateur won the 1999

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(ABAE) flyweight title, against Anthony Joyett (West Ham ABC), boxing out of Hard and Fast ABC (

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), and 2000

(ABAE) flyweight title, against D. Bennett (St. Mary's ABC), boxing out of Hard and Fast ABC (

), and as a professional won the

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(BBBofC) Central Area flyweight title, and Commonwealth flyweight title, drew with Chris Edwards for the vacant BBBofC British flyweight title, and vacant Commonwealth flyweight title, and was a challenger for the

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(IBO) super flyweight title against

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, BBBofC British bantamweight title against

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, and BBBofC English flyweight title against Chris Edwards, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

to , i.e.

. Dale Robinson was trained by Chris Aston, and managed by Tommy Gilmour.

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