Dale Robinson (born 9 April 1980) born in
Huddersfield
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is an English
amateur
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flyweight
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Boxing
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and
professional
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fly
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/
super fly/
bantam/
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of the 1990s and 2000s, who as an amateur won the 1999
Amateur Boxing Association of England
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(ABAE) flyweight title, against
Anthony Joyett (West Ham ABC),
boxing out of
Hard and Fast ABC (
Barnsley
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), and 2000
Amateur Boxing Association of England
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(ABAE) flyweight title, against
D. Bennett (St. Mary's ABC),
boxing out of
Hard and Fast ABC (
Barnsley
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), and as a professional won the
British Boxing Board of Control
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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
International Boxing Organization
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(IBO) super flyweight title against
Jason Booth
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, BBBofC British bantamweight title against
Martin Power
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...
, and BBBofC English flyweight title against
Chris Edwards, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
to , i.e.
super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
.
Dale Robinson was trained by
Chris Aston, and managed by
Tommy Gilmour.
References
External links
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Image - Dale Robinson
1980 births
Bantamweight boxers
Flyweight boxers
English male boxers
Living people
Sportspeople from Huddersfield
Super-bantamweight boxers
Super-flyweight boxers
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