Elton Felix Dharry (born 1 December 1985) is a Guyanese

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who challenged for the WBA

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title in 2019.

Professional career

Dharry has held the Guyana National and

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Intercontinental

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, and the WBA Fedecentro

titles between 2013 and 2019. In 2013, his win against Rudolph Hedge of Jamaica for the World Boxing Union (WBU) bantamweight title made him the first Guyanese to win a world title on home soil. Dharry is based out of Brooklyn, New York.

References

1985 births Living people Guyanese male boxers Indo-Guyanese people People from Demerara-Mahaica Bantamweight boxers {{Guyana-boxing-bio-stub