Gary Hinton (born 1956-08-29 in Darby, PA) was an American boxer at

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...

Professional career

Hinton turned pro in 1978.In 1985 he challenged

Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990. He was a two-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1980 to 1983, and the IBF title from 1984 ...

for the

IBF The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...

light welterweight title and lost a split decision over 15 rounds. When Pryor was stripped of his title for not defending it, he won the vacant

light welterweight title with a decision win over Reyes Antonio Cruz in 1986. He lost the title in his first defense to

Joe Manley Joe Louis Manley Jr. (born June 11, 1959) is an American former boxer who fought at light welterweight. Amateur career Manley qualified as a lightweight for the 1980 United States Olympic team, defeating Frankie Randall on his way to earning ...

by KO later that year.

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