Kevin "Bones" Kelly (born 7 August 1969 in
La Perouse, New South Wales
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The La Perouse peninsula is the n ...
) is an
Australian
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retired
professional
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welter/
light middle/
middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the South Australia State welterweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State welterweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State light middleweight title, Australian light middleweight title,
Pan Asian Boxing Association
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History
Si ...
(PABA) light middleweight title,
World Boxing Union
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(WBU) middleweight title, and
Commonwealth light middleweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the
World Boxing Association
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(WBA) World light middleweight title against
David Reid, and
World Boxing Organization
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(WBO) Inter-Continental light middleweight title against
Gary Lockett, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
welterweight
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to , i.e.
middleweight.
Professional boxing record
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1969 births
Boxers from Sydney
Light-middleweight boxers
Indigenous Australian boxers
Living people
Middleweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
Australian male boxers
Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
Sportsmen from New South Wales
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