Patrick Joseph Hyland (born 16 September 1983) is an Irish former
professional boxer
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from
Dublin
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. He competed at
featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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and
super featherweight.
Professional career
Hyland turned professional in September 2004 in the City West Hotel,
Dublin
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, on an
undercard
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of a bill that included
Jim Rock and
Peter Buckley. In his debut Hyland beat
Birmingham
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's Dean Ward on points over four rounds.
Irish title
He was the
Irish
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featherweight champion.
[
]
Defeating Paul Griffin with 3rd round KO at then National Stadium in Dublin
WBF title
Hyland became the
WBF featherweight champion, on 25 June 2011, by defeating France's Philippe Frenois at the
National Stadium
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in Dublin.
Moving to the United States
In September 2011, Hyland moved to
New York City
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to link up with Final Round Promotions.
[
] Hyland defeated former
Manny Pacquiao
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and
Diego Magdaleno opponent
Emmanuel Lucero by unanimous decision, and his next fight took place against experienced veteran Frankie Archuleta in the
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
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, New York, on 5 May 2012, a fight in which he stopped Archuleta in the 4th round. On 8 August 2012, he won a unanimous decision over Carlos Fulgencio in the 8 round main event at Sahlen Stadium in
Rochester, New York
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. This improved his record to 27–0 and set a new Irish record for most consecutive wins ever by an Irish boxer.
WBA interim title shot
On 8 December 2012, Hyland faced fellow unbeaten fighter
Javier Fortuna of the
Dominican Republic
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in the
MGM Grand, in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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for the
interim
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*Provis ...
WBA title on the undercard of
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV on
HBO PPV. In a very competitive fight, the iron-chinned Hyland lost the unanimous decision to Fortuna who seemed to be the busier boxer throughout the bout.
WBC World Title
Hyland challenged WBC champion Gary Russell Jr on the 16th of April 2016 at Foxwoods Casino as main event on US tv network Showtime. Hyland lost in round 2 Russell’s fast hands to much for Hyland on the night dropping Hyland 3 times in the 2nd round.
Professional boxing record
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="8", 31 Wins (15 Knockouts), 3 Losses, 0 Draws
[Patrick Hyland's Professional Boxing Record]
. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
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References
External links
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Featherweight boxers
Living people
1983 births
Irish male boxers