Paul "Scrap Iron" Ryan (born ,
in
Dublin
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) is an
Irish professional
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light welter/
welter/
light middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA an ...
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of the 1990s who won the
World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental light welterweight title,
British Boxing Board of Control
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History
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(BBBofC) British light welterweight title, and
Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British welterweight title against
Geoff McCreesh
his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
light welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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to , i.e.
light middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA an ...
.
References
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Image - Paul Ryan
1965 births
English male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Living people
People from Kent
Boxers from Greater London
Welterweight boxers
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