Raymond Peter Moylette (born 11 April 1990), sometimes spelled Moylett, is an Irish

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. As an

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he represented Ireland, winning gold medals at the 2008 Youth World Championships and 2011 European Championships.

Amateur career

Irish junior titles

Moylette represented the St Anne's Boxing Club in Westport, with whom he has been boxing with since the age of six, and won four national titles ranging from Boy 1 level to the Youth division. In 2007, He won both the Cadet and Youth (Under 19) divisions and also won the Best Boxer of the Championships award in becoming the Youth title holder.

Youth World Championships

At the Youth World Championships in

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, Mexico, Moylette won the gold medal in the lightweight (60 kg) division, becoming the first Irish boxer in history to win a gold medal at the Youth World Championships. He recently won the Irish senior championships at light welter-weight, beating Ulster champion

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. At the Youth Championships, Moylette defeated Fred Evans of Wales and Cuba's Juan Garcia to get to the final where he beat

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to take the title.

European Championships

Despite having been beaten in the quarter-final of The Irish National Championships, Moylette was sent to the 2011 European Championships in

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, Moylette secured at least a silver medal in the light-welterweight division after victory over Hajiliyev Heybatulla of Azerbaijan in the semi-finals on 23 June. On 24 June, he went on to win the gold medal after an 18-10 victory against

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Professional career

Moylette is trained by Paschal Collins, brother of World Champion,

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. He made his pro debut in March 2017 at The

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in London, with three more victories that year in Boston, USA. By June 2017, Moylette would build an unblemished 11-0 record. He then challenged for his first professional title in his home county of Mayo. Moylette would face Mexican Christian Uruzquieta for the

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International Silver Lightweight title.

Personal life

Moylette attended

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in Castlebar for his secondary school education. He married his long-time girlfriend Sharon McGing on 28 December 2017.

Professional boxing record

References

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