Ross "The Rooster" Hale (born 28 February 1966
) born in
Bristol
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is an
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, boxing out of
National Smelting Company
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AB
(
Avonmouth), and
professional
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light welter/
welter/
light middleweight
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of the 1980s and '90s who won the
British Boxing Board of Control
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(BBBofC) Western Area welterweight title, 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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to , i.e.
light middleweight
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.
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Image - Ross Hale
1966 births
English male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Living people
Sportspeople from Bristol
Welterweight boxers
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