Ryan Farrag (born 6 February 1988) is an English

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. He held the

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title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged once for the

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bantamweight title in 2016.

Professional career

On 30 October 2015 Farrag defeated

Stephane Jamoye Stephane Jamoye (born October 5, 1989) is a Belgian professional boxer who held the European bantamweight title from 2012 to 2013. He also challenged for the WBC bantamweight title and WBA (Regular) super bantamweight title in 2014. Amateur care ...

by ninth-round

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(KO) to win the vacant European bantamweight title.

Professional boxing record

References

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