Adrian "Ady" Lewis (born 31 May 1975) is a British former

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who competed from 1994 to 2001. He challenged once for the IBO

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title in 2001. At regional level, he held the

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and Commonwealth

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titles in 1997, and the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles in 2000.

Career

Born in

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, Lewis fought out of the Bury ABC as an amateur and was runner-up in the ABA Junior Class-B bantamweight championship against Spencer Oliver. He began his professional career in 1994. Standing 4 ft 10in tall and weighing 8 stones, Lewis was the smallest British professional boxer at the time.Moon dream in ruins
, ''

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'', 8 October 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2015 After winning his first ten fights he took his first title when he beat Louis Veitch on points in December 1996 to become BBBofC Central Area

champion. In January 1997 he beat

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to take the vacant British flyweight title, defending it successfully four months later against Mark Reynolds. In his second defence in September 1997, Peter Culshaw's Commonwealth title was also at stake; Lewis stopped Culshaw in the eighth round to retain his British title and become commonwealth champion. In November 1997 Lewis challenged for David Guerault's EBU European flyweight title in

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. Guerault stopped Lewis in the fourth round, inflicting Lewis' first defeat as a professional. Lewis subsequently moved up to

, and in June 1999 fought Noel Wilders in a final eliminator for the British title, losing after being stopped in the sixth round. In April 2000 he faced Francis Ampofo for the vacant British and commonwealth titles at the

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, winning both titles by

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. He defended both titles in September 2000, but lost to Tommy Waite after a cut forced the fight to be stopped. In February 2001 he challenged Nicky Booth for both titles but was stopped in the seventh round. Lewis' final fight was against Jose Sanjuanelo in October 2001 for the IBO bantamweight title, losing after being stopped in the second round. Lewis went on to run the Dynamics gym in Radcliffe.Dynamics lads put on super sell-out show
, '' Bury Times'', 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015

References

External links

Career record
at boxrec.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Ady 1975 births Living people English male boxers Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from Bury, Greater Manchester