Andy Holligan (born 6 June 1967 in

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) is an English amateur light welterweight and

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light welter/ welter/ light middleweight

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of the 1980s and 1990s, who as an amateur won the 1987 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) light welterweight title, against

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(Fitzroy Lodge ABC (

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)), boxing out of Rotunda ABC (

), and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British light welterweight title , winning the Lonsdale Belt outright twice Commonwealth light welterweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the

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(WBC) light welterweight title against Julio César Chávez losing the fight after pulling out the fight at the end of the fifth round with a broken nose , and

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(WBU) light welterweight title against

Shea Neary James Patrick "Shea" Neary ( ; born 18 May 1968) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2000. He held the WBU light-welterweight title from 1996 to 2000, and challenged once for the Commonwealth light-welterweight ti ...

, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. light welterweight to , i.e. light middleweight.

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* 1967 births Living people English male boxers Light-middleweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Boxers from Liverpool Welterweight boxers {{England-boxing-bio-stub