Brian Carr (born 20 June 1969, in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

) is a Scottish amateur

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and

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super bantam/ feather/ super featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s.

Boxing career

Amateur career

As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, when boxing out of the Auchengeich BC, against John Williams

(Pontypool & Panteg BC). He represented Great Britain at featherweight in the Boxing at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain, losing to eventual silver medal winner Faustino Reyes of Spain.

Professional career

As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Scottish Area featherweight title, and Commonwealth super bantamweight title (won against Meshack Kondwani), and was a challenger for the British super bantamweight title against; Michael Brodie, Patrick Mullings, Michael Alldis, and

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, and

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(WBU) featherweight title against Cassius Baloyi. His professional fighting weight varied from , ( super bantamweight) to , ( super featherweight).

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