Nedal "Skinny" Hussein (born 1 December 1977) is an Australian

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who competed from 1997 to 2007. Hussein won several titles, including: the Australian super bantamweight title, Australian bantamweight title,

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(IBF) Pan Pacific featherweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) featherweight title,

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(WBU) super bantamweight title,

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(WBO) Asia Pacific super featherweight title,

(IBF) Pan Pacific super featherweight title,

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(IBO) Inter-Continental super featherweight title, and Commonwealth super bantamweight title. Hussein was a challenger for the

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(WBC) International super bantamweight title, fighting

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. He took part in the

(WBC) super bantamweight title against

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(WBO) featherweight title against Scott Harrison,

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(OPBF) featherweight title against

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, and

(OPBF) super featherweight title against

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. His fighting weight varied from

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Professional boxing record

Nedal was involved in 48 fights throughout his career. 43 of these fights resulted in victory (27 by knockout and 16 by decision). Nedal has only been defeated in 5 fights (2 by knockout and 3 by decision).

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1977 births Living people Australian male boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers from Sydney Featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers Place of birth missing (living people) Super-bantamweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub