Patrick "Pat" Clinton (born 4 April 1964) Was a Scottish former

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who competed from 1985 to 1994. He held the WBO

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title from 1992 to 1993. At regional level, he held the

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flyweight title from 1988 to 1999, and the

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European title in 1990.

Career

Amateur

Born and raised in Croy,

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, one of ten children, his father Billy was a former Scottish professional champion and his uncle Jim an amateur champion.Barry, Nicola (1998)
Boxing Left Me Deaf at 34.but I'd Do It All Again; SAYS FORMER WORLD CHAMP PAT CLINTON
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'', 27 April 1998. He was a member of Croy Miners Amateur Boxing Club. Clinton represented Great Britain as a Flyweight at the 1984

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in Los Angeles. Results were: * Round of 32: Defeated

Leonard Makhanya Leonard Makhanya (born 9 August 1964) is a former Swaziland boxing, boxer. Makhanya competed at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Pat Clinton of Great Britain in his first round match.

(Swaziland) by decision, 5–0 * Round of 16: Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (Yugoslavia) by second-round knockout Clinton was also the Amateur Boxing Association of England flyweight champion in 1984 and 1985.

Professional

Clinton turned professional in 1985, his first pro fight a points victory over Gordon Stobie in October that year. After winning his first eleven fights, he won his first title in September 1987, stopping Joe Kelly to take the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area flyweight title. In his next fight he again faced Kelly with Clinton's Scottish Area title and the vacant British title at stake. Clinton won on points this time to become British champion. In February 1989, Clinton faced Eyüp Can for the vacant European title, losing a unanimous decision. He made successful defences of his British title against Danny Porter and David Afan Jones before getting a second shot at the European title in August 1990; Clinton took a majority decision against Salvatore Fanni in

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to take the vacant European title.Tibbetts, Graham (2002)
BOXING CHAMP PAT'S HEART ATTACK TERROR; Ring Hero, 37, Misses Bash to Mark Career
, ''The Mirror'', 20 March 2002. In March 1992, Clinton challenged for the WBO world flyweight title held by

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at the

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in Glasgow. Clinton took a split decision to become WBO world champion.Keevins, Hugh (1992)
From the Scotsman Archives : Pat Clinton Crowned Champion of the World
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'', 1 March 2014.Black, Jim (2017)
Pat Clinton 25 years on from coronation as world flyweight champion
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'', 18 March 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018 In September 1992 he successfully defended the world title against Porter, but lost it in May 1993 when he was stopped by

Jacob Matlala Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala (1 August 1962 – 7 December 2013) was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion from Meadowlands, Johannesburg. He won 4 world championship titles. In 2004, Matlala was voted #72 in the " 100 Greatest Sou ...

in the eighth round at the

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. Clinton was out of the ring for eleven months, returning in April 1994 to face Adey Benton. Benton stopped him in the first round, in what proved to be Clinton's final fight.McInnes, Henry (2002)
Clinton rolls with past punches
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'', 20 October 2002. He retired at the age of 30 with a professional record of 20 wins and three losses. In his thirties, as a result of perforated eardrums suffered during his boxing career, Clinton suffered

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and started to lose his hearing, and had to start wearing a

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at the age of 33. He returned to his trade as a

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before going on to work as a salesman for

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