Paul Upton (born 12 July 1988) is an Irish professional boxer trained by
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships at l ...
.
Amateur career
Upton was an Irish under-21 champion.
Irish title
On 23 April 2016 Upton won the
Boxing Union of Ireland super welterweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA an ...
title defeating
Terry Maughan. This was his only fight of 2016.
Personal life
He is one of three boxing brothers, along with Sonny (also trained by Ricky Hatton) and Anthony.
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Irish male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
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