Alexander Aitken "Alec" Mullen Mullen is a Scottish former
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Fighting out of his home village of Springside boxing club along with brothers John 1965–2017, Boyd, and Joe born 1969–1999, cousin Harry and coached by his father John Mullen 1944-2019 competed in over 120 amateur contests, winning 105.
He was national schoolboy champion in 1981 Assembly Rooms Derby (intermediate class ), followed by Gaelic gold in
Cardiff
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in 1983. Mullen added 3 Scottish
light middleweight
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The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA ...
titles, in 1984, 1985, and 1986, to the 4 Scottish youth titles he won 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983. He also represented his country at European junior championships (Helsinki, Finland 1984), European senior championships (Budapest, Hungary 1985). He ended his amateur career with a bronze medal at light middleweight at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
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in Edinburgh. Mullen also represented his country 18 times, winning 15. The highlight of his career was beating
Rod Douglas
Rod Douglas (born 20 October 1964) is an English boxer.
Boxing career
Born in London, Douglas competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he reached the quarter finals.Los Angeles Olympics of 1984, at Dundee in a televised international Scotland V England on 17 January 1985.
Mullen turned professional in October 1986, competing as a middleweight and winning 6 fights out of 6; his last fight was a points win versus Peter Brown at Solihull in May 1987. He retired with an eye injury in June 1987. Mullen is now involved in amateur boxing coaching and running a successful boxing club Irvine Vineburgh Boxing Club in his home town of Irvine.