Brian Carr (born 20 June 1969, in

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) is a Scottish amateur

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and

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super bantam/ feather/

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of the 1990s and 2000s.

Boxing career

Amateur career

As an amateur he won the 1990

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(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

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in Barcelona, Spain, losing to eventual

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winner

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of Spain.

Professional career

As a professional he won the

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(BBBofC) Scottish Area featherweight title, and Commonwealth super bantamweight title (won against

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), and was a challenger for the British super bantamweight title against;

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, and

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, and

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(WBU) featherweight title against

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. His professional fighting weight varied from , (

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) to , (

References

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