Freeman Barr (born October 12, 1973) is a Bahamian former

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who competed from 1993 to 2010, challenging for the

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middleweight title in 1999.

Amateur career

The youngest of 13 children, Barr had only nine amateur bouts. He was nevertheless a two-time National Amateur Champion in the Bahamas. He represented the Bahamas at the

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Professional career

Barr made his professional debut on February 26, 1993. On January 30, 1999 Barr lost the bout for the WBO middleweight title against

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Bert Schenk Bert Schenk (born 14 November 1970 in Berlin, Germany) was a German boxer. Professional career Schenk turned pro in 1996 and won the WBO Middleweight Title on 30 January 1999 against Freeman Barr by 4th-round TKO. Otis Grant had vacated the b ...

Professional Highlights

* Florida State Middleweight Champion (Defeated Anthony Brooks on Sept. 28 1996) * IBC Continental Middleweight Champion (Defeated Andres Arellano Sandoval on Feb. 25 1997) * IBO Middleweight Champion (Defeated Jerry Brown on Sept. 20 1997) *

- NABO Middleweight Champion (Defeated Lee Fortune on June 2, 1998) *

- NABO Super Middleweight Champion (Defeated Gerald Coleman on Feb. 1 2000)

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* 1973 births Living people Bahamian male boxers Middleweight boxers Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for the Bahamas People from Andros, Bahamas {{Bahamas-boxing-bio-stub