Paul Lloyd (boxer)
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Paul "Livewire" Lloyd (born 7 December 1968 in
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, Wirral) is an English amateur
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and professional bantam/
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of the 1990s and 2000s. Lloyd, as an amateur, won the 1990
Amateur Boxing Association of England England Boxing, known until 2013 as the Amateur Boxing Association of England, is the leading Sports governing body, governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in North ...
(ABAE) bantamweight title against Michael Gibbons,
Michael Alldis Michael Alldis (born 25 May 1968) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002 and made a comeback in 2015. He challenged once for the IBO super bantamweight title in 1998. At regional level, he held the British Brit ...
, Wilson Docherty, and
Patrick Mullings Patrick "Schoolboy" Mullings (born 19 October 1970) is an English amateur bantamweight and professional super bantam/feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, who as an amateur was the runner-up for the 1990 Amateur Boxing Asso ...
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& District ABC). Lloyd participated in the World Cup in Bombay, India, during November 1990, defeating Rico Maspaitela of Indonesia and losing to
Enrique Carrión Enrique Carrión Olivares (Santiago de Cuba, 11 October 1967) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight. He won the 1989 final against Bulgarian Serafim Todorov who beat him in 1991 a ...
of Cuba. He participated in the trials for the
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in Halle, Germany, defeating Shaun Anderson of Scotland and losing to Dieter Berg of Germany. Lloyd won the gold medal at bantamweight at the 1992
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in Ottawa, Canada, during May 1992, defeating Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba, Mark Mercier of Canada, and Alexei Aztamohov of Russia. Boxing out of
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), and as a professional, he won the
British Boxing Board of Control The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. History The British Boxing Board of Control was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff. ...
(BBBofC) Central Area super bantamweight title, BBBofC British bantamweight title,
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(EBU) bantamweight title, and Commonwealth bantamweight title. Lloyd was a challenger for the BBBofC British super bantamweight title against
Richie Wenton Richie Wenton (born 28 October 1967) is a British former Boxing, boxer who was British super bantamweight champion between 1994 and 1996, and fought for European and World titles. Career Born in Liverpool, Wenton was encouraged to take up boxin ...
,
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(IBF) bantamweight title against
Tim Austin Timothy Austin (born April 14, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He is now a coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym in Cincinnati. Amateur career Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113–9. Amateu ...
,
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(WBO) super bantamweight title against
Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held multiple triple champion, world championships in three weight classes between 1995 and 2007, from super bantamwei ...
, International Boxing Council bantamweight title against
Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl Johansen (born 27 August 1968), known professionally as Johnny Bredahl or Johny Wahid Johansen, is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2006. He is a weight class (boxing), world champion in two weight cl ...
, and International Boxing Organization bantamweight title against Noel Wilders.


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