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Brian Carr

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Brian Carr
Born (1969-06-20) 20 June 1969 (age 55)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Statistics
Weight(s)super bantam/feather/super featherweight
Height5 ft 5+12 in (1.66 m)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights33
Wins25 (KO 5)
Losses7 (KO 3)
Draws1

Brian Carr (born 20 June 1969, in Glasgow) is a Scottish amateur featherweight and professional super bantam/feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s.

Boxing career

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Amateur career

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As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, when boxing out of the Auchengeich BC,[1] against John Williams[1] (Pontypool & Panteg BC).[2]

He represented Great Britain at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, losing to eventual silver medal winner Faustino Reyes of Spain.

Professional career

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As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Scottish Area featherweight title, and Commonwealth super bantamweight title (won against Meshack Kondwani), and was a challenger for the British super bantamweight title against; Michael Brodie, Patrick Mullings, Michael Alldis, and Esham Pickering, and World Boxing Union (WBU) featherweight title against Cassius Baloyi.

His professional fighting weight varied from 120 lb (54 kg; 8 st 8 lb), (super bantamweight) to 130 lb (59.0 kg; 9 st 4.0 lb), (super featherweight).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "1990 103rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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