Barry Morrison | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | The Bizness |
Weight(s) | Light welterweight |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Born | Bellshill, Scotland | 8 May 1980
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 25 |
Wins | 19 |
Wins by KO | 8 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Barry Morrison (born 8th May 1980) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2012. He held the British super lightweight title in 2007.
Morrison's first professional fight was in April 2003 at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, when he defeated the Welshman Keith Jones on points over four rounds. [1]
DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT |
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12/04/2003 | Keith Jones | WON |
28/04/2003 | Arv Mitto | WON |
05/07/2003 | Cristian Hodorogea | WON |
06/09/2003 | Jay Mahoney | WON |
04/10/2003 | Sergey Starkov | WON |
01/11/2003 | Tarik Amrouse | WON |
28/02/2004 | Zoltan Surman | WON |
22/04/2004 | Andrey Devyataykin | WON |
15/10/2004 | Adam Zadworny | WON |
27/05/2005 | Gary Reid | WON |
14/10/2005 | Tony Montana | WON |
17/03/2006 | Dean Hickman | WON |
21/04/2006 | Mihaita Mutu | LOST |
22/09/2006 | Mounir Guebbas | WON |
20/01/2007 | Lenny Daws | WON |
08/06/2007 | Colin Lynes | LOST |
19/10/2007 | Arek Malek | WON |
29/02/2008 | Billy Smith | WON |
04/07/2008 | David Barnes | LOST |
19/01/2009 | Jason Nesbitt | WON |
18/09/2009 | Lenny Daws | WON |
09/07/2010 | Billy Smith | WON |
02/10/2010 | Paul McCloskey | LOST |
23/01/2012 | Daniel Micallef | WON |
11/02/2012 | Adil Anwar | LOST |
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