Kevin Lear

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Kevin Lear
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Real nameKevin Lear
Nickname(s)"Real Hammer"
Weight(s) Super featherweight
Nationality English
Born (1977-05-03) 3 May 1977 (age 43)
Whitechapel, London, England
Stance orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins14
Wins by KO6
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Kevin Lear (born 3 may 1977) is a British former professional boxer who fought at super featherweight and lightweight.

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He is a former WBU super featherweight champion. [1]

Professional career

Lear turned professional in September 1999 at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. In his debut Lear defeated Bulgarian Demir Nanev with a fourth round technical knockout. [1]

Victory over Michael Gomez

The West Ham based fighter built up an unbeaten 12-0 record, before moving up considerably in class and fighting Michael Gomez on 1 June 2002, at the MEN Arena on the undercard of the Ricky Hatton versus Eamonn Magee fight. [1]

From the outset of the fight, Lear, a former Amateur Boxing Association of England champion, kept Gomez at bay with his sharp jab. Lear inflicted damage to Gomez whose nose began to bleed heavily in the sixth round. By the eighth round, Gomez was slowing suffering the effects of Lear's continuing barrage of combinations. At the end of the eight round Gomez's trainer Brian Hughes retired Gomez giving Lear a surprising victory. [2]

Following his victory over Gomez, Lear only fought once more, before having to retire as a result of serious and long-standing shoulder injuries.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Boxrec. "Kevin Lear". Boxrec Fighter Page. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  2. Mark Staniforth. "LEAR CLAIMS MEMORABLE WIN". Sporting Life . Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.