Gairy St. Clair
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Gairy St. Clair is a professional boxer
in the junior lightweight (130 lb
) division. He is the former IBF
world junior-lightweight champion.
He is now based in Australia and is currently trained by Johnny Lewis. St Clair turned professional in 1994 in his hometown of Georgetown, Guyana. He went undefeated in 16 bouts with 15 wins and 1 draw before losing a unanimous decision to a then undefeated Diego Corrales
. On the 29th of July 2006 Gairy challenged Cassius Baloyi
for the IBO
and IBF
super-featherweight titles. Gairy became world champion winning by a unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout: 116-112 | 115-113 | 115-114. Gairy however lost the titles in a massive upset to Malcom Klassen a few months later.
On February 2nd 2008, he challenged Commonwealth Lightweight champion Amir Khan
in the EXcel arena in London, losing after 12 rounds by unanimous points decision 120-108, scored for Khan by all three judges. Although he lost all 12 rounds fought on the scorecard, St Clair managed to hold a steady fight against Khan and kept his composure despite having to deal with Khan's trademark lightning-quick jabs.
Boxing
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in the junior lightweight (130 lb
Pound (mass)
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) division. He is the former IBF
International Boxing Federation
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world junior-lightweight champion.
He is now based in Australia and is currently trained by Johnny Lewis. St Clair turned professional in 1994 in his hometown of Georgetown, Guyana. He went undefeated in 16 bouts with 15 wins and 1 draw before losing a unanimous decision to a then undefeated Diego Corrales
Diego Corrales
Diego "Chico" Corrales was an American boxer.He was the WBC, WBO, & The Ring lightweight champion, and the WBO & IBF super featherweight champion....
. On the 29th of July 2006 Gairy challenged Cassius Baloyi
Cassius Baloyi
Cassius Baloyi, , is a professional boxer.-Professional career:Known as "Mr. Shy Guy", Baloyi turned pro in 1994 and captured the Vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title in 2005 with a TKO win over Manuel Medina...
for the IBO
International Boxing Organization
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and IBF
IBF
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super-featherweight titles. Gairy became world champion winning by a unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout: 116-112 | 115-113 | 115-114. Gairy however lost the titles in a massive upset to Malcom Klassen a few months later.
On February 2nd 2008, he challenged Commonwealth Lightweight champion Amir Khan
Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....
in the EXcel arena in London, losing after 12 rounds by unanimous points decision 120-108, scored for Khan by all three judges. Although he lost all 12 rounds fought on the scorecard, St Clair managed to hold a steady fight against Khan and kept his composure despite having to deal with Khan's trademark lightning-quick jabs.