Paul Hyland, is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 professional boxer

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

 who is the European Union super bantamweight title holder.

Debut

Hyland turned professional in November 2004 in Hereford Leisure Centre

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

, England

England

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 on an undercard of bill that included Jason Cook

Jason Cook (boxer)

Jason Cook is a professional boxer, who fights under the nickname "The Power". As an amateur, he won a silver medal for Wales at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. As a professional, he has fought as a lightweight, and has won both the European and IBO championships at the weight...

, Jason McKay

Jason McKay

Jason McKay is an Irish professional boxer from Banbridge, County Down, fighting out of Belfast...

 and Scott Gammer

Scott Gammer

Scott Gammer is a British boxer, based in Wales he is a former holder of the British heavyweight title.-Professional career:...

. In his debut Hyland defeated fellow debutant Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 Janos Garai with a second round knockout

Knockout

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.

Irish title

He is the Irish

Boxing Union of Ireland

The Boxing Union of Ireland is the governing and sanctioning body for professional boxing in Ireland.The BUI is based at Chancery Place in Dublin and the current president is Mel Christle ....

 super bantamweight title holder, defeating Marc Callaghan for the belt on points.

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