Robbie Regan

Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales)[1] is a Welsh former professional boxer.

Career

Regan started boxing as a teenager under trainer Dai Gardner, who remained his trainer throughout his career.[2] As an amateur boxer, he won several titles and competed in the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[3]

In August 1989, Regan turned professional. He won the British and European flyweight titles before unsuccessfully challenging Alberto Jiminez for the WBO Flyweight Championship in June, 1995.[2][3] In December, 1995 interim International Boxing Federation (IBF) Flyweight Championship after defeating Ferid Ben Jeddou.[2] He won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Bantamweight champion after fighting Daniel Jiménez in Cardiff on April 26, 1996.[1]

Regan's boxing career ended shortly after the WBO fight as he was diagnosed with glandular fever.[3] Although he attempted to mount a comeback in 1998, he failed a brain and was forced to retire.[4] He retired from boxing with a 17-2-3 record.[3]

Personal life

Robbie Regan for one reason or another has been hailed as the "Forgotten Champion" but this injustice is being rectified by his new agent Ieuan Powys Llewellyn a former accomplished publisher. Robbie "Raconteur" Regan His profile from being forgotten has taken a new term since the arrival of Ieuan and this year he is receiving reviews from the media regarding what a marvellous boxer he actually was and a new lease of life has been created regarding his gift at speaking and he is due to become a household name as Mr Llewellyn his agent is launching the former WBO Champion into the world of the celebrities. Regan was arrested for common assault and aggravated burglary and jailed for 18 months for assault in 2004.[4]

Preceded by
Daniel Jimenez		 WBO Bantamweight Champion
26 April 1996 – 1996
Vacated 		Succeeded by
Jorge Eliecer Julio

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gorman, Ken (23 March 2012). My Greatest Fight. Random House. p. 149. ISBN 9781780574530.
  2. 1 2 3 Turley, Mark (28 November 2012). "Robbie Regan – The Legend that Never Was". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jones, Michael J, (20 November 2013). "Robbie Regan on dramatic career "I should have been setting myself up for life not retiring"". Live Fight. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Sadness as boxing champ jailed". BBC. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

External links

Professional boxing record for Robbie Regan from BoxRec


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