Paul Weir

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Paul Weir
Statistics
Real name	Paul Weir
Weight(s)	Minimumweight Light flyweight Flyweight
Height	5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	(1967-09-16) 16 September 1967 (age 54) Glasgow, Scotland
Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	14
Wins by KO	4
Losses	6
Draws	0
No contests	0

Paul Weir (born 16 September 1967) is a Scottish professional boxer and a former WBO minimumweight champion. Weir is undefeated WBO Minimum Weight Champion and former WBO Light Flyweight Champion.

Amateur career[]

Western District Champion 1986

Scottish Champion 1989, 1990, 1991

1989 Norway Box Cup (Silver Medal)

1989 European Championships (Athens)

1989 Canada Cup

1989 Diamond Jubilee (Gold Medal - Belfast)

1990 ABA Final

1990 Commonwealth Games (Auckland)

1990 Canada Cup (Bronze Medal)

1990 World Cup (Bombay)

1991 European Championships (Bronze Medal - Gothenburg)

1991 Canada Cup (Bronze Medal)

1991 World Championships (Sydney), fought against Ireland, England, Wales, USA, East Germany.

Professional career[]

Weir turned professional in 1992 and captured the vacant WBO minimumweight title in his sixth professional fight, with a TKO win over Fernando Martinez in 1993. He defended the belt once against ^[1] and relinquished the belt before moving up in weight to challenge Josue Camacho for the WBO light flyweight title. He lost the bout, but Camacho vacated the belt and he defeated ^[2] for the vacant WBO light flyweight title in 1994. He defended the belt once against Ric Magramo^[3] before losing it to Jacob Matlala^[4] after Weir was unable to continue due to a deep cut from an accidental headbutt in the fifth round. They rematched the following year and Weir lost via TKO in the tenth.

Trainer[]

In 2010, Weir returned to boxing as a trainer.^[5] Weir's fighters include Craig Docherty, [[Kris Hughes- Scottish Feather Weight Champion [Jonathan Slowey]] WBC Int Feather Weight Champion] [Jason Hastie] Alexander White and Derry Mathews (British Lightweight Champion)John SimpsonWBC Int Super Feather Weight Champion) https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/143365

Paul Weir now^[when?] competes at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a Brown Belt in the Master 60kgs Division.

See also[]

• List of Mini-flyweight boxing champions
• List of light-flyweight boxing champions

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Paul Weir from BoxRec (archive)
• Personal website

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