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			|   | Ray CLOSE |  
			|  | Light-HeavyweightMale(Raymond Close)
 Great Britain, Belfast, Northern Ireland
 Based in USA, Chicago, Illinois
 Born: 20 January 1969, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Great Britain
 Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77
 
 
 
 
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| Amateur Results|  |  | 1987 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  |
 | Dublin, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, 75 kg |  - Feb. 6 |  Renato Mastria (ITA) | Dublin, Ireland | LPTS | 
  Professional record|  |  | 1988 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Oct. 19 |  Steve Foster | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 2 |  | + Dec. 14 |  Kevin Roper | Kirkby, Great Britain | W 4 |  |  |  | 1989 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Jan. 25 | B  K  Bennett | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 3 |  | + Mar. 8 | Andy Wright | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 4 |  | + Apr. 12 | Dennis White | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 2 |  | + Sept. 19 | Gary Pemberton | Belfast, Great Britain | W 6 |  | + Oct. 31 | Rocky McGran | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 7 |  | (Won vacant Irish Super-Middleweight Title) |  | + Nov. 29 | Seamus Casey | Belfast, Great Britain | KO 2 |  | - Dec. 13 |  Denys Cronin | Kirkby, Great Britain | L 6 |  |  |  | 1990 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 21 | Frank Eubank | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 |  | + Mar. 17 |  Denys Cronin | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 |  | + May 23 | Rocky McGran | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 1 |  | + Sept. 15 |  Ray Webb | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 |  |  |  | 1991 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + May 11 |  Carlos Christie | Belfast, Great Britain | W 6 |  | + Sept. 7 |  Carlos Christie | Belfast, Great Britain | W 6 |  | + Nov. 13 | Simon Collins | Belfast, Great Britain | W 6 |  | + Dec. 11 |  Terry Magee | Dublin, Ireland | TKO 7 |  | (Retained Irish Super-Middleweight Title) |  |  |  | 1992 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Apr. 25 |  Ian Chantler | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 1 |  | - July 3 |  Frank  Nicotra | Pontault Combault, France | TKO by 8 |  | (For European Super-Middleweight Title) |  | + Dec. 18 |  Jean-Roger Tsidjo | Clermont, France | W 8 |  |  |  | 1993 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 17 |  Vincenzo  Nardiello | Campione d'Italia, Italy | cTKO 10 |  | (Won European Super-Middleweight Title) |  | = May 15 |  Chris  Eubank | Glasgow, Great Britain | Draw 12 |  | (For WBO Super-Middleweight Title) |  | + Oct. 16 |  Ray Domenge | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 4 |  |  |  | 1994 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - May 21 |  Chris  Eubank | Belfast, Great Britain | L 12 |  | (For WBO Super-Middleweight Title) |  |  |  |  |  | 1995 Inactive
 |  |  |  | 1996 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Oct. 26 |  Terry Ford | Countryside, United States | W 8 |  | + Nov. 15 |  Jake Torrance | Waukegan, United States | W 6 |  |  |  | 1997 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Apr. 26 | Donald Tucker | Cicero, United States | KO 4 |  | + May 9 | David Pearson | Dolton, United States | TKO 5 |  | + June 7 | Larry Willis | Cicero, United States | TKO 5 | 
   
SummaryTotal bouts: 29, Won: 25 (14 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0, ND: 0 |