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Pat Barrett is on a mission. The former British and European light-welterweight champion made it all the way to a WBO welterweight world title challenge during his boxing career — a decision defeat to the tricky Manning Galloway at Manchester’s G-Mex Centre in July 1992 — and he wants to use his experience to guide a new generation of fighters into contention.
Barrett retired in 1994 with a 37-4-1 (28) record, he now works as a trainer alongside Thomas McDonagh at the Collyhurst and Moston Lads Club — the two men boxed out of the same gym under the watchful eye of Brian Hughes MBE during their respective professional careers. Barrett, though, is tired of seeing his fighters train day in and day out only to struggle to secure fight dates. “The Black Flash” has joined forces with Gareth Williams, the former CEO of Hatton Promotions, to set up a promotional partnership that will offer his growing stable regular dates and the chance to build up a following.
Barrett used to work in a similar capacity with local promoter Wally Dixon when they put on small hall shows at local hotels and venues in the mid-noughties; he hopes to build on the work he started with Dixon by combining his deep knowledge of boxing with the law and business acumen that Williams displayed during his time with Ricky Hatton’s stable of fighters. [Click Here To Read More]
Barrett retired in 1994 with a 37-4-1 (28) record, he now works as a trainer alongside Thomas McDonagh at the Collyhurst and Moston Lads Club — the two men boxed out of the same gym under the watchful eye of Brian Hughes MBE during their respective professional careers. Barrett, though, is tired of seeing his fighters train day in and day out only to struggle to secure fight dates. “The Black Flash” has joined forces with Gareth Williams, the former CEO of Hatton Promotions, to set up a promotional partnership that will offer his growing stable regular dates and the chance to build up a following.
Barrett used to work in a similar capacity with local promoter Wally Dixon when they put on small hall shows at local hotels and venues in the mid-noughties; he hopes to build on the work he started with Dixon by combining his deep knowledge of boxing with the law and business acumen that Williams displayed during his time with Ricky Hatton’s stable of fighters. [Click Here To Read More]