- Kevin Lear
Infobox_Boxer
name=Kevin Lear
realname=Kevin Lear
nickname="Real Hammer"
weight=super featherweight
nationality= English flagicon|England
birth_date=Birth date and age|1977|04|03|df=y
birth_place=Whitechapel ,London ,England
home=
style=orthodox
total=14
wins=14
KO=6
losses=0
draws=0
no contests=0|Kevin Lear, (born
3 April ,1977 inWhitechapel ,London ,England ) is a former English professional boxer who fought atsuper featherweight andlightweight .He is a former
WBU super featherweight champion.cite web | author=Boxrec | title="Kevin Lear" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=014872&cat=boxer| accessdate=26 May | accessyear=2008]Professional career
Lear turned professional in September 1999 at the
York Hall ,Bethnal Green ,London ,England . In his debut Lear defeated Bulgarian Demir Nanev with a fourth roundknockout .Victory over Michael Gomez
The unbeaten
West Ham based fighter then foughtMichael Gomez on1 June 2002 at theMEN Arena on the undercard of theRicky Hatton vs.Eamonn Magee fight.From the outset of the fight Lear, a former
ABA champion, kept a one-dimensional Gomez at bay with his sharpjab . Lear inflicted damage to the nose of Gomez who's nose began to bleed heavily from the sixth round. By the eighth round Gomez was slowing suffering the effects of Lear's continuing barrage of combinations. At the end of the eight round Gomez's trainer Brian Hughes retired Gomez giving Lear a surprising victory.cite web | author=Mark Staniforth | title="LEAR CLAIMS MEMORABLE WIN" | work=Sporting Life | url=http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=boxing/02/06/01/BOXING_Manchester.html| accessdate=13 June | accessyear=2007]References
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