Ray Close Eammon Loughran and Sam Storey. In his seventh bout he beat Rocky McGran to win the vacant Irish Super Middleweight title. He successfully defended the title against Terry Magee, the older brother of Eamonn and Noel, in Dublin in 1991. In 1993, he defeated Vincenzo Nardiello to win the EBU European Super Middleweight title in Italy. Later the same year Close faced Chris Eubank for the WBO Super Middleweight title. In what would be the first of his two fights against Eubank, the match was declared a draw. After an October win against Ray Domenge, Close again faced Eubank in
Chris Avalos Chris Avalos Christopher Matthew "Chris" Avalos (born November 5, 1989 in Lancaster, California) is a Mexican American professional boxer who competes at bantamweight, where he is the current WBO NABO Bantamweight Champion. On April 24, 2010 Avalos stopped the veteran John Alberto Molina to win the WBO NABO Bantamweight Championship. In August 2010, Avalos lost to an undefeated Christopher Martin Peña at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota. The bout was televised on a Showtime undercard. In February 2015 Avalos was defeated in the 5th round by Carl Frampton in Belfast challenging him for the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship.