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 Saunders (boxer) Chris Saunders (boxer) Chris Saunders (born 15 August 1969) is a British former boxer who was British welterweight champion between 1995 and 1996. Born in Barnsley, Saunders made his professional debut in February 1990 with a points win over Malcolm Melvin. He suffered his first defeat nine months later when Ross Hale took a six-round points decision. In February 1992 he unsuccessfully challenged for the BBBofC Central Area super lightweight title. He moved up to welterweight, and after inflicting the first defeat of Kevin Lueshing's career in March 1994 he beat Jose Varela three months later. After further wins over