Charlie Flynn

For other people named Charles Flynn, see Charles Flynn (disambiguation).
Charlie Flynn
Statistics
Real name Charles Flynn
Rated at Lightweight
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality  Scotland
Born 6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) (age 23)
Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland,
Boxing record
Total fights 8
Wins 8
Wins by KO 1
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0

Charles "Mailman" Flynn (born 6 November 1993, Lanark) is a professional boxer and Commonwealth gold medalist from Scotland.[1][2]

Amateur career

A native of Newarthill, Lanarkshire, he competed in the men's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal.[1]

Flynn was also a lightweight boxing competitor in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games where he won the silver medal.[3] He was the winner of the Editor's Award at the Sunday Mail Scottish Sports Awards 2014.[4]

In the weeks following his Commonwealth Games success he gave an inspirational speech to the Scotland Rowing Team before the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.[5]

Professional career

Flynn made his professional debut against Ibrar Riyaz on 14 December 2014 at a packed Thistle Hotel in Glasgow. Flynn claimed a 40-36 points win against the Englishman. The victory came four-and-a-half months after Flynn enjoyed success at Glasgow 2014.[6]

Professional record

8 Wins (1 knockouts, 7 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[7]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
2016-12-18 Scotland The Double Tree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 8-0 Cameroon Abdon Cesar PTS 4 2016-05-28 Scotland The Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 7-0 United Kingdom Jordan Ellison PTS 6 2016-03-18 Scotland The Glasgow City Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 6-0 United Kingdom Lee Connelly PTS 6 2015-12-13 Scotland The Glasgow City Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 5-0 Poland Sylwester Walczak TKO 5 (6), 3:00 2015-09-04 Scotland Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 4-0 United Kingdom Dan Carr PTS 4 2015-08-01 England Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire
Win 3-0 United Kingdom Qasim Hussain PTS 4 2015-05-22 Scotland Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win 2-0 United Kingdom Andy Harris PTS 4 2015-04-04 England Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Win 1–0 United Kingdom Ibrar Riyaz PTS 4 2014-12-14 Scotland Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Professional debut.

Nickname

During the Commonwealth Games, Flynn was quoted post fight as saying "the Mailman delivers", referencing the fact that he works in the sorting office of the Royal Mail and has used the nickname since, having it displayed on his fight shorts.

References



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