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{{Short description|English boxer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Ryan Barrett
| image = 
| realname = Ryan Barrett
| nickname =  Mr Attitude or 666
| weight = [[Featherweight]] / [[Super&nbsp;featherweight]] / [[Lightweight]] / [[Light&nbsp;welterweight]] / [[Welterweight]]
| nationality = {{GBR2}} 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|12|27}}
| birth_place = [[Thamesmead]], [[London]], England
| style = Southpaw
| total = 44
| wins = 30
| losses = 11
| draws = 3
| no contests = 0
| KO = 6
}}

'''Ryan Barrett''' (born 27 December 1982) is <ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/116780 | title=BoxRec: Ryan Barrett }}</ref> an English retired [[Boxing|boxer]]. He won the English [[super featherweight]] title in 2008, and the WBU [[welterweight]] title in 2013 before retiring later in 2014. Barrett lost to [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]] silver medalist [[Amir Khan (boxer)|Amir Khan]] via a [[Knockout#Technical knockout|TKO]] in 2006; after which, he went on to fight for the British [[featherweight]] title in 2007.

==Amateur==
Barrett started boxing at the age of seven, with Thamesmead ABC. He moved to Eltham ABC aged 8, where he won schoolboy titles and class B and C NABC titles under the training of his father, Steve Barrett. Ryan finished with a record of 75 fights; 60 wins and 15 losses.

==Professional==
Barrett made his pro debut on 13 June 2002. He won the British Masters Featherweight Championship on points against [[Jamie McKeever]]. He challenged for the British Featherweight title, but lost against John Simpson in the fifth round. Barrett is an English Superfeatherweight Champion, beating Femi Fehintola in the third round of their fight. He is also an International Masters Lightweight Champion, winning in the first round against Mark Alexander. He challenged for the WBU Lightweight World Title in 2009, but lost on points against Willie Limond. On 7 December 2013 in [[Neuwied]], [[Germany]], Barrett was given a chance to avenge his loss in the Masters to Geoffrey Munika and in doing so took the vacant WBU [[Welterweight]] World Title with a 3rd-round TKO.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Barrett Picks Up WBU Strap | work = WBU-Boxing.com |date = | url = http://www.wbu-boxing.com | accessdate = 2013-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Barrett Picks Up WBU Strap | work = boxrec.com |date = | url = http://news.boxrec.com/news/2013/ryan-barrett-picks-wbu-strap-stoppage-win-over-munika | accessdate = 2013-12-27}}</ref>

==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|draws=3
|nc=
|ko-wins=7
|ko-losses=6
|dec-wins=23
|dec-losses=5
|dq-wins=
|dq-losses=
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|30–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GEO}} Jaba Shalutashvili
|PTS
|6
|{{small|2014-04-11}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|Camden Centre, Kings Cross}}
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|29–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Gergo Vari
|TKO
|3 (6)
|{{small|2014-02-21}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|Camden Centre, Kings Cross}}
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|28–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Kenya}} Geoffrey Munika
|TKO
|3 (12)
|{{small|2013-12-07}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} {{small|Heimathaus, Neuwied, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant World Boxing Union (German Version) Welterweight Title}}
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|27–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|POL}} Arek Malek
|PTS
|6
|{{small|2013-09-27}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|York Hall, Bethnal Green}}
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|26–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} William Warburton
|PTS
|4
|{{small|2013-07-27}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|York Hall, Bethnal Green}}
|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|25–11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean Pierre Bauwens]]
|TKO
|1 (12)
|{{small|2012-04-27}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} {{small|Topsporthal Vlaanderen, Ghent, Belgium}}
|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|25–10–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dierry Jean]]
|TKO
|3 (8)
|{{small|2012-02-18}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} {{small|Bell Centre, Montreal}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*{{BoxRec|116780}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Ryan}}
[[Category:English male boxers]]
[[Category:Featherweight boxers]]
[[Category:People from Thamesmead]]
[[Category:Boxers from the London Borough of Bexley]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:21st-century English sportsmen]]


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