Sean Sullivan (boxer)
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Sean Sullivan is a professional boxer
from New Zealand
. He was ranked as the world's seventh best welterweight by the WBA
and the IBF
. Sullivan has held national titles in six weight divisions in New Zealand (welterweight, light-middleweight, middleweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight). Sullivan has been inactive since 2008 but has not formally announced his retirement. He was working as a debt-collector . In 2009 he was jailed for six months for defrauding Housing New Zealand.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He was ranked as the world's seventh best welterweight by the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
and the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
. Sullivan has held national titles in six weight divisions in New Zealand (welterweight, light-middleweight, middleweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight). Sullivan has been inactive since 2008 but has not formally announced his retirement. He was working as a debt-collector . In 2009 he was jailed for six months for defrauding Housing New Zealand.