Ray Close, the former European super-middleweight champion who has died aged 57, had just emerged as one of Northern ...

Ray Close, the Belfast boxer who nearly handed Chris Eubank his first professional defeat in 1990, has died at 57. The former British title challenger was revered in Irish boxing circles.

Belfast boxer and former European super-middleweight champion Ray Close has died at the age of 57. Close, who turned professional in 1988, won the Irish super-middleweight title in late 1989, a belt ...

LEGENDARY former boxer Ray Close has passed away at the age of only 57. The Belfast native was a brilliant amateur where he won Irish titles and made waves at European level by winning the EBU ...

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Ray Close, the Belfast boxer who almost handed Chris Eubank the first defeat of his career, has died at the age of 57.

An undated picture of former Northern Ireland boxer Ray Close. — Instagram/ @talesfromthering84 Former Northern Ireland boxer ...