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in the semis to book his place in the final. The fight resulted in another stoppage win for
Buckland with a devastating punch to the solar plexus in the 2nd round proving too much for Mathews to recover from. Of his win Buckland said "I'm feeling on top of the world". He added "I'd done a good 10
206:. Five fights the following year in 2006 resulted in five more wins including two victories over Judex Meema and a trip to Spain for a points win over Ubadel Soto. On 3 March 2007 in his first fight of the year and now boasting an unbeaten record of 9–0 Buckland defeated Stuart Phillips at the
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Buckland followed up his
Prizefighter win with a victory over Oscar Chacin at the MEN Arena on 16 April 2011 and travelling to Mexico to beat Jose Roberto Gonzalez on 18 June 2011. His opportunity to fight for the super featherweight version of the British title came on 24 September 2011, with
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promoted tournament pitched 8 fighters in a knock out style competition over one evening with the winner walking away with prize money of £32,000. In the quarter finals
Buckland was matched against former amateur star
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winning over 3 rounds on all the judges scorecards. In the semi-final
Buckland pulled off one of the upsets of the year with a first-round knockout of the pre-tournament favourite and reigning British champion
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to win the Welsh Area title. A win over journeyman Carl Allen followed before on 5 October 2007 Buckland defeated Martin Watson over 10 rounds to lift the Celtic version of the lightweight title.
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the former WBU champion and former young boxer of the year. Mathews had beaten Gary McArthur by stoppage in the quarters and then engaged in a gruelling contest with
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in another Celtic title fight. His next contest was to be an eliminator for the full
British title with England's Henry Castle his opponent. The fight in
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Now with a record of 11–0, Buckland begun 2008 with wins over journeymen Alex Spitko and Ali Wyatt before on 13 June 2008 losing for the first time to
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On 19 February 2010 Buckland scored possibly his biggest win to date with a 12-round victory in a
Commonwealth title eliminator against Uganda's
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Buckland's professional debut came on 5 March 2005 with a four-round points win over Warren
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weeks of training and I knew it was going to be a hard competition. This is the best thing that has ever happened to me, so far."
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titles in 2010; the
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resulted in another 10 round points win for Buckland against a man who had recently impressed with wins over
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Gary Buckland dethrones Gary Sykes for British title
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709:References
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