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Quinlan at 2min 19sec of the ninth round to move his record to (14-1, 9KO).
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November 2014 then in 2015 he lost his professional deal with Ricky Hatton's promotional company, He is now with No Limit Boxing. He is currently ranked number 1 Australian light heavyweight and 9th on the WBO Light-Heavyweight rankings.
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by 2014 he had 9-0 8KO. Then momentum in Hooper's promising professional career stalled, with the
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384:(19-0, 14KO) on the undercard to the
198:AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
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1608:Australian Institute of Sport boxers
1485:16 November 2013 – 8 November 2014
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1314:"London 2012 - Damien Hooper"
311:Australian Institute of Sport
281:In 2010, he became the first
235:(born 5 February 1992) is an
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1341:"Q&A: DAMIEN HOOPER"
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102:80 in (203 cm)
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303:2010 Commonwealth Games
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283:Indigenous Australian
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894:Metro City,
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827:30 Jul 2014
711:Marlon Alta
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667:Kyle Brumby
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518:24 May 2018
477:Round, time
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157:Medal record
118:Total fights
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1598:1992 births
1496:Liam Conroy
1287:Controversy
1261:, Australia
1196:9 May 2013
1145:5 Jul 2013
1109:, Australia
1094:8 Aug 2013
1050:Won vacant
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898:, Australia
815:Joel Casey
774:8 Nov 2014
738:, Australia
736:Eatons Hill
720:3 May 2015
643:, Australia
625:2 Dec 2016
567:2 Jul 2017
400:Hooper vs.
373:Hooper vs.
56:Nationality
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1592:Categories
1299:References
1277:Indigenous
1107:Gold Coast
871:Josh Webb
271:Chris Seng
263:Queensland
254:Early life
250:division.
134:Wins by KO
73:Statistics
59:Australian
37:1992-02-05
1519:champion
1504:New title
1482:champion
1468:New title
1421:10 August
1281:Kamilaroi
994:Melbourne
637:Luna Park
483:Location
471:Opponent
307:New Delhi
291:Singapore
267:Australia
213:2010 AIBA
80:Weight(s)
50:Australia
1378:2 August
1324:2 August
1283:people.
1259:Brisbane
1158:Auckland
1028:2 (10),
821:7 (10),
768:1 (10),
426:14 wins
1346:29 July
1237:5 (6),
1190:1 (6),
1139:1 (6),
1088:5 (6),
975:3 (6),
877:3 (6),
515:9 (10)
468:Record
465:Result
429:1 loss
277:Amateur
246:in the
1555:Vacant
1534:Vacant
1489:Vacant
641:Sydney
486:Notes
346:Russia
142:Losses
91:Height
1372:(PDF)
1365:(PDF)
1058:title
896:Perth
749:Loss
701:10–1
657:11–1
606:12–1
546:13–1
497:14–1
480:Date
474:Type
260:Dalby
99:Reach
1514:EPBC
1444:help
1423:2012
1401:help
1380:2012
1348:2014
1326:2012
1239:0:52
1221:1–0
1218:Win
1192:1:04
1187:TKO
1174:2–0
1171:Win
1141:2:47
1136:TKO
1123:3–0
1120:Win
1090:0:37
1070:4–0
1067:Win
1030:1:24
1025:TKO
1010:5–0
1007:Win
977:2:37
972:TKO
959:6–0
956:Win
912:7–0
909:Win
879:3:00
874:RTD
861:8–0
858:Win
847:EPBC
823:1:29
805:9–0
802:Win
770:0:21
752:9–1
698:Win
654:Win
603:Win
586:Won
543:Win
512:TKO
494:Win
126:Wins
31:Born
1577:WBO
1546:IBF
1510:WBC
1474:WBC
1234:KO
1085:KO
1052:WBC
925:UD
818:KO
765:KO
746:10
714:UD
695:11
670:UD
651:12
619:UD
600:13
592:IBF
588:WBO
564:10
561:UD
540:14
491:15
461:No.
394:IBF
390:WBO
360:'s
344:of
305:in
297:in
289:in
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1064:4
1004:5
953:6
928:6
906:7
855:8
799:9
734:,
717:6
673:5
639:,
622:8
451:0
448:5
440:1
437:9
348:.
265:,
129:14
121:15
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1328:.
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137:9
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