Craig Lyon

Craig Lyon is an English bantamweight boxer.

Amateur career

Lyon, the son of former top amateur John, won the 2001 and 2003 Amateur Boxing Association British England Boxing [National Amateur Championships Light-Flyweight Champions|light-flyweight title], when boxing out of the Wigan ABC.

Professional career

After turning pro in 2008, Lyon has had 14 fights and won the English bantamweight title by stopping Ross Burkinshaw in five rounds in Bolton in October 2010.
He suffered his first defeat when losing to Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals of the super-flyweight Prizefighter tournament in October 2011.