Charlie Flynn Explained

Charlie Flynn
Realname:	Charles Flynn
Nickname:	The Mailman
Birth Place:	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland,
Height:	5 ft 7 in
Weight:	Lightweight
Total:	12
Wins:	10
Ko:	1
Losses:	0
Draws:	2
No Contests:	0

Charles "Mailman" Flynn (born 6 November 1993, Lanark) is a professional boxer and Commonwealth gold medalist from Scotland.^[1] ^[2]

Amateur career

Flynn competed in the men's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal.^[1]

Flynn was also a lightweight boxing competitor in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games where he won the silver medal.^[3] He was the winner of the Editor's Award at the Sunday Mail Scottish Sports Awards 2014.^[4]

In the weeks following his Commonwealth Games success he gave an inspirational speech to the Scotland Rowing Team before the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.^[5]

Professional career

Flynn made his professional debut against Ibrar Riyaz on 14 December 2014 at a packed Thistle Hotel in Glasgow. Flynn claimed a 40-36 points win against the Englishman. The victory came four-and-a-half months after Flynn enjoyed success at Glasgow 2014.^[6]

Professional record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|10 Wins (1 knockout, 9 decisions), 0 Losses, 2 Draws|-style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Result|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round, Time|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location|style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Draw|10-0-2|align=left| Ryan Collins||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|10-0-1|align=left| Fonz Alexander ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|9-0-1|align=left| Liam Richards||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Draw|8-0-1|align=left| Ryan Collins||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|8–0|align=left| Abdon Cesar||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|7–0|align=left| Jordan Ellison||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|6–0|align=left| Lee Connelly||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|5–0|align=left| Sylwester Walczak ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|4–0|align=left| Dan Carr||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|3–0|align=left| Qasim Hussain||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|2–0|align=left| Andy Harris||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|1–0|align=left| Ibrar Riyaz||||align=left||align=left|

Personal life

Flynn is a native of Newarthill, Lanarkshire.

During the Commonwealth Games, Flynn was quoted post fight as saying "the Mailman delivers", referencing the fact that he worked in the sorting office of the Royal Mail and has used the nickname "The Mailman" since, having it displayed on his fight shorts.

In January 2018, Flynn announced his engagement to his partner Amber Farquhar.^[7]

References

Notes and References

Web site: Charlie Flynn profile. Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. 9 August 2014.
Web site: Commonwealth Games 2014 recap and results. International Boxing Association (AIBA). 3 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811212845/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/6016/news.aspx. 11 August 2014.
Web site: Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. September 2011.
Web site: Scottish Sports Awards 2014: Swimmer Ross Murdoch wins top award as we salute our heroes. Daily Record. Media Scotland. 7 December 2014.
Web site: Interview: Glasgow 2014 Boxer Charlie Flynn. 20 November 2015. The Scotsman. Johnstone Publishing. 25 October 2014.
News: Charlie Flynn wins on professional debut against Ibrar Riyaz. BBC Sport. 15 December 2014.
News: 'Mailman delivers' Boxing hero Charlie Flynn shares excitement after New Year engagement. Daily Record. 3 January 2018. Media Scotland. 5 November 2018.