Elton Dharry
{{Short description|Guyanese boxer (born 1985)}}
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| height = 5 ft 6 in
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| nationality = Guyanese
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|12|1}}
| birth_place = Enterprise, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
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| style = Orthodox
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| total = 33
| wins = 26
| KO = 15
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Elton Felix Dharry (born 1 December 1985) is a Guyanese professional boxer who challenged for the WBA interim super-flyweight title in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Andrew Moloney survives war with Elton Dharry to win interim WBA title|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/11/15/20966258/moloney-dharry-results-hall-vs-gallen-andrew-survives-war-wins-interim-wba-title-tko-boxing-news|last=Christ|first=Scott|date=15 November 2019|website=www.badlefthook.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 May 2020}}
Professional career
Dharry has held the Guyana National and IBF Intercontinental bantamweight, and the WBA Fedecentro super-flyweight titles between 2013 and 2019.{{Cite web |url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=289818&cat=boxer |title=Elton Dharry record Boxrec |access-date=2014-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610061913/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=289818&cat=boxer |archive-date=2015-06-10 |url-status=dead }}
In 2013, his win against Rudolph Hedge of Jamaica for the World Boxing Union (WBU) bantamweight title made him the first Guyanese to win a world title on home soil.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-26|title=Dharry defeats Jamaican to claim WBU title|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/02/26/sports/dharry-defeats-jamaican-to-claim-wbu-title/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}
Dharry is based out of Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Dharry open to Marques rematch|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/09/21/sports/dharry-open-to-marques-rematch/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}
References
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Category:People from Demerara-Mahaica
Category:21st-century Guyanese sportsmen
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