British Champion
After losing against Reid, McIntyre spent almost a year out of the ring and returned in May 2007 with a victory over David Wakefield. He then followed this up by winning the BBBofC Celtic welterweight title against the previously unbeaten Tony Doherty in Cardiff's International Arena. In November 2007 McIntyre again found himself challenging for the British welterweight title and this time faced fellow Scot Kevin Anderson. McIntyre took the title from Anderson with a one sided points decision and had him on the canvas twice during the fight. McIntyre then in February 2008 fought an immediate rematch against Anderson at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall. The bout ended as another twelve-round points victory for McIntyre confirming that the first victory had not been a fluke against a man many respected as a very able champion.
Controversy was courted after McIntyre was then stripped of the title by the British Boxing Board of Control in June 2008 just four months after his first defence. Injury had forced him to pull out of two scheduled defences against Sheffield's Kell Brook and this was deemed reason enough to strip him of the full title and allow Brook to challenge for the vacant version. Brook went on to win the vacant belt against Welshman Barrie Jones and claimed it via a 7th round stoppage leaving McIntyre empty handed. Speaking of the stripping McIntyre alleged that the board of control had been pushed into the decision by Brook's promoter Frank Warren saying "The Board of Control were weak. They should have been a lot stronger and said, 'no wait a minute, it's not just about the promoter, it's about the fighters as well'". The fighters will eventually face each other in November 2008 and will contest the belt in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall. Speaking about his opponent McIntyre said "Brook is not shy in shouting his mouth off...He is the usual cocky up-and-coming kid who thinks he can beat the world...He hasn't been past seven rounds yet and he will quickly discover who really is out of his depth...I'll just let him rabbit on and look forward to taking care of him on the night." As it happened the fight was to end in disappointment for the former champion as he suffered three knockdowns in the first round to leave nobody in any doubt as to who now had the right to call themselves champion of Britain.
| Preceded by Kevin Anderson WPTS 12 |
British Welterweight Champion 2 November 2007 – 6 June 2008 stripped |
Succeeded by Kell Brook |
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