Title Challenges
The newly crowned Scottish champion would win his next five fights, victories which included a win over future English champion Nigel Wright. In December 2003 McIntyre now with a record of 20-2 travelled to Manchester and fought for the full British welterweight title for the first time. It was also the first time he had fought outside of Scotland. The result ended in disappointment for Kevin after he was stopped by reigning champion David Barnes in the 8th round. McIntyre's next two fights also took place in England and the Scotsman scored wins in Huddersfield and Hereford before returning to Glasgow to fight former victim Nigel Wright at the Braehead Arena. The fight in November 2005 was to be an eliminator for the British light welterweight title and did not prove to be a happy homecoming for McIntyre when the fight was stopped in the very first round handing Kevin his fourth defeat.
The two defeats to Barnes and Wright had indicated that maybe McIntyre had found his level and this sense was further heightened, when, in his next fight in May 2006 he chose to travel to Stoke to fight Gary Reid. The British Masters light welterweight bauble was on the line but McIntyre disappointed when the fight was once again stopped, this time in the 6th round handing victory to Reid, a man who himself at the time boasted a record of 10 wins with 15 defeats.
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