Former British and European champion boxer Jamie Moore has been shot in Marbella

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Former British and European champion boxer Jamie Moore has been shot in Marbella - apparently in both legs.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore, the former European light-middleweight champion, was in Spain working at a gym owned by boxer, Matthew Macklin, who he is training.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">It is understood the 35-year-old Moore, from Walkden, Greater Manchester, has now left hospital after treatment.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore, highly regarded in the sport, was on the verge of a WBC title shot, in 2009, but decided to quit the sport in 2010 on medical grounds.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore is a former two-time British light-middleweight champion and Commonwealth champion.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">A source told<a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-boxer-jamie-moore-shot-7561787" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #141414; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;"> the Manchester Evening News</a>: "It would appear he was out and about, not at the gym, when he was shot."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed that a British national had been shot over the weekend.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore was helping prepare Mackin for a fight in Dublin later this month against Argentinian, Jorge Sebastian-Heiland for the WBC international midldeweight title.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">As well as a working as a trainer Moore has worked as a TV commentator.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">He is a friend of former boxer, Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton, who told the Manchester Evening News 'battler' Moore would bounce back from the attack.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">He said: "I'm devastated by this news. Jamie is a great pal of mine and my thoughts are, of course, today with him and his family.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">"He's a great battler and if anyone's going to pull through in hospital it'll be him."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore has spoken at several charity events and fundraising dinners for boxers' whose carrers have been cut short by injury.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore won a legendary fight with Macklin in 2006 at the George Carnell Leisure Centre in Davyhulme in what was dubbed the 'fight of the year'.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">He won 32 of 37 bouts with 23 being knockouts.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Moore boxed an an amateur before turning professional in 1999.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">One of Moore's most memorable moments came last year in a three-round knockout victory over Michele Piccirillo for the European belt.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">He will also be remembered for his domestic fights with Matthew Macklin, Michael Jones and Ryan Rhodes.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">Local Spanish police are investigating the shooting and are likely to alert Britain's National Crime Agency.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;">So far there have been no arrests.</p><p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18.006799697875977px;"><br /><br /></span></p>

Former British and European champion boxer Jamie Moore has been shot in Marbella

Former British and European champion boxer Jamie Moore has been shot in Marbella - apparently in both legs. Moore, the former European light...

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