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Shaun Cummins (8 February 1968 – September 2012) was a British boxer who won the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the British and European middleweight titles. He was paralysed by a motorcycle accident in 2004 and was murdered by his carer Thomas Dunkley eight years later.Born in Leicester, Shaun Cummins boxed as an amateur out of Belgrave Amateur Boxing Club and began his professional career in 1986 with a points victory over Michael Justin at Loughborough Town Hall. He won his next five fights before suffering his first defeat October 1988 to Frank Grant. In April 1990 he faced Wally Swift Jr for the vacant BBBofC Midlands Area super welterweight title, losing by only half a point. Unbeaten in his next seven fights, in November 1992 he challenged Steve Foster for the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title, taking the title on points. He successfully defended the title in April 1993 against Mickey Hughes.In November 1994 he fought Agostino Cardamone for the EBU European middleweight title in Sanremo; The fight went the full 12 rounds, but Cardamone took the verdict.His final fight came in November 1995 when he challenged Neville Brown for the British middleweight title; Brown stopped Cummins in the fifth round.