Barry mcguigan boxer biography for kids
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Division: Bantamweight/Featherweight Major Titles: All Ireland Amateur Champion (1976)Commonwealth Champion (1978)British Featherweight Champion (1983)European Champion (1983)WBA Featherweight Champion (1985) Fight Record: Won 32 (28 inside), Lost 3, Drawn 0 Born: 28th February, 1961 Hometown: Clones, Co.
He had four fights losing his last fight against Jim McDonnell in 4 roundsHe was only defeated three times in his professional career, against Steve Cruz, Jim McDonnell and Peter Eubanks (points loss after eight rounds in his third pro fight). He defeated Peter Eubanks in the return fight. Barry McGuigan For some reason very few Irish fighters have ever been blessed with the "luck of the Irish". The Emerald Isle's best example of this problem is surely Barry McGuigan, The Clones Cyclone. In the early 1980's, interest in Boxing in the U.K. and Ireland was rapidly dwindling due to a number of things. Muhammad Ali had retired, the new generation of U.S. stars, the Sugar Ray Leonards
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Barry McGuigan, boxer, was surprised by Michael Aspel - with the help of commentator Reg Gutteridge - at Thames Television's Teddington Studios, having been led to believe he was there to attend an awards ceremony.
Barry, who was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, was hooked on boxing at school and boxed regularly in local amateur shows, winning the All-Ireland Amateur Championship when he was only 15. Nicknamed the Clones Cyclone, Barry won a gold medal representing Northern Ireland in the Bantamweight category at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and represented Ireland at the Summer Olympic Games in 1980.
He turned professional in 1981 and became a UK citizen to compete for British titles, winning the British and European Featherweight titles in 1983. Having won the WBA Featherweight World Championship in June 1985, he lost the title the following year and, following a break-up with his manager, became a TV chat show host and a recording star. After a s
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Born Finbar Patrick McGuigan in Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland on February 28, 1961, he was raised in the small town of Clones. McGuigan captured a gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and turned pro in 1981.
In 1983 he won both the British and europeisk featherweight titles. Following a win over top contender Jose Caba and former featherweight mästare Juan LaPorte, McGuigan was matched with Eusebio Pedroza for his WBA featherweight title. On June 8, 1985 a crowd of nearly 26,000 packed Queen's Park Rangers Stadium in London to see a match-up between McGuigan and the skillful Panamanian legend. McGuigan dropped Pedroza in the 7th round and after 15 grueling rounds, was awarded the decision and the championship. McGuigan was successful in two title defenses against Bernard Taylor (KO8) and Danilo Cabrera (TKO14) before meeting Steve Cruz for his third defense. In 110-degree heat in Caesars Palace McGuigan hit the canvas in the 10th and 15th rounds of the toe-to-toe romantisk händelse and smärtsam blåsa