Gerry McDermott

Name: Gerry McDermott
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Birthplace: Screen, Ireland
Died: 1994-01-24 (Age:68)
Pro Boxer: Record

• Born in Screen, county Silgo, on 29th May, 1925
• Was heavyweight champion of Eire
• Was in the final of Jack Solomons' heavyweight competition at White City in 1948
• Began winning amateur championships from 7st
• Became a schoolboy champion and then gave up boxing because there was little left to beat
• Turned professional and won four fights in Dublin
• Discouraged by the poor financial return he again retired from fighting
• The break lasted a couple of years before he returned to the ring
• Resumed his career in England