Paddy Barnes
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Name: Paddy Barnes
Alias: 'The Leprechaun'
Birth Name: Patrick Gerard Barnes
Hometown: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 162cm
Reach: 164cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
- Trainer: Danny Vaughan (2016-)
Amateur Career
- 2007 AIBA World Championships participant in Chicago, United States (48kg):
- Defeated Choi Jon-Chuk (North Korea) 33:19
- Defeated Sadegh Zade Faraj (Iran) RSC-OS 3 (30:10)
- Defeated Kenji Ohkubo (Japan) 24:6
- Lost Zou Shiming (China) 8:22 in quarterfinals
- 2008 Olympic Games Bronze medalist in Beijing, China (48kg):
- 1st round bye
- Defeated José Luis Meza (Ecuador) 14:8
- Defeated Łukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 11:5
- Lost to Zou Shiming (China) 0:15
- 2009 AIBA World Championships participant in Milan, Italy (48kg):
- 1st round bye
- Lost to Peter Mungai (Kenya) 4:15
- 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships Gold medalist in Moscow, Russia (48kg):
- Defeated Istvan Lakatos (Hungary) 12:4
- Defeated Tommy Stubbs (England) 8:1
- Defeated Kelvin de la Nieve (Spain) 6:3
- Defeated Elvin Mamishzade (Azerbaijan) 4:1
- 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in New Delhi, India (48kg):
- Defeated Lain Butcher (Scotland) 4:1
- Defeated Andrew Moloney (Australia) 5:3
- Defeated Amandeep Singh (India) 5:0
- Defeated Jafet Uutoni (Namibia) 8:4
- 2011 AIBA World Championships participant in Baku, Azerbaijan (48kg):
- Lost to Mark Anthony Barriga (Philippines) 12:20
- 2012 Summer Olympic Games Bronze medalist in London, England (48kg:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Thomas Essomba (Cameroon) 15:10
- Defeated Devendro Singh (India) 23:18
- Lost to Zou Shiming (China) 15:15+
- 2013 AIBA World Championships participant in Almaty, Kazakhstan (52kg):
- Defeated Milos Baltic (Serbia) 3:0
- Defeated Simon Mulinge (Kenya) TKO 1
- Lost to Jasurbek Latipov (Uzbekistan) 0:3 in quarterfinals
- 2014 Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in Glasgow, Scotland (49kg):
- Defeated Hamadi Furahisha (Tanzania) KO 3
- Defeated Charles Keama (Papua New Guinea) KO 3
- Defeated Fazil Kaggwa (Uganda) 3:0
- Defeated Devendro Singh (India) 3:0
- 2016 Olympic Games participant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (49kg):
- Lost to Samuel Carmona (Spain) 1:2