Barry McGuigan - Revision history

Wouter at 12:18, 6 May 2022

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	==Professional Career==		==Professional Career==
	[[File:McGuigan-Pedroza 78429391.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mcguigan vs. Eusebio Pedroza]]		[[File:McGuigan-Pedroza 78429391.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mcguigan vs. Eusebio Pedroza]]
	*After winning his first two professional fights by knockout, McGuigan lost a close eight-round decision to [[Peter ~~Eubank~~]] in August 1981. Four months later, McGuigan avenged the defeat by stopping ~~Eubank~~ in eight rounds.		*After winning his first two professional fights by knockout, McGuigan lost a close eight-round decision to [[Peter Eubanks]] in August 1981. Four months later, McGuigan avenged the defeat by stopping Eubanks in eight rounds.
	*McGuigan knocked out [[Young Ali]] in six rounds in June 1982. Ali lapsed into a coma after the fight and died six months later.		*McGuigan knocked out [[Young Ali]] in six rounds in June 1982. Ali lapsed into a coma after the fight and died six months later.
	*McGuigan won the vacant [[British Boxing Board of Control]] Featherweight Championship with a second-round TKO of Vernon Penprase in April 1983. Seven months later, McGuigan knocked out [[Valerio Nati]] in six rounds to win the vacant [[European Boxing Union]] Featherweight Championship.		*McGuigan won the vacant [[British Boxing Board of Control]] Featherweight Championship with a second-round TKO of Vernon Penprase in April 1983. Seven months later, McGuigan knocked out [[Valerio Nati]] in six rounds to win the vacant [[European Boxing Union]] Featherweight Championship.

John at 14:10, 17 July 2019

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John at 14:06, 17 July 2019

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	~~[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]~~
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John at 14:06, 17 July 2019

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	~~[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right~~\|~~Class of 2005<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[~~http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/mcguigan.html ~~click]]]~~		{{ibhof \|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/mcguigan.html}}
	~~[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]~~
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	'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]~~<br>~~		*'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]
	'''Trainer:''' [[Eddie Shaw]]~~<br>~~		*'''Trainer:''' [[Eddie Shaw]]
	'''[[:Category:Barry McGuigan Gallery\|Barry McGuigan Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:Barry McGuigan Gallery\|Barry McGuigan Gallery]]'''
	==Amateur Career==		==Amateur Career==
	*Bantamweight Gold Medalist representing Ireland at the 1978 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results:		*Bantamweight Gold Medalist representing Ireland at the 1978 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results:

Arvind1: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	*McGuigan's father, Pat McGuigan, was a professional singer. He would sing "Danny Boy" in the ring before his son's fights.		*McGuigan's father, Pat McGuigan, was a professional singer. He would sing "Danny Boy" in the ring before his son's fights.
	*In a 1988 video about his boxing career, McGuigan said his manager, Barney Eastwood, forced him to fight Steve Cruz despite ankle and ear injuries. Eastwood sued McGuigan and Channel 5 Video, the makers of the video, for libel and was awarded $775,000 in 1992. McGuigan and Channel 5 Video were also ordered to pay court costs, estimated at nearly $1.4 million. [http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Names-In-The-Game/id-a6306ab6fc241bc34b9a549b292f42e5]		*In a 1988 video about his boxing career, McGuigan said his manager, Barney Eastwood, forced him to fight Steve Cruz despite ankle and ear injuries. Eastwood sued McGuigan and Channel 5 Video, the makers of the video, for libel and was awarded $775,000 in 1992. McGuigan and Channel 5 Video were also ordered to pay court costs, estimated at nearly $1.4 million. [http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Names-In-The-Game/id-a6306ab6fc241bc34b9a549b292f42e5]
	*Shane McGuigan, Barry's son, boxed briefly as an amateur and won several titles, including the Irish Under 21 Championships at light middleweight. [http://www.barrymcguigan.com/shane-mcguigan/]		*[[Shane McGuigan]], Barry's son, boxed briefly as an amateur and won several titles, including the Irish Under 21 Championships at light middleweight. [http://www.barrymcguigan.com/shane-mcguigan/]

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Locoxelbox: /* Amateur Career */

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Amateur Career

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	==Amateur Career==		==Amateur Career==
	*Amateur Record: 21-2 with 19 knockouts [https://books.google.com/books?id=njefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq=barry+mcguigan+amateur+record&source=bl&ots=0j9GF-CfM0&sig=afBGdJ3Ax7hloCPotSctTR4USJw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xs-LVJzICISzyATSqoGwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=barry%20mcguigan%20amateur%20record&f=false]
	*Bantamweight Gold Medalist representing Ireland at the 1978 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results:		*Bantamweight Gold Medalist representing Ireland at the 1978 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results:
	**George Lowe (Scotland) DQ 2		**George Lowe (Scotland) DQ 2

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2005<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/mcguigan.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2005<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/mcguigan.html click]]]
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	'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]<br>
			'''Trainer:''' [[Eddie Shaw]]<br>
	'''[[:Category:Barry McGuigan Gallery\|Barry McGuigan Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Barry McGuigan Gallery\|Barry McGuigan Gallery]]'''
	== Amateur Career ==		==Amateur Career==
	Represented Ireland as a ~~Featherweight~~ at the 1980 ~~Moscow~~ [[Olympic Games]]. ~~His results were~~:		*Amateur Record: 21-2 with 19 knockouts [https://books.google.com/books?id=njefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq=barry+mcguigan+amateur+record&source=bl&ots=0j9GF-CfM0&sig=afBGdJ3Ax7hloCPotSctTR4USJw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xs-LVJzICISzyATSqoGwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=barry%20mcguigan%20amateur%20record&f=false]
	*1st round bye		*Bantamweight Gold Medalist representing Ireland at the 1978 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results:
	*~~Defeated [[~~Issack Mabushi]] (Tanzania) RSC 3		**George Lowe (Scotland) DQ 2
	*~~Lost to [[~~Winfred Kabunda]] (Zambia) 1-4		**[[Michael Anthony]] (Guyana) W 3
			**Bill Rannelli (Canada) RSC 3
			**Tumat Sogolik (Papua New Guinea) W 3 [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CommonwealthGames1978.html]
			*Represented Ireland as a featherweight at the 1980 [[Olympic Games]] in Moscow, Russia. Results:
			**1st round bye
			**Issack Mabushi (Tanzania) RSC 3
			**Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) L 3 (1-4) [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/OlympicGames1980.html]

	== ~~Regional Titles~~ ==		==Professional Career==
	*British ~~featherweight~~ title ~~(1983~~-~~85)~~		[[File:McGuigan-Pedroza 78429391.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mcguigan vs. Eusebio Pedroza]]
	*[[~~EBU~~]] ~~featherweight title (1983~~-~~85)~~		*After winning his first two professional fights by knockout, McGuigan lost a close eight-round decision to [[Peter Eubank]] in August 1981. Four months later, McGuigan avenged the defeat by stopping Eubank in eight rounds.
			*McGuigan knocked out [[Young Ali]] in six rounds in June 1982. Ali lapsed into a coma after the fight and died six months later.
			*McGuigan won the vacant [[British Boxing Board of Control]] Featherweight Championship with a second-round TKO of Vernon Penprase in April 1983. Seven months later, McGuigan knocked out [[Valerio Nati]] in six rounds to win the vacant [[European Boxing Union]] Featherweight Championship.
			*In June 1985, McGuigan defeated [[Eusebio Pedroza]] by a lopsided fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the [[World Boxing Association]] Featherweight Championship in London, England. Pedroza had been champion for seven years and had successfully defended the title nineteen times. [http://www.si.com/vault/1985/06/17/622487/barry-sure-did-beef-him]
			*In June 1986, McGuigan lost the title in his third defense to [[Steve Cruz]], a 5-1 underdog, by a close fifteen-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas, Nevada. After fourteen rounds, McGuigan was ahead by two points on two of the three official scorecards, but Cruz pulled ahead by putting the champion down twice in the fifteenth and final round. The fight was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year\|Fight of the Year]] by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']]. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19860624&id=WvpNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4779,3882236]
			*McGuigan was out of the ring for almost two years following the loss to Cruz. After three consecutive wins, he lost to [[Jim McDonnell]] by a fourth-round TKO in May 1989. The fight was stopped due to a cut over his right eye. McGuigan announced his retirement after the defeat. "I said when I started my comeback that if I lost I would retire," he said. "I don't intend to reverse that." The 28-year-old McGuigan walked away with a record of 32-3 with 28 knockouts. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19890601&id=9XIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4724,169651]
			*McGuigan was inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2000 and the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2005.

	== ~~Other Recognition~~ ==		==Notes==
	*~~Inducted into~~ the ~~[[World Boxing Hall~~ of ~~Fame]]~~		*McGuigan was a hero in Ireland, and his immense popularity transcended boxing. Long-standing violence between Catholics and Protestants subsided when he stepped in the ring. McGuigan, a Catholic who married a Protestant, campaigned for peace. The popular saying of the day was "Leave the fighting to McGuigan."
	*Inducted into the ~~[[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2005~~		*McGuigan's father, Pat McGuigan, was a professional singer. He would sing "Danny Boy" in the ring before his son's fights.
	*~~Fought~~ in ~~Ring Magazine~~'s ~~1986 [[Ring Magazine Fight of~~ the ~~Year\|Fight~~ of the ~~Year]]~~ in ~~his title losing effort against~~ [[~~Steve Cruz~~]~~] in Las Vegas.~~		*In a 1988 video about his boxing career, McGuigan said his manager, Barney Eastwood, forced him to fight Steve Cruz despite ankle and ear injuries. Eastwood sued McGuigan and Channel 5 Video, the makers of the video, for libel and was awarded $775,000 in 1992. McGuigan and Channel 5 Video were also ordered to pay court costs, estimated at nearly $1.4 million. [http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Names-In-The-Game/id-a6306ab6fc241bc34b9a549b292f42e5]
			*Shane McGuigan, Barry's son, boxed briefly as an amateur and won several titles, including the Irish Under 21 Championships at light middleweight. [http://www.barrymcguigan.com/shane-mcguigan/]

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Jollydee: /* Other Recognition */

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Other Recognition

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Ric at 15:52, 17 November 2010

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	'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]		'''Manager:''' [[Barney Eastwood]]<br>

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	== Amateur Career ==		== Amateur Career ==
	Represented Ireland as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow [[Olympic Games]]. His results were:		Represented Ireland as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow [[Olympic Games]]. His results were: