Brian Magee (born 9 June 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012.[1] He held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2012, and the IBO title from 2001 to 2004. At regional level, he held the British super middleweight title in 2008 and the EBU European title in 2010. As an amateur he represented Ireland at the 1996 Olympics, reaching the middleweight quarter-finals. He also won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland in the latter.

Brian Magee
Born (1975-06-09) 9 June 1975 (age 49)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach74 in (188 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights42
Wins36
Wins by KO25
Losses5
Draws1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ireland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Minsk 1998 Middleweight
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place Kuala Lumpur 1998 Middleweight

Amateur career

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As an amateur Magee fought out of holy trinity ABC in Belfast, and won the Ulster senior title every year from 1995 to 1998.[2]

Magee represented Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]

Olympic results

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Magee won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

Professional career

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Magee turned professional in March 1999, and fought Dean Ashton at the Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England on the undercard of a bill that included Damaen Kelly, Michael Brodie and Clinton Woods. Magee won his opener knocking out the Stoke man inside two rounds.[3]

He won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super middleweight title in January 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England. He then won the IBO world super middleweight title and defended it successfully eight times. He was then defeated in his attempt for the European title. In December 2008 he beat undefeated Scottish Stevie Maguire to win the British super middleweight title,[3] and, after a 13-month break, returned to defeat Mads Larsen in a seven-round knockout in Aarhus, becoming European champion for the first time.

On 11 September 2010 Brian Magee defended his European Title against Armenia's Roman Aramian with the Armenian not starting the ninth round. Magee challenged IBF Super-Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Canada on 19 March 2011.[4] He lost the fight to Lucian Bute by TKO in the tenth round.

On 30 July 2011 Magee captured the interim WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Jaime Barboza in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Magee vs. Kessler

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On 8 December 2012. Brian Magee travelled to Denmark to face "The Viking Warrior" Mikkel Kessler in his home nation with the WBA Super Middleweight Title at stake. After a quiet 1st round, Magee went to the floor twice in the 2nd after Kessler landed some hard bodyshots. After 24 seconds on the third round it was allover, Kessler landed a hard bodyshot again; Magee never recovered and Kessler became World Champion for the fifth time.

Professional boxing record

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42 fights 36 wins 5 losses
By knockout 24 3
By decision 12 2
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
42 Loss 36–5–1   Mikkel Kessler TKO 3 (12), 0:24 12 Aug 2012   Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark Lost WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
41 Win 36–4–1   Rudy Markussen TKO 5 (12), 2:35 18 Feb 2012   Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark Retained WBA interim super-middleweight title
40 Win 35–4–1   Jaime Barboza UD 12 30 Jul 2011   Gimnasio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Won vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title
39 Loss 34–4–1   Lucian Bute TKO 10 (12), 2:04 19 Mar 2011   Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada For IBF super-middleweight title
38 Win 34–3–1   Roman Aramyan RTD 8 (12), 3:00 9 Nov 2010   National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Retained European super-middleweight title
37 Win 33–3–1   Mads Larsen TKO 7 (12), 0:15 30 Jan 2010   NRGi Arena, Aarhus, Denmark Won vacant European super-middleweight title
36 Win 32–3–1   Steve McGuire KO 8 (12), 3:01 13 Dec 2008   International Centre, Brentwood, England Won vacant British super-middleweight title
35 Win 31–3–1   Simeon Cover TKO 4 (6), 1:04 11 Jul 2008   Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England
34 Win 30–3–1   Tyrone Wright PTS 6 7 Mar 2008   Harvey Hadden Stadium, Nottingham, England
33 Win 29–3–1   Mark Nilsen PTS 4 8 Feb 2008   Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England
32 Draw 28–3–1   Tony Oakey MD 12 25 Aug 2007   Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland For British light-heavyweight title
31 Win 28–3   Danny Thornton RTD 2 (6), 3:00 8 Jun 2007   Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland
30 Win 27–3   Andrew Lowe PTS 12 26 Jan 2007   Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
29 Win 26–3   Paul David PTS 6 3 Nov 2006   Metrodome, Barnsley, England
28 Loss 25–3   Carl Froch KO 11 (12), 1:21 26 May 2006   York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England For British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles
27 Win 25–2   Daniil Prakaptsou TKO 2 (4), 2:46 28 Jan 2006   National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
26 Win 24–2   Varujan Davtyan TKO 2 (8) 14 Oct 2005   National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
25 Loss 23–2   Vitali Tsypko SD 12 16 Jul 2005   Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany For vacant European super-middleweight title
24 Win 23–1   Neil Linford TKO 7 (8), 2:48 26 Nov 2004   Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England
23 Loss 22–1   Robin Reid UD 12 26 Jun 2004   King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Lost IBO super-middleweight title
22 Win 22–0   Jerry Elliot UD 12 17 Apr 2004   King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retained IBO super-middleweight title
21 Win 21–0   Hacine Cherifi TKO 8 (12) 22 Nov 2003   King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retained IBO super-middleweight title
20 Win 20–0   Omar Eduardo Gonzalez KO 1 (12), 1:50 4 Oct 2003   Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retained IBO super-middleweight title
19 Win 19–0   Andre Thysse TKO 10 (12), 2:48 21 Jun 2003   MEN Arena, Manchester, England Retained IBO super-middleweight title
18 Win 18–0   Miguel Angel Jimenez UD 12 22 Feb 2003   Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England Retained IBO super-middleweight title
17 Win 17–0   Jose Spearman UD 12 9 Nov 2002   Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England Retained IBO super-middleweight title
16 Win 16–0   Mpush Makambi TKO 7 (12) 15 Jun 2002   Town Hall, Leeds, England Retained IBO super-middleweight title
15 Win 15–0   Vage Kocharyan PTS 8 18 Mar 2002   Leisure Centre, Crawley, England
14 Win 14–0   Ramon Arturo Britez KO 1 (12), 1:56 10 Dec 2001   Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England Won IBO super-middleweight title
13 Win 13–0   Chris Nembhard TKO 6 (8), 0:37 31 Jul 2001   York Hall, London, England
12 Win 12–0   Neil Linford UD 12 29 Jan 2001   Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough, England Won vacant IBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
11 Win 11–0   Teymuraz Kekelidze TKO 4 (10) 11 Nov 2000   Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10 Win 10–0   Jason Barker PTS 8 12 Jun 2000   Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9 Win 9–0   Pedro Carragher KO 2 (8) 15 Apr 2000   York Hall, London, England
8 Win 8–0   Darren Ashton TKO 5 (8) 20 Mar 2000   Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
7 Win 7–0   Rob Stevenson TKO 5 (6), 1:31 21 Feb 2000   Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London, England
6 Win 6–0   Terry Morrill TKO 4 (6) 12 Feb 2000   Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England
5 Win 5–0   Michael Pinnock TKO 3 (6) 16 Oct 1999   Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
4 Win 4–0   Dennis Doyley TKO 3 (4), 2:17 13 Sep 1999   York Hall, London, England
3 Win 3–0   Chris Howarth TKO 1 (4), 1:12 22 Jun 1999   Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
2 Win 2–0   Richard Glaysher TKO 1 (4), 2:28 22 May 1999   Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1 Win 1–0   Dean Ashton TKO 2 (4), 2:23 13 Mar 1999   Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England

References

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  1. ^ Boxing record for Brian Magee from BoxRec (registration required). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Ulster Senior Champions 1987–2005". Ulster ABA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Boxrec. "Brian Magee". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Magee fights Bute for IBF world title". BBC News. 21 December 2010.
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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
David Starie
IBO Inter-Continental
super-middleweight champion

29 January 2001 – 10 December 2001
Won world title
Vacant
Title next held by
Hussain Osman
Vacant
Title last held by
Carl Froch
British
super-middleweight champion

13 December 2008 – March 2009
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Tony Quigley
Vacant
Title last held by
Karo Murat
European
super-middleweight champion

30 January 2010 – March 2011
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Piotr Wilczewski
Minor world boxing titles
Preceded by
Ramon Arturo Britez
IBO super-middleweight champion
10 December 2001 – 26 June 2004
Succeeded by
Major world boxing titles
New title WBA super-middleweight champion
Interim title

30 July 2011 – 9 November 2012
Promoted
Vacant
Title next held by
Stanyslav Kashtanov
Preceded by WBA super-middleweight champion
Regular title

9 November 2012 – 8 December 2012
Succeeded by