Brian Magee
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Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 74 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | 9 June 1975||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Amateur career[]
As an amateur Magee fought out of the Holy Trinity Boxing Club 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[]
- Defeated Randall Thompson (Canada) 13–5
- Defeated Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon) 11–6
- Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria) 9–15
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[]
Magee turned professional in March 1999, and fought Dean Ashton at the , 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[]
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[]
42 fights | 36 wins | 5 losses |
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By knockout | 24 | 3 |
By decision | 12 | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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42 | Loss | 36–5–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12), 0:24 | 12 Aug 2012 | ![]() |
Lost WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
41 | Win | 36–4–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:35 | 18 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Retained WBA interim super-middleweight title |
40 | Win | 35–4–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 30 Jul 2011 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title |
39 | Loss | 34–4–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:04 | 19 Mar 2011 | ![]() |
For IBF super-middleweight title |
38 | Win | 34–3–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 8 (12), 3:00 | 9 Nov 2010 | ![]() |
Retained European super-middleweight title |
37 | Win | 33–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 0:15 | 30 Jan 2010 | ![]() |
Won vacant European super-middleweight title |
36 | Win | 32–3–1 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (12), 3:01 | 13 Dec 2008 | ![]() |
Won vacant British super-middleweight title |
35 | Win | 31–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 1:04 | 11 Jul 2008 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 30–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 7 Mar 2008 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 29–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 8 Feb 2008 | ![]() |
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32 | Draw | 28–3–1 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | 25 Aug 2007 | ![]() |
For British light-heavyweight title |
31 | Win | 28–3 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 8 Jun 2007 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 27–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | 26 Jan 2007 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 26–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 3 Nov 2006 | ![]() |
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28 | Loss | 25–3 | ![]() |
KO | 11 (12), 1:21 | 26 May 2006 | ![]() |
For British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles |
27 | Win | 25–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:46 | 28 Jan 2006 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 24–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | 14 Oct 2005 | ![]() |
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25 | Loss | 23–2 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 16 Jul 2005 | ![]() |
For vacant European super-middleweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8), 2:48 | 26 Nov 2004 | ![]() |
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23 | Loss | 22–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2004 | ![]() |
Lost IBO super-middleweight title |
22 | Win | 22–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 17 Apr 2004 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
21 | Win | 21–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12) | 22 Nov 2003 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (12), 1:50 | 4 Oct 2003 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:48 | 21 Jun 2003 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 22 Feb 2003 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 9 Nov 2002 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12) | 15 Jun 2002 | ![]() |
Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 18 Mar 2002 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (12), 1:56 | 10 Dec 2001 | ![]() |
Won IBO super-middleweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8), 0:37 | 31 Jul 2001 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 29 Jan 2001 | ![]() |
Won vacant IBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | 11 Nov 2000 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 12 Jun 2000 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | 15 Apr 2000 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (8) | 20 Mar 2000 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6), 1:31 | 21 Feb 2000 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 12 Feb 2000 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Oct 1999 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (4), 2:17 | 13 Sep 1999 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:12 | 22 Jun 1999 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 2:28 | 22 May 1999 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:23 | 13 Mar 1999 | ![]() |
References[]
- ^ Boxing record for Brian Magee from BoxRec. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Ulster Senior Champions 1987–2005". Ulster ABA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ a b c Boxrec. "Brian Magee". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ "Magee fights Bute for IBF world title". BBC News. 21 December 2010.
External links[]
- Official website (archived)
- Boxing record for Brian Magee from BoxRec
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lisburn
- Male boxers from Northern Ireland
- Doping cases in boxing
- Middleweight boxers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Ireland
- Irish male boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- European Boxing Union champions
- World Boxing Association champions
- International Boxing Organization champions
- World super-middleweight boxing champions
- Southpaw boxers
- British Boxing Board of Control champions