Dave McAuley

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David Anthony McAuley, MBE (born 15 June 1961, Larne) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1983 to 1992. He held the IBF flyweight title from 1989 to 1992, and challenged twice for the WBA flyweight title in 1987 and 1988. At regional level, he held the British flyweight title in 1986.

Boxing career[]

McAuley fought under the name Dave "Boy" McAuley, and was one of the last Irish boxers to fight for a world title over 15 rounds. His two epic fights against Fidel Bassa were both voted "Fight of the Year",^{[by whom?]} in 1986 and 1987 respectively.^{[citation needed]} On the 7th of June 1989 McAuley defeated Duke McKenzie for the IBF title at Wembley Arena, London.

Among his most famous bouts were two brutal encounters with Colombian Fidel Bassa at Belfast's King's Hall. In 1989 McAuley won the IBF title from Duke McKenzie. He successfully defended his title five times, eventually losing it to Rodolfo Blanco in 1992, whom he had beaten two years previously.^[1]

McAuley was unusual for a flyweight in that he was extremely tall for someone in the flyweight division, standing at 5'7". He was one of Ireland's most underrated boxers, and was poorly treated by various promoters and media after his loss to Blanco.

Broadcasting career[]

McAuley works as a commentator for Irish television station Raidió Teilifís Éireann on their boxing coverage.^{[citation needed]}

Comeback[]

McAuley was almost tempted out of retirement on more than one occasion, right up to the mid-1990s.^{[citation needed]} He was rumoured to be training for a comeback fight with Prince Naseem Hamed in 1994, but the bout eventually fell through over contractual issues.^{[citation needed]}

Poker[]

McAuley recently^[when?] took part in a celebrity boxing poker tournament organised by partypoker.com however being an amateur in this sport was put out first after going "all in" with ace two off suit. In 2009, he was back in Poker Super Stars and got through to the final table in London.^{[citation needed]}

Other activities[]

McAuley runs a hotel in Ballygalley, near Larne, County Antrim.^{[citation needed]}

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
23	Loss	18–3–2	Rodolfo Blanco	UD	12	11 Jun 1992	Sports Pavilion, Bilbao, Spain	Lost IBF flyweight title
22	Win	18–2–2	Jacob Matlala	KO	10 (12)	7 Sep 1991	Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBF flyweight title
21	Win	17–2–2	Pedro Jose Feliciano	UD	12	11 May 1991	Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBF flyweight title
20	Win	16–2–2	Rodolfo Blanco	UD	12	15 Sep 1990	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBF flyweight title
19	Win	15–2–2	Louis Curtis	UD	12	17 Mar 1990	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBF flyweight title
18	Win	14–2–2	Dodie Boy Penalosa	SD	12	8 Nov 1989	Grand Hall, London, England	Retained IBF flyweight title
17	Win	13–2–2	Duke McKenzie	UD	12	7 Jun 1989	The Arena, London, England	Won IBF flyweight title
16	Loss	12–2–2	Fidel Bassa	UD	12	26 Mar 1988	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	For WBA flyweight title
15	Win	12–1–2	Roy Thompson	PTS	10	7 Dec 1987	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
14	Loss	11–1–2	Fidel Bassa	TKO	13 (15)	25 Apr 1987	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	For WBA flyweight title
13	Win	11–0–2	Joe Kelly	TKO	9 (12)	20 Oct 1986	St. Andrews SC, Albany Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland	Won vacant British flyweight title
12	Win	10–0–2	Charlie Brown	TKO	1 (8)	22 Apr 1986	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
11	Win	9–0–2	Kelvin Smart	DQ	6 (8)	15 Feb 1986	RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland	Smart disqualified for intentional low blows
10	Win	8–0–2	Bobby McDermott	TKO	10 (10)	8 Jun 1985	Loftus Road, London, England
9	Win	7–0–2	Johnny Mack	TKO	1 (8)	3 Feb 1985	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
8	Win	6–0–2	Graham Clarke	TKO	4 (6)	19 Dec 1984	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
7	Win	5–0–2	Dave George	TKO	6 (8)	13 Nov 1984	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
6	Win	4–0–2	John Mwaimu	PTS	6	13 Oct 1984	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
5	Win	3–0–2	Roy Williams	PTS	6	17 Sep 1984	Corn Exchange, Brighton, England
4	Draw	2–0–2	Kenny Walsh	PTS	6	27 Feb 1984	Albany Hotel, Birmingham, England
3	Win	2–0–1	Ian Colbeck	PTS	6	25 Jan 1984	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2	Win	1–0–1	Dave Smith	KO	1 (6)	16 Nov 1983	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1	Draw	0–0–1	John Mwaimu	PTS	6	5 Oct 1983	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

See also[]

• List of Irish sportspeople

References[]