Eamonn O'Kane
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Nickname(s) | King Kane | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Banagher, County Londonderry Northern Ireland | 18 March 1982||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eamonn O'Kane (born 18 March 1982) is an Irish[1] former professional boxer who held the IBF Intercontinental middleweight title.
Amateur career[]
As captain of the Northern Irish team, O'Kane won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the middleweight division.[2]
Commonwealth Games results[]
2010
- Defeated Ranil Jayathilakage (Sri Lanka) 5–0
- Defeated Nathon McKwen (New Zealand) 9–2
- Defeated Afaese Fata (Samoa) 7–2
- Defeated Keiran Harding (Wales) 12–6
- Defeated Anthony Ogogo (England) 16–4
Professional career[]
In May 2012, O'Kane won the Prizefighter 24: All-Irish Middleweights tournament, defeating Anthony Fitzgerald via split decision in the quarter-finals, Ryan Greene via first-round technical knockout in the semi-finals and JJ McDonagh via unanimous decision in the final.[3]
Professional boxing record[]
References[]
- ^ "BoxRec Ratings". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "O'Kane achieves Commonwealth dream". Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "O'Kane takes his chance". Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ Boxing record for Eamonn O'Kane from BoxRec
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Male boxers from Northern Ireland
- Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Middleweight boxers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing