Brian Magee
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Brian Magee | |
Statistics | |
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Real name | Brian Magee |
Nickname | Not known |
Weight | Super Middleweight |
Nationality | Irish |
Birth date | June 9, 1975 |
Birth place | Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
Style | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 29 |
Wins | 26 |
Wins by KO | 18 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Brian Magee (born June 9, 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a boxer, who competed for Ireland in the middleweight (< 71 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals by Algeria's eventual bronze medalist Mohamed Bahari. Magee won the silver medal at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk, Belarus. He turned professional in 1999, and captured the Vacant IBO Intercontinental Super Middleweight Title on January 29, 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England.