Paddy Gallagher (boxer)
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| Born | Patrick Gallagher 9 April 1989 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | 'Pat-Man' | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Patrick Gallagher (born 9 April 1989) is a professional boxer who challenged once for the British, and Commonwealth welterweight titles in 2019. As an amateur he won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Amateur awards
[edit]- 2009 Irish Amateur Boxing Association Best U21[1]
- Irish under 21 light welterweight champion[1]
- Irish Intermediate champ[1]
- Ulster Elite runner up[1]
Amateur career
[edit]2010 Commonwealth Games
[edit]Gallagher represented Northern Ireland in the Delhi Commonwealth Games in the welterweight division.[2] He won the gold medal, defeating England's Callum Smith 11–6 in the final.
- 6 October 2010 Qualification Bout 56 – defeated Joseph Mulema
Cameroon 3–0 - 8 Oct 2010 1/8 Eliminations Bout 107 – defeated Suruz Bangali
Bangladesh9–0 - 10 Oct 2010 Quarterfinals Bout 168 – defeated Mujandjae Kasuto
Namibia 7–5 - 11 Oct 2010 Semifinals Bout 197 – defeated Dilbag Singh
India 5–4 - 13 Oct 2010 Finals Gold Medal Bout 213 – defeated Callum Smith
England 11–6
2011–2012 World Series of Boxing
[edit]Gallagher boxed for the Mumbai Fighters during the 2011 WSB season. He finished up with a record of 1–1.[3]
- Week 1 – defeated by Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Ukraine TKO - Week 4 – defeated Russell Lamour
Haiti (48:47, 48:47, 47:48)
Professional career
[edit]Professional contract
[edit]On 22 May 2012 Gallagher signed his professional contract with John Rooney, deciding to keep his base in Belfast.[1]
Professional boxing record
[edit]| 22 fights | 16 wins | 6 losses |
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| By knockout | 10 | 0 |
| By decision | 6 | 6 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 7 | Loss | 5–2 |  Johnny Coyle
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UD | 3 | 5 Apr 2014 | York Hall, London, England
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Prizefighter: The Welterweights IV – Final |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Mark Douglas
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TKO | 1 (3) | 5 Apr 2014 | York Hall, London, England
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Prizefighter: The Welterweights IV – Semi-final |
| 5 | Loss | 4–1 | Erick Ochieng
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UD | 3 | 5 Apr 2014 | York Hall, London, England
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Prizefighter: The Welterweights IV – Quarter-final |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Aleksas Vaseris
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TKO | 1 (4) | 18 Nov 2013 | Park Plaza Hotel, London, England
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Jozsef Garai
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TKO | 1 (4) | 14 Sep 2013 | The Devenish, North Finaghy Roady, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Andrew Patterson
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TKO | 1 (4) | 26 Nov 2012 | Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, England
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | William Warburton
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UD | 4 | 22 Sep 2012 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Gallagher becomes the 10th Irish fighter to turn pro in 2012 Archived 29 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, irish-boxing.com, 20 September 2010; retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ BBC Sport – Home nations boxers in Delhi finals. BBC News; retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ World Series of Boxing[permanent dead link]. Wsb-oras.ch; retrieved 25 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Paddy Gallagher from BoxRec (registration required)
- Results.cwgdelhi2010.org
- "News.boxrec.com". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- Rte.ie