Jon Jo Irwin
English boxer
Jon Jo Irwin | |||||||
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Real name | John Irwin | ||||||
Weight(s) | feather / super featherweight | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||
Nationality | English | ||||||
Born |
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1969-05-31
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31 May 1969
(age
54)
Denaby , Doncaster , England |
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Stance | Orthodox | ||||||
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Total fights | 30 | ||||||
Wins | 19 ( KO 5) | ||||||
Losses | 5 (KO 3) | ||||||
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John Irwin (born 31 May 1969, Doncaster ), known as Jon Jo Irwin , is a retired English amateur featherweight and professional feather / super featherweight boxer of the 1990s.
Boxing career
Amateur
As an amateur he represented England and won a gold medal in the -57 kg featherweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland , New Zealand . [1] [2]
He also won the prestigious 1991 ABA featherweight championship , against Mark Bowers (Pinewood Starr ABC ( Crowthorne ), [3] boxing out of Tom Hill ABC ( Doncaster ). [4]
Professional
As a professional won the Irish featherweight title, World Boxing Board (WBB) super featherweight title, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental featherweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title , and was a challenger for the BBBofC British featherweight title against Paul Ingle , and European Boxing Union (EBU) featherweight title against Steve Robinson , his professional fighting weight varied from 124 + 3 ⁄ 4 lb (56.6 kg; 8 st 12.8 lb) , i.e. featherweight to 129 lb (59 kg; 9 st 3 lb) , i.e. super featherweight . [5]
References
- ↑ "1990 Athletes" . Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results" . Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "104th ABAE National Championship" . abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 . Retrieved 1 January 2013 .
- ↑ "Roll of Honour" . England Boxing.
- ↑ "Statistics at boxrec.com" . boxrec.com. 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 1 January 2013 .
External links
- Boxing record for Jon Jo Irwin from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Jon Jo Irwin
- Article - Top boxer Jon Jo helps troubled pupils make a fist of schooldays
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