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Irish BoxRec Pound-for-Pound Rankings (September update)


There have been some movers and shakers over the past three months in the BoxRec Irish Pound-for-Pound list.

Determined by the popular website’s ratings formula, below is the rankings of all active Irish boxers.

Big climbers since the last update in June include St Michael’s Athy graduates Davey Oliver Joyce and Eric Donovan, as well as Regan Buckley following his domestic battle with Carl McDonald.

In addition, for the first time in recent memory (perhaps ever) the number of active Irish professional boxers ticks over the 100 mark.

Rankings correct as of September 24th 2017
Previous rankings in brackets
RE = Re-Entry
NE = New Entry

MEN’S
1 (1) – Carl Frampton [23(14)-1(0)] – Featherweight
2 (2) – Ryan Burnett [17(9)-0] – Bantamweight
3 (3) – Andy Lee [35(24)-3(2)-1] – Middleweight
4 (4) – Mike Perez [22(14)-2(1)-1] – Cruiserweight
5 (6) – Jason Quigley [13(10)-0] – Middleweight
6 (7) – Darragh Foley [12(8)-2(0)] – Light Welterweight
7 (5) – TJ Doheny [17(13)-0] – Super Bantamweight
8 (8) – Dennis Hogan [25(7)-1(0)-1] – Light Middleweight
9 (9) – Gary O’Sullivan [25(17)-2(1)] – Middleweight
10 (10) – Paul Hyland Jr [16(6)-0] – Lightweight
11 (11) – James Tennyson [19(15)-2(2)] – Super Featherweight
12 (12) – Jamie Conlan [19(11)-0] – Super Flyweight
13 (13) – Jono Carroll [14(1)-0] – Super Featherweight
14 (16) – Anto Cacace [15(7)-1(0)] – Super Featherweight
15 (14) – Conrad Cummings [11(5)-1(0)-1] – Middleweight
16 (15) – Paddy Gallagher [11(7)-3(0)] – Welterweight
17 (17) – Stephen Ormond [24(13)-4(1)] – Lightweight
18 (18) – Tommy McCarthy [9(5)-1(0)] – Cruiserweight
19 (19) – John O’Donnell [32(11)-2(1)] – Welterweight
20 (20) – Luke Keeler [13(5)-2(1)] – Middleweight
21 (21) – Philip Sutcliffe Jnr [13(8)-2(1)] – Light Welterweight
22 (29) – Peter McDonagh [28(3)-28(2)-1] – Welterweight
23 (30) – Niall Kennedy [9(5)-0] – Heavyweight
24 (24) – Anto Upton [15(6)-1(0)] – Light Welterweight
25 (22) – Tyrone McKenna [14(6)-0-1] – Light Welterweight
26 (31) – Declan Geraghty [14(5)-2(1)] – Super Featherweight
27 (23) – Marco McCullough [17(10)-4(3)] – Featherweight
28 (25) – JJ McDonagh [14(7)-3(1)] – Super Middleweight
29 (27) – Sonny Upton [12(5)-3(1)] – Light Middleweight
30 (26) – Alfredo Meli [13(3)-0-1] – Middleweight
31 (28) – Pauly Upton [14(3)-0] – Light Middleweight
32 (33) – Noel Murphy [11(2)-0] – Welterweight
33 (44) – Paddy McDonagh [11(0)-2(0)] – Light Heavyweight
34 (55) – Eric Donovan [5(3)-0] – Featherweight
35 (32) – Michael McLaughlin Owen [12(5)-2(0)-1] – Welterweight
36 (38) – Steve Collins Jr [10(4)-1(0)-1] – Light Heavyweight
37 (34) – Matthew Wilton [16(3)-0] – Welterweight
38 (35) – Joe Fitzpatrick [7(4)-0] – Lightweight
39 (36) – Feargal McCrory [6(3)-0] – Super Featherweight
40 (42) – Sean Turner [11(7)-1(0)] – Heavyweight
41 (48) – Gerard Whitehouse [7(2)-0] – Welterweight
42 (37) – Ray Moylette [6(2)-0] – Lightweight
43 (39) – Darren Cruise [7(1)-6(0)] – Middleweight
44 (43) – Chris Blaney [8(3)-0] – Middleweight
45 (40) – Con Sheehan [6(1)-0] – Heavyweight
46 (45) – Stephen Carroll [7(1)-0] – Light Welterweight
47 (52) – Sean Creagh [6(2)-1(1)] – Light Welterweight
48 (67) – David Oliver Joyce [3(2)-0] – Lightweight
49 (46) – Paddy Barnes [3(0)-0] – Flyweight
50 (65) – Michael Conlan [4(4)-0] – Featherweight
51 (53) – Tyrone McCullagh [8(4)-0] – Super Bantamweight
52 (47) – Luke Wilton [17(7)-5(1)-1] – Flyweight
53 (49) – Craig O’Brien [5(0)-0] – Light Middleweight
54 (50) – Ciaran McVarnock [8(2)-0-1] – Featherweight
55 (60) – Steven Ward [5(2)-0] – Light Heavyweight
56 (51) – Ian Tims [13(4)-4(3)] – Cruiserweight
57 (56) – Ryan Greene [7(1)-1(1)] – Light Middleweight
58 (57) – Gary Sweeney [3(3)-0] – Cruiserweight
59 (58) – Gerard Healy [6(0)-4(1)-1] – Light Middleweight
60 (RE) – Bernard Roe [5(1)-0] – Light Middleweight
61 (59) – Jay Byrne [5(1)-2(0)] – Welterweight
62 (64) – Lewis Crocker [3(3)-0] – Welterweight
63 (65) – Connor Coyle [6(2)-0] – Light Middleweight
64 (62) – Jake Hanney [5(4)-1(1)] – Light Welterweight
65 (82) – Regan Buckley [2(0)-0] – Flyweight
66 (61) – Mark Morris [3(1)-1(1)] – Lightweight
67 (66) – Shaun McShane [5(0)-4(0)-1] – Light Welterweight
68 (69) – Tony Nellis [3(0)-0-1] – Welterweight
69 (70) – Gearoid Clancy [7(1)-6(0)] – Lightweight
70 (71) – Sean McGlinchey [2(0)-0] – Super Middleweight
71 (72) – Allan Phelan [8(5)-3(1)-1] – Featherweight
72 (73) – Rohan Date [3(2)-0] – Welterweight
73 (75) – Mathew Fitzsimons [3(2)-0] – Super Featherweight
74 (76) – Thomas Finnegan [2(0)-0] – Super Middleweight
75 (77) – Victor Rabei [1(0)-0] – Light Welterweight
76 (78) – Larry Fryers [4(2)-0] – Welterweight
77 (86) – Dylan Moran [2(1)-0] – Welterweight
78 (89) – Stephen McAfee [2(2)-0] – Lightweight
79 (79) – Paddy Irwin [4(3)-0] – Welterweight
80 (84) – John Joyce [2(2)-0] – Welterweight
81 (NE) – Colin O’Donovan [debut] – Featherweight
82 (74) – Johnny Corcoran [1(1)-0] – Cruiserweight
83 (68) – Carl McDonald [2(0)-1(0)] – Super Bantamweight
84 (NE) – Niall O’Connor [1(0)-0] – Light Welterweight
85 (NE) – Dylan McDonagh [1(0)-0] – Super Bantamweight
86 (NE) – Michael Gallagher [1(1)-0 ] – Cruiserweight
87 (80) – Sean Magee [1(1)-0] – Super Bantamweight
88 (NE) – Aiden Metcalfe [1(0)-0] – Super Featherweight
89 (87) – Keane McMahon [1(0)-0] – Welterweight
90 (NE) – Gary Cully [1(1)-0] Lightweight
91 (NE) – Chris Mullally [1(0)-0] Light Heavyweight
92 (NE) James Cahill [1(0)-0] – Welterweight
93 (88) – Liam Gaynor [1(0)-0] – Lightweight
94 (NE) – Martin Quinn [1(1)-0]- Lightweight
95 (85) – Sean Higginson [1(0)-0] – Super Featherweight
96 (83) – Padraig McCrory [1(0)-0] – Super Middleweight
97 (91) – Vladimir Belujsky [0-0-1] – Super Middleweight
98 (81) – Michael Kelly [9(3)-10(4)-1] – Welterweight
99 (90) – John Cooley [2(0)-1(1)] – Super Bantamweight
100 (NE) – Conor McGregor [0-1(1)] – Light Middleweight
101 (92) – Joe Rea [11(4)-37(17)-5] – Middleweight
102 (93) – Jamesy Gorman [8(3)-40(5)-1] – Light Welterweight
103 (94) – Alec Bazza [0-28(3)-2] – Light Welterweight
104 (95) – Casey Blair [4(0)-31(7)] – Light Middleweight
105 (96) – Ben Mulligan [0-13(2)] – Lightweight

WOMEN’S
1 – Katie Taylor [6(4)-0] – Lightweight

Boxers not currently ranked due to inactivity or not having debuted yet:
Christina McMahon [7(3)-2(0)] – Super Flyweight
Alan Donnellan [9(2)-3(0)] – Super Middleweight
James Fryers [12(5)-1(0)] – Super Featherweight
Dean Byrne [18(6)-6(2)-2] – Welterweight
John Joe Nevin [8(4)-0] – Featherweight
Dan McShane [9(3)-1(1)] – Super Featherweight
Joe Hillerby [11(3)-3(2)] – Light Heavyweight
Declan Trainor [2(2)-1(1)] – Cruiserweight
Ryan Peake [1(1)-0] – Super Featherweight
Manny Bique [debut] – Super Middleweight
Karl Kelly [debut] – Welterweight
Craig McCarthy [debut] – Middleweight
Aaron McKenna [debut] – Light Welterweight
Tom Kearney [debut] – Super Middleweight
Barry Barnes [debut] – Super Middleweight
Conor Cooke [debut] – Cruiserweight
Kieran Kenny [debut] – Featherweight
Prince Brady [debut] – Super Bantamweight

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Reporting on Irish boxing the past five years. Work has appeared on irish-boxing.com, Boxing News, the42.ie, and local and national media. Provide live ringside updates, occasional interviews, and special features on the future of Irish boxing. email: joneill6@tcd.ie

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