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Jimmy Mclarnin – A Boxing Legend

Those who follow the beginnings of boxing already know, no other sport has been the scene of so many tragedies

1995: Ballymena’s Eamonn Loughran successfully defended his WBO welterweight title for the final time at the Ulster Hall in Belfast.

2011: John Joe Nevin scored a 19:17 win over Uzbek Orzubek Shayimov to become the first Irishman to win two

1934: Jimmy McLarnin, Ireland’s greatest ever fighter, reclaimed his World welterweight title at Madison Square Garden. Barney Ross had taken

1930: The pound-for-pound greatest Irish boxer of all time, Jimmy McLarnin, knocked out reigning World lightweight champion Al Singer in

1932: Jimmy McLarnin was defeated on a split decision by the recently dethroned World welterweight champion Lou Brouillard at the

1903: Clare’s George Gardner knocked out Chicago-Bohemian Jack Root in the twelfth round at the International Athletic Club in Ontario,

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