On This Day: November 16th
1983: Barry McGuigan claimed the vacant European featherweight title to add to his British title won earlier that year. The
Read more1983: Barry McGuigan claimed the vacant European featherweight title to add to his British title won earlier that year. The
Read more2001: Belfast’s Eamonn Magee overcame awkward South African Matthews Zulu to defend his Commonwealth light welterweight title for a fourth
Read more2011: John Joe Nevin scored a 19:17 win over Uzbek Orzubek Shayimov to become the first Irishman to win two
Read more1977: There was a bumper Tuesday night bill in Derry 39 years ago. Topping the card was local hero Charlie
Read moreBernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer At Montreal in 1976 Brendan Dunne has the distinction of being the first Irish
Read more2012: Light middleweight Lee Murtagh defeated Joe Hillerby at the Emerald Roadhouse in Belfast to win the Irish title at
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