Brian Magee

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Brian Magee
Born	(1975-06-09) 9 June 1975 Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super-middleweight Light-heavyweight
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach	74 in (188 cm)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	42
Wins	36
Wins by KO	25
Losses	5
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing Ireland European Championships Minsk 1998 Middleweight Representing Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 1998 Middleweight

Brian Magee (born 9 June 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012. He held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2012, and the IBO title from 2001 to 2004. At regional level, he held the British super middleweight title in 2008 and the EBU European title in 2010. As an amateur he represented Ireland at the 1996 Olympics, reaching the middleweight quarter-finals. He also won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland in the latter.

Amateur career

As an amateur Magee fought out of holy trinity ABC in Belfast, and won the Ulster senior title every year from 1995 to 1998.

Magee represented Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Olympic results

• Defeated Randall Thompson (Canada) 13–5
• Defeated Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon) 11–6
• Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria) 9–15

Magee won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

Professional career

Magee turned professional in March 1999, and fought Dean Ashton at the Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England on the undercard of a bill that included Damaen Kelly, Michael Brodie and Clinton Woods. Magee won his opener knocking out the Stoke man inside two rounds.

He won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super middleweight title in January 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England. He then won the IBO world super middleweight title and defended it successfully eight times. He was then defeated in his attempt for the European title. In December 2008 he beat undefeated Scottish Stevie Maguire to win the British super middleweight title, and, after a 13-month break, returned to defeat Mads Larsen in a seven-round knockout in Aarhus, becoming European champion for the first time.

On 11 September 2010 Brian Magee defended his European Title against Armenia's Roman Aramian with the Armenian not starting the ninth round. Magee challenged IBF Super-Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Canada on 19 March 2011. He lost the fight to Lucian Bute by TKO in the tenth round.

On 30 July 2011 Magee captured the interim WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Jaime Barboza in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Magee vs. Kessler

On 8 December 2012. Brian Magee travelled to Denmark to face "The Viking Warrior" Mikkel Kessler in his home nation with the WBA Super Middleweight Title at stake. After a quiet 1st round, Magee went to the floor twice in the 2nd after Kessler landed some hard bodyshots. After 24 seconds on the third round it was allover, Kessler landed a hard bodyshot again; Magee never recovered and Kessler became World Champion for the fifth time.

Professional boxing record

42 fights	36 wins	5 losses
By knockout	24	3
By decision	12	2
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
42	Loss	36–5–1	Mikkel Kessler	TKO	3 (12), 0:24	12 Aug 2012	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark	Lost WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
41	Win	36–4–1	Rudy Markussen	TKO	5 (12), 2:35	18 Feb 2012	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark	Retained WBA interim super-middleweight title
40	Win	35–4–1	Jaime Barboza	UD	12	30 Jul 2011	Gimnasio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	Won vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title
39	Loss	34–4–1	Lucian Bute	TKO	10 (12), 2:04	19 Mar 2011	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	For IBF super-middleweight title
38	Win	34–3–1	Roman Aramyan	RTD	8 (12), 3:00	9 Nov 2010	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Retained European super-middleweight title
37	Win	33–3–1	Mads Larsen	TKO	7 (12), 0:15	30 Jan 2010	NRGi Arena, Aarhus, Denmark	Won vacant European super-middleweight title
36	Win	32–3–1	Steve McGuire	KO	8 (12), 3:01	13 Dec 2008	International Centre, Brentwood, England	Won vacant British super-middleweight title
35	Win	31–3–1	Simeon Cover	TKO	4 (6), 1:04	11 Jul 2008	Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England
34	Win	30–3–1	Tyrone Wright	PTS	6	7 Mar 2008	Harvey Hadden Stadium, Nottingham, England
33	Win	29–3–1	Mark Nilsen	PTS	4	8 Feb 2008	Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England
32	Draw	28–3–1	Tony Oakey	MD	12	25 Aug 2007	Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland	For British light-heavyweight title
31	Win	28–3	Danny Thornton	RTD	2 (6), 3:00	8 Jun 2007	Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland
30	Win	27–3	Andrew Lowe	PTS	12	26 Jan 2007	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England
29	Win	26–3	Paul David	PTS	6	3 Nov 2006	Metrodome, Barnsley, England
28	Loss	25–3	Carl Froch	KO	11 (12), 1:21	26 May 2006	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	For British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles
27	Win	25–2	Daniil Prakaptsou	TKO	2 (4), 2:46	28 Jan 2006	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
26	Win	24–2	Varujan Davtyan	TKO	2 (8)	14 Oct 2005	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
25	Loss	23–2	Vitali Tsypko	SD	12	16 Jul 2005	Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany	For vacant European super-middleweight title
24	Win	23–1	Neil Linford	TKO	7 (8), 2:48	26 Nov 2004	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England
23	Loss	22–1	Robin Reid	UD	12	26 Jun 2004	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Lost IBO super-middleweight title
22	Win	22–0	Jerry Elliot	UD	12	17 Apr 2004	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
21	Win	21–0	Hacine Cherifi	TKO	8 (12)	22 Nov 2003	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
20	Win	20–0	Omar Eduardo Gonzalez	KO	1 (12), 1:50	4 Oct 2003	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
19	Win	19–0	Andre Thysse	TKO	10 (12), 2:48	21 Jun 2003	MEN Arena, Manchester, England	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
18	Win	18–0	Miguel Angel Jimenez	UD	12	22 Feb 2003	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
17	Win	17–0	Jose Spearman	UD	12	9 Nov 2002	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
16	Win	16–0	Mpush Makambi	TKO	7 (12)	15 Jun 2002	Town Hall, Leeds, England	Retained IBO super-middleweight title
15	Win	15–0	Vage Kocharyan	PTS	8	18 Mar 2002	Leisure Centre, Crawley, England
14	Win	14–0	Ramon Arturo Britez	KO	1 (12), 1:56	10 Dec 2001	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England	Won IBO super-middleweight title
13	Win	13–0	Chris Nembhard	TKO	6 (8), 0:37	31 Jul 2001	York Hall, London, England
12	Win	12–0	Neil Linford	UD	12	29 Jan 2001	Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough, England	Won vacant IBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
11	Win	11–0	Teymuraz Kekelidze	TKO	4 (10)	11 Nov 2000	Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10	Win	10–0	Jason Barker	PTS	8	12 Jun 2000	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9	Win	9–0	Pedro Carragher	KO	2 (8)	15 Apr 2000	York Hall, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Darren Ashton	TKO	5 (8)	20 Mar 2000	Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
7	Win	7–0	Rob Stevenson	TKO	5 (6), 1:31	21 Feb 2000	Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Terry Morrill	TKO	4 (6)	12 Feb 2000	Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England
5	Win	5–0	Michael Pinnock	TKO	3 (6)	16 Oct 1999	Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
4	Win	4–0	Dennis Doyley	TKO	3 (4), 2:17	13 Sep 1999	York Hall, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Chris Howarth	TKO	1 (4), 1:12	22 Jun 1999	Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
2	Win	2–0	Richard Glaysher	TKO	1 (4), 2:28	22 May 1999	Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1	Win	1–0	Dean Ashton	TKO	2 (4), 2:23	13 Mar 1999	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Boxing record for Brian Magee from BoxRec (registration required)