Willie Casey

Willie Casey
Willie Casey
Born	Willie Casey; 20 December 1981 (age 42); Limerick, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Other names	Big Bang
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Super bantamweight
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
	Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	16
Wins by KO	10
Losses	3

Willie Casey (born 20 December 1981) is an Irish professional boxer who lives in Limerick, Ireland. He won the Prizefighter series in May 2010 in the super bantamweight division, defeating Mark Moran, Josh Wale and Paul McElhinney. He is nicknamed "Big Bang" for his aggressive and powerful boxing style.

Casey fought Paul Hyland at the University Arena in Limerick on 6 November 2010 for the European Super Bantamweight title which was previously held by Bernard Dunne. The original fight was supposed to be against Kiko Martinez who had held the title.^[1] However Martinez vacated the title citing a "rib injury" as the problem. Casey won the fight and was crowned European Super Bantamweight champion.^[2] On 2 February 2011 Casey was named Boxer of the Year at the Irish National Boxing Awards. Casey was then offered a fight with WBA World Super Bantamweight Title Guillermo Rigondeaux by Rigondeaux's manager Gary Hyde. Casey accepted this fight, thus relinquishing his European Super Bantamweight Title. The fight on 19 March 2011 was stopped with 22 seconds left in the 1st round, with Rigondeaux retaining his title.^[3] Willie Casey had a comeback fight on 17 September 2011 against veteran Frenchman Daniel Kodjo Sassau at the Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the 7th round Casey dropped Sassou with a straight left cross and went on to win the fight with an 8th-round TKO.

Professional boxing record

14 Wins (9 knockouts), 3 Losses, 0 Draws, 0 No Contests
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	16-3	George Gachechiladze	PTS	6(6)	6 September 2014	Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win	15-3	Krzysztof Rogowski	PTS	6(6)	20 June 2014	Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Loss	14-3	Marco McCullough	TKO	9(12)	19 November 2013	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Irish Featherweight Title on the line.
Win	14-2	Jason Booth	UD	12(12)	15 July 2012	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
Loss	13-2	Andreas Evensen	MD	12(12)	21 April 2012	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark
Win	13-1	David Kanalas	TKO	1(8)	25 February 2012	Emerald House, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win	12-1	Daniel Kodjo Sassou	TKO	3(8)	17 September 2011	Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Loss	11-1	Guillermo Rigondeaux	TKO	1(12)	19 September 2011	Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland	interim WBA World Super Bantamweight title on the line.
Win	11-0	Paul Hyland	TKO	4(12)	6 November 2010	University Arena, Limerick, Ireland	Won vacant EBU (European) Super Bantamweight title
Win	10-0	Emiliano Salvini	PTS	8(8)	7 August 2010	Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
Win	9-0	Faycal Messaoudene	TKO	5(6)	26 June 2010	Neptune Sports Arena, Cork, Ireland
Win	8-0	Paul McElhinney	UD	3(3)	29 May 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter final.
Win	7-0	Josh Wale	SD	3(3)	29 May 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter Semi-Final.
Win	6-0	Mark Moran	TKO	3(3)	29 May 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter Quarter-Final.
Win	5-0	Tyson Cave	TKO	8(8)	8 April 2010	Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win	4-0	Fernando Guevara	TKO	1(6)	13 February 2010	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Win	3-0	Michael O'Gara	TKO	6(6)	14 November 2009	University Arena, Limerick, Ireland
Win	2-0	Stoyan Serbezov	PTS	6(6)	24 October 2009	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Win	1-0	Carlos De Jesus	TKO	2(4)	26 October 2008	Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Ireland