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'''Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Barnes''', {{post-nominals|country=UK|MBE}} (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish/Northern Irish [[professional boxer]] who has held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] European and Inter-Continental [[flyweight]] titles since 2017. |
'''Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Barnes''', {{post-nominals|country=UK|MBE}} (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish/Northern Irish [[professional boxer]] who has held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] European and Inter-Continental [[flyweight]] titles since 2017. |
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As an [[Amateur boxing|amateur]] Barnes represented [[Ireland]] at the [[2008 Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Olympics]] (winning a bronze medal at both events in the [[light-flyweight]] division), and Northern Ireland at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010]] and [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] (winning a gold medal at both events in the light-flyweight division).<ref name="BarnesGlasgow">{{cite news|title=Paddy Barnes wins gold at Glasgow|url=http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/224375683/scat/aba4168066a10b8d/ht/Paddy-Barnes-wins-gold-at-Glasgow|accessdate=2 August 2014|publisher=''Irish Sun.com''}} |
As an [[Amateur boxing|amateur]] Barnes represented [[Ireland]] at the [[2008 Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Olympics]] (winning a bronze medal at both events in the [[light-flyweight]] division), and Northern Ireland at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010]] and [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] (winning a gold medal at both events in the light-flyweight division).<ref name="BarnesGlasgow">{{cite news|title=Paddy Barnes wins gold at Glasgow|url=http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/224375683/scat/aba4168066a10b8d/ht/Paddy-Barnes-wins-gold-at-Glasgow|accessdate=2 August 2014|publisher=''Irish Sun.com''}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Revision as of 09:19, 5 January 2018
Paddy Barnes | |
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 Barnes at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Born | Patrick Gerard Barnes 9 April 1987 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Flyweight |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 5 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Wins by KO | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
Medal record | |
Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Barnes, MBE (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish/Northern Irish professional boxer who has held the WBO European and Inter-Continental flyweight titles since 2017.
As an amateur Barnes represented Ireland at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics (winning a bronze medal at both events in the light-flyweight division), and Northern Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games (winning a gold medal at both events in the light-flyweight division).[1]
Early life
Barnes began boxing aged 11. He later joined the East Coast Boxing club as he spent his weekends staying with his cousins in Ardglass. Barnes lost his first 15 fights. Aged 16, he joined Holy Family ABC in Belfast.[2]
Amateur career
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2007 | European Union Amateur Championships
In 2007, Barnes competed at the EU Championships in Dublin. He had his medal hopes crushed however when he suffered an eye injury. With bleeding found behind his retina, Barnes was forced out of the competition.[3]
2007 | World Amateur Championships
At the World Championships in Chicago Barnes missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by China's Zou Shiming in the quarter finals, Zou went on to win the gold medal. [citation needed]
However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.[4][5][6]
- 1st Round – defeated Choi Jon Chuk
North Korea 33–19 - Round of 32 – defeated Sadegh Zade Faraj
Iran 30–10 (RSCO) - Round of 16 – defeated Kenji Ohkubo
Japan 24–6 - Quarter final – lost to Zou Shiming
China 8–22
2008 | European Union Amateur Championships
In 2008, Barnes returned to EU Championships, this time in Cetniewo, Poland.[citation needed]
Barnes made it to the final where he lost to Hungarian fighter Pál Bedák. The silver medal was enough to secure his place at the Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
2008 | Olympic Games
Barnes won Ireland's first medal of the 2008 games by winning his quarter final bout in the light flyweight division. Barnes won a bronze medal after he was again defeated by Shiming Zou, this time in the semi-final, in a match where replays showed some of Barnes landed punches counted as points for Zou.[citation needed]
- Round of 32 – bye
- Round of 16 – defeated José Luis Meza
Ecuador 14–8 - Quarter final – defeated Łukasz Maszczyk
Poland 11–5 - Semi-final – lost to Zou Shiming China 0–15
2010 | European Amateur Championships
On 12 June 2010, Barnes won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Barnes, a 4–1 winner over Azerbaijan's Elvin Mamishzade, was 1–0 up at the end of the first round, 3–1 ahead at the end of the second and sealed the victory with a final point in the third for 4–1.[7]
2010 | Commonwealth Games
Barnes represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[8] He won the gold medal, defeating Namibia's Jafet Uutoni 8–4 in the final.
- Round of 16 – defeated Iain Butcher
Scotland 4–2 - Quarter final – defeated Andrew Moloney
Australia 5–3 - Semi final – defeated Amandeep Singh
India 5–0 - Final – defeated Jafet Uutoni
Namibia 8–4
2012 | Olympic Games
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he defeated Thomas Essomba from Cameroon 15–10 then beat India's Devendro Singh in his quarter-final bout to guarantee himself at least another bronze medal. In doing so, he became the first Irish boxer to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games.
For the semi-final, Barnes once again drew Chinese superstar Zou Shiming, who had defeated Barnes in the 2008 semi-finals before taking gold. Barnes gave a fearless performance against the three time World champion, with the judges tying them 15–15 on the scorecards, only for Barnes to lose via a 45–44 countback. Shiming once again went on to win gold.[9]
- Round of 16 – defeated Thomas Essomba
Cameroon 15–10 - Quarter final – defeated Devendro Singh India 23–18
- Semi-final – lost to Zou Shiming China 15–15 / 44–45 (CB)
2014 | Commonwealth Games
As captain of the Northern Ireland boxing team in 2014 at Glasgow, Barnes led the way by winning gold in the flyweight division defeating India's L. Devendro Singh. It was the first time a Northern Irish boxer had successfully defended a Commonwealth title.[1]
The tournament was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. 17 boxers from 17 nations took part.[citation needed]
After the competition, Barnes accepted an honour, the MBE, in the 2015 New Year Honours, for services to boxing and the community in Northern Ireland.[10][11]
2015 | World Series of Boxing
Barnes competed in the WSB for the 2014–2015 season. Along with Michael Conlan, he was drafted by Italia Thunder who he had fought for once in the previous season. His first fight came against Magomed Ibiyev of the Baku Fires, in Baku.
Barnes won with a 49–46, 49–46, 50–44 unanimous decision.[12]
His second fight was another win, this time over Anthony Ortiz as Italia Thunder met the Puerto Rico Hurricanes. The judges scored it 48–47, 49–46, 49–46 as Barnes took another unanimous decision win.[13]
The Hussars of Poland were next up, in Konin. Barnes continued his perfect start to the season with a landslide 50–45, 50–43, 50–45 victory over Sebastien Jagodzinski.[14]
His record for the season went to four wins with four unanimous decisions, when he defeated Kazakh fighter Temirtas Zhussupoy of the Astana Arlans in Kazakhstan.[15] His next fight was with in Maiquetia, with a split decision win over Caciques de Venezuela's Finol Rivas. The judges scored the bout 49–45, 49–45, 47–48 in favour of Barnes.[16]
2016 | Olympic Games
Barnes was also chosen to be the bearer of the Flag of Ireland Tricolour at the 2016 Olympic Games, something that Barnes considered an "incredible honour".[17] At the 2016 Summer Olympics Barnes was defeated 2–1 by Samuel Carmona in the round of 16.[18]
Provincial and National Titles
Barnes lost the Ulster title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He faced Jimmy Moore from Limerick in each of his national finals being runner up in 2006 but winning the All-Ireland title in 2007 and 2008.[19][20][21]
World Series of Boxing record
| 6 fights | 5 wins | 1 loss |
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| By decision | 5 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Team | Opponent (Team) | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Italia Thunder |  Finol Rivas (Caciques de Venezuela)
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SD | 5 | 18 Apr 2015 | Maiquetia, Venezuela
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| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Italia Thunder |  Temirtas Zhussupov (Astana Arlans)
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UD | 5 | 28 Feb 2015 | Almaty, Kazakhstan
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| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Italia Thunder | Sebastien Jagodzinski (Hussars of Poland)
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UD | 5 | 13 Feb 2015 | Konin, Poland
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| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Italia Thunder |  Anthony Ortiz (Puerto Rico Hurricanes)
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UD | 5 | 31 Jan 2015 |  Palermo, Italy
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| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Italia Thunder |  Magomed Ibiyev (Baku Fires)
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UD | 5 | 18 Jan 2015 | Baku, Azerbaijan
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| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Italia Thunder |  Mohamed Flissi (Algeria Desert Hawks)
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SD | 5 | 13 Mar 2014 | Algiers, Algeria
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WSB debut |
Professional career
After his amateur success, Barnes turned professional and made his debut as a bantamweight against Stefan Slavchev on 5 November 2016. Slavchev lifted Barnes into the air during the fourth round, so Barnes won the bout via disqualification.[citation needed]
Professional boxing record
| 5 fights | 5 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Eliecer Quezada
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KO | 6 (10), 3:06 | 18 Nov 2017 |  SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental flyweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Juan Hinostroza
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PTS | 6 | 6 Oct 2017 | Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Silviu Olteanu
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MD | 10 | 17 Jun 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Won vacant WBO European flyweight title |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 |  Adrian Dimas Garzon
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PTS | 6 | 10 Mar 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 |  Stefan Slavchev
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DQ | 4 (6), 2:05 | 5 Nov 2016 | Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Slavchev disqualified for lifting Barnes up |
Marriage
Barnes and Mari Burns, parents of two daughters, wed in July 2017 at St Bernard's Roman Catholic Church, north Belfast.[22]
References
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- ^ a b "Paddy Barnes wins gold at Glasgow". Irish Sun.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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apwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ O'Hara, Eamonn; Hawkins, Thomas (27 July 2007). "McCrory eyes some success in Liverpool". Antrim Boxing. Antrim Boxing.
- ^ "Barnes loses world quarter-final". BBC Sport. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Barnes earns Olympic Games berth". BBC Sport. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ Bernard O'Neill. "IABA Update – Barnes qualifies for 2008 Olympics". Mightgloves. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Barnes 'over the moon' with gold medal". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Home nations boxers in Delhi finals". BBC News. 12 October 2010.
- ^ "LIVE: Paddy Barnes loses Olympic semi-final on countback". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N16.
- ^ 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Paddy Barnes makes up for Michael Conlan loss". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ PALERMO WSB DOUBLE FOR BARNES AND CONLAN – Irish Athletic Boxing Association. Iaba.ie (31 January 2015); retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlon win in Poland, Rte.ie; retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Murphy, Darragh. (28 February 2015) Mixed fortunes in WSB as Paddy Barnes continues streak while Mick Conlan tastes defeat, sportsjoe.ie; retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Barnes and Conlan book places at Rio 2016, Rte.ie; retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Rio 2016 Olympics: Paddy Barnes will be Ireland's flag bearer at Games – BBC Sport. Bbc.com (27 April 2016). Retrieved on 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Paddy Barnes: 'Just as well I got beaten because I would have been embarrassed next week'". Irish Independent. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Peter Scrivener (27 November 2007). "Funding worries for boxer Barnes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ Bernard O'Neill. "EU Championship Preview". Irish-boxing.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Tomás Rohan. "2007 Irish Seniors Preview". Irish-boxing.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
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External links
- Boxing record for Paddy Barnes from BoxRec (registration required)
- Irish Times interview: Barnes not pulling any punches, 24 July 2012
- Profile, marypeterstrust.org; accessed 5 January 2018.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Irish male boxers
- Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Male boxers from Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Light-flyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Ireland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ireland
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- People of the Year Awards winners
- Sportspeople from Belfast
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing