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Total Fights | 35 |
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Wins | 32 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning eight years, Barry McGuigan fought 35 times with 32 wins and 3 losses.
McGuigan retired from professional boxing with a record of 32-3, which included two featherweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 80% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 35 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in McGuigan's career was a 4th round TKO loss to Jim McDonnell, which was not a world title fight.
His last fight was a 4th round TKO defeat to Jim McDonnell on May 31, 1989.
Some of McGuigan's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Eusebio Pedroza, Bernard Taylor, Danilo Cabrera, Francisco Tomas da Cruz, Julio César Miranda, Nicky Perez, and Valerio Nati.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | May 31, 1989 | 28 | Jim McDonnell | Loss | TKO4 |
34 | Dec 1, 1988 | 27 | Julio César Miranda | Win | TKO8 |
33 | Jun 25, 1988 | 27 | Francisco Tomas da Cruz | Win | TKO4 |
32 | Apr 4, 1988 | 27 | Nicky Perez | Win | TKO4 |
31 | Jun 23, 1986 | 25 | Steve Cruz | Loss * | UD |
30 | Feb 15, 1986 | 24 | Danilo Cabrera | Win * | TKO14 |
29 | Sep 28, 1985 | 24 | Bernard Taylor | Win * | RTD8 |
28 | Jun 8, 1985 | 24 | Eusebio Pedroza | Win * | UD |
27 | Mar 26, 1985 | 24 | Farid Gallouze | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Feb 23, 1985 | 23 | Juan Laporte | Win | PTS |
25 | Dec 19, 1984 | 23 | Clyde Ruan | Win | KO4 |
24 | Oct 13, 1984 | 23 | Felipe Orozco | Win | KO2 |
23 | Jun 30, 1984 | 23 | Paul DeVorce | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Jun 5, 1984 | 23 | Esteban Eguia | Win | KO3 |
21 | Apr 4, 1984 | 23 | Jose Caba | Win | TKO7 |
20 | Jan 25, 1984 | 22 | Charm Chiteule | Win | TKO10 |
19 | Nov 16, 1983 | 22 | Valerio Nati | Win | KO6 |
18 | Oct 5, 1983 | 22 | Ruben Dario Herasme | Win | KO2 |
17 | Jul 9, 1983 | 22 | Lavon McGowan | Win | KO1 |
16 | May 22, 1983 | 22 | Samuel Meck | Win | TKO6 |
15 | Apr 12, 1983 | 22 | Vernon Penprase | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Nov 9, 1982 | 21 | Paul Huggins | Win | TKO5 |
13 | Oct 5, 1982 | 21 | Jimmy Duncan | Win | RTD4 |
12 | Jun 14, 1982 | 21 | Young Ali | Win | KO6 |
11 | Apr 22, 1982 | 21 | Gary Lucas | Win | KO1 |
10 | Mar 23, 1982 | 21 | Angelo Licata | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Feb 23, 1982 | 20 | Angel Oliver | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Feb 8, 1982 | 20 | Ian Murray | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Jan 27, 1982 | 20 | Luis de la Sagra | Win | PTS |
6 | Dec 8, 1981 | 20 | Peter Eubank | Win | TKO8 |
5 | Oct 26, 1981 | 20 | Terry Pizzaro | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Aug 3, 1981 | 20 | Jean-Marc Renard | Win | PTS |
3 | Aug 3, 1981 | 20 | Peter Eubank | Loss | PTS |
2 | Jun 20, 1981 | 20 | Gary Lucas | Win | TKO4 |
1 | May 10, 1981 | 20 | Selvin Bell | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Barry McGuigan (The Clones Cyclone) is a 63-year old retired Irish professional boxer. He was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland on February 28, 1961. He is a former featherweight world champion. McGuigan was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2005. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 1981 to 1989.
McGuigan made his professional boxing debut against Selvin Bell at the age of 20 on May 10, 1981, defeating Bell via 2nd round TKO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on June 8, 1985 after 27 professional fights, against Eusebio Pedroza for the featherweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Pedroza via 15 round unanimous decision to become the featherweight champion of the world.
McGuigan has won two world titles at featherweight. For all the details about McGuigan's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
McGuigan had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jim McDonnell on May 31, 1989. McGuigan lost the fight via 4th round TKO. It's been 34 years, 10 months, and 25 days since this fight.
McGuigan had a total of four world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost one.
Barry McGuigan fought for featherweight world titles once, which he won via unanimous decision. In total, he won two featherweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 8, 1985 | Eusebio Pedroza | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Barry McGuigan had three featherweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 15, 1986 | Danilo Cabrera | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 28, 1985 | Bernard Taylor | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | RTD |
Barry McGuigan lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 23, 1986 | Steve Cruz | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
McGuigan fought a total of 35 times during his professional career, which includes 4 world-title fights at the featherweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
June 8, 1985: McGuigan wins his first world titles by defeating Eusebio Pedroza via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA and The Ring featherweight world champion.
September 28, 1985: McGuigan successfully defends the WBA and The Ring featherweight titles against Bernard Taylor, winning the fight via 8th round RTD.
McGuigan knocked out 28 of his 35 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 80%. Of his total 32 wins, 28 of them were via KO (87.5%).
McGuigan's first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at featherweight. He defeated Eusebio Pedroza via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
McGuigan won two world titles at featherweight.
McGuigan had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.