Paddy Barnes
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| Paddy Barnes | |
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| Real name | Patrick Barnes |
| Rated at | light-flyweight |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Birth date | 9 April 1987 |
| Birth place | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
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Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, (b. 9 April 1987) is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has qualified to represent Ireland in the light-flyweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Provincial and national titles
Barnes, represents the Holy Family ABC in Belfast and has won the Ulster title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He has faced Jimmy Moore from the St. Francis club in Limerick in each of his national finals being runner up in 2006 but winning the All-Ireland title 2007 and 2008.[1][2][3]
[edit] Commonwealth Games and Championships
Barnes represented Northern Ireland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Barnes was defeated in the quarter finals by Swaziland's Simanga Shiba, although Barnes had been leading at the half way point.[4]
In 2007, Barnes suffered an eye injury the EU Boxing Championships which stopped him from winning a medal, later in the year in July 2007, Barnes competed at the 2007 Commonwealth Federation Championships in Liverpool, England. Both Barnes and fellow Northern Irish fighter Eamon O’Kane both won gold medals in their respective divisions at the event. Barnes defeated India's Nanao Singh in his final.[5][6][7]
[edit] World Amateur Boxing Championships
At the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago Barnes missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by China's Shiming Zou in the quarter finals, Zou went on to win the gold medal. However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.[8][9][10]
[edit] World Amateur championship results
2007 (in Chicago)
- Defeated Choi Jon Chuk (North Korea) 33-19
- Defeated Sadegh Zade Faraj (Iran) RSCO3 (30-10)
- Defeated Kenji Ohkubo (Japan) 24-6
- Lost Shiming Zou (China) 22-8
[edit] References
- ^ Peter Scrivener. "Funding worries for boxer Barnes". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ Bernard O'Neill. "EU Championship Preview". Irish-boxing.com. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ Tomás Rohan. "2007 Irish Seniors Preview". Irish-boxing.com. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ John Haughey. "NI games struggle was no surprise". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Boxing Grabs the Sporting Headlines". Sport Northern Ireland. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ ABA. "Commonwealth Championships - Liverpool, England". ABA. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ David Kelly. "Barnes hopes to lead bid for triple whammy". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Barnes loses world quarter-final". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Barnes earns Olympic Games berth". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ Bernard O'Neill. "IABA UPDATE (BARNES QUALIFIES FOR 2008 OLYMPICS BUT DONOVAN AND EGAN BOW OUT)". Mightgloves. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
