Brian Magee

Brian Magee

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  Ireland
European Amateur Championships
Silver	Minsk 1998	Middleweight
Competitor for  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	Kuala Lumpur 1998	Middleweight

Brian Magee (born 9 June 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is the former WBA super middleweight champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics. As a professional he won the European, WBA(regular), IBO and British super middleweight titles.^[2]

Amateur career

As an amateur Magee fought out of the Holy Trinity Boxing Club in Belfast, and won the Ulster senior title every year from 1995 to 1998.^[3]

Magee represented Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[4]

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.^[4]

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,^[4] 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.^[5] 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.

PED allegations

Brian Magee was suspended for a six months after testing positive for Oxilofrine. He failed a drug test immediately after his fight with Mikkel Kessler in December. The boxer would have incurred a two-year ban had he not proved the unintentional nature of the offence, which he revealed occurred during the build-up to the Kessler fight.^[6][7]

Professional boxing record

36 Wins (24 knockouts), 5 Losses, 1 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	36–5–1	Mikkel Kessler	TKO	3 (12)	12 August 2012	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark	For the WBA World Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	36–4–1	Rudy Markussen	TKO	3 (12)	18 February 2012	Brøndby Hall, Denmark	Retained WBA Interim Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	35–4–1	Jaime Barboza	UD	12 (12)	30 July 2011	Gimnasio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	For WBA Interim Super Middleweight Title
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	34–4–1	Lucian Bute	TKO	10 (12)	19 March 2011	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	For IBF Super Middleweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	34–3–1	Roman Aramyan	UD	12 (12)	9 November 2010	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Retained EBU (European) Super Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	33–3–1	Mads Larsen	RTD	8 (12)	30 January 2010	NRGi Arena, Aarhus, Denmark	Won Vacant EBU (European) Super Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32–3–1	Steve McGuire	KO	8 (12)	13 December 2008	International Centre, Brentwood, Essex, England	Won vacant BBBofC British Super Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	31–3–1	Simeon Cover	TKO	4 (6)	11 July 2008	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	30–3–1	Tyrone Wright	PTS	6 (6)	7 March 2008	Leisure Centre, Nottinghamshire, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29–3–1	Mark Nilsen	PTS	4 (4)	8 February 2008	Leisure Centre, Peterlee, County Durham, England
Draw	28–3–1	Tony Oakey	MD	12 (12)	25 August 2007	The Point, Dublin, Ireland	For BBBofC British Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	28–3–0	Danny Thornton	RTD	2 (6)	8 June 2007	Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	27–3–0	Andrew Lowe	PTS	12 (12)	26 January 2007	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, England	BBBofC British Light Heavyweight title eliminator
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	26–3–0	Paul David	PTS	6 (6)	3 November 2006	Metrodome, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	25–3–0	Carl Froch	KO	11 (12)	26 May 2006	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England	For BBBofC British & Commonwealth Super Middleweight titles
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	25–2–0	Daniil Prakaptsou	TKO	2 (4)	28 January 2006	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	24–2–0	Varuzhan Davtyan	TKO	2 (8)	14 October 2005	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	23–2–0	Vitaliy Tsypko	SD	12 (12)	16 July 2005	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany	For Vacant EBU (European) Super Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	23–1–0	Neil Linford	TKO	7 (8)	26/'11/2004	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	22–1–0	Robin Reid	UD	12 (12)	26 June 2004	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Lost IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	22–0–0	Jerry Elliot	UD	12 (12)	17 April 2004	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21–0–0	Hacine Cherifi	TKO	8 (12)	22 November 2003	King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20–0–0	Omar Eduardo Gonzalez	KO	1 (12)	4 October 2003	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19–0–0	Andre Thysse	TKO	10 (12)	21 June 2003	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18–0–0	Miguel Angel Jimenez	UD	12 (12)	22 February 2003	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17–0–0	Jose Spearman	UD	12 (12)	9 November 2002	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16–0–0	Mpush Makambi	TKO	7 (12)	15 June 2002	Town Hall, Leeds, England	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15–0–0	Vage Kocharyan	PTS	8 (8)	18 March 2002	Leisure Centre, Crawley, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14–0–0	Ramon Arturo Britez	KO	1 (12)	10 December 2001	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England	Retained IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13–0–0	Chris Nembhard	TKO	6 (8)	31 July 2001	York Hall, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12–0–0	Neil Linford	UD	12 (12)	29 January 2001	Leisure Centre, Peterborough, England	Won Vacant IBO Super Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11–0–0	Teymuraz Kekelidze	TKO	4 (10)	11 November 2000	Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10–0–0	Jason Barker	PTS	8 (8)	12 June 2000	Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9–0–0	Pedro Carragher	KO	2 (8)	15 April 2000	York Hall, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8–0–0	Darren Ashton	TKO	5 (8)	20 March 2000	Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7–0–0	Rob Stevenson	TKO	6 (8)	21 February 2000	Elephant And Castle Centre, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6–0–0	Terry Morrill	TKO	4 (6)	12 February 2000	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5–0–0	Michael Pinnock	TKO	3 (6)	16 October 1999	Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4–0–0	Dennis Doyley	TKO	3 (4)	13 September 1999	York Hall, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3–0–0	Chris Howarth	TKO	1 (4)	22 June 1999	Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2–0–0	Richard Glaysher	TKO	1 (4)	22 May 1999	Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1–0–0	Dean Ashton	TKO	2 (4)	13 March 1999	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England

World titles

References

External links

• Official Brian Magee website
• Professional boxing record for Brian Magee from BoxRec
• British Boxing