Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride
McBride (right) vs. Andrew Golota, 2007
Statistics
Real name	Kevin Martin McBride
Nickname(s)	The Clones Colossus
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Reach	80 in (203 cm)
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1973-05-10) 10 May 1973 Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	46
Wins	35
Wins by KO	29
Losses	10
Draws	1

Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is an Irish professional boxer^[1] who is best known for defeating Mike Tyson in 2005. As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

McBride debuted in December 1992, with a draw against Gary Charlton. In 1997, he defeated Paul Douglas to win the All-Ireland Heavyweight Title, and in 2002 he defeated Craig Tomlinson to add the IBC Americas Heavyweight Title. McBride currently resides in the heavily Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester in Boston and trains in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts.^[1]

McBride's career-defining performance was a victory over Mike Tyson, former undisputed world heavyweight champion, via a 6th-round TKO on 11 June 2005 when Tyson quit the fight by informing the referee that he would not be able to continue to round Seven in the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.^[2] The aged Tyson explained in a post fight interview that his heart wasn't into the sport any more.^[3] Tyson announced his retirement after the bout, saying "I'm not going to disrespect the sport anymore by losing to this caliber of fighter".^[4]

McBride in his corner during the Andrew Golota fight at the Madison Square Garden in October 2007.

McBride has suffered six losses by knockout—including twice against fighters with losing records. Since his fight with Mike Tyson, McBride beat Byron Polley, then suffered three upset losses. The first loss was against Mike Mollo, a second-round knockout loss. The second loss was against Andrew Golota, a sixth-round technical knockout loss after Golota skilfully worked a cut he had opened up over McBride's eye. After three years inactivity, McBride, the 'Clones Colossus', attempted a comeback in an eight rounder on 10 July 2010 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, but lost every round-and the bout-in an upset to cruiserweight veteran Zack Page, a journeyman with a losing record as a professional. Despite standing 6 ft 6 in and weighing 282 pounds to Page's 6 ft 0 in and 205 pounds, McBride was outworked and out punched by his smaller, faster, more aggressive opponent.^[5]

On 9 April 2011 McBride fought former cruiserweight and light heavyweight world champion Tomasz Adamek for the IBF International Heavyweight and NABO Heavyweight Championship belts at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek won a 12-round unanimous decision.

His most recent defeat was on 29 July 2011 against Polish boxer Mariusz Wach, during a boxing gala held at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut. It was Mcbride's third consecutive defeat against a Polish boxer, having lost earlier to Andrzej Gołota and Tomasz Adamek. It is speculated that McBride will announce the end of his boxing career.

McBride's nickname, "The Clones Colossus", recalls Barry McGuigan's sobriquet "The Clones Cyclone".

Professional boxing record

35 Wins (29 knockouts, 6 decisions), 10 Losses (7 knockouts, 3 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	35–10–1	Mariusz Wach	KO	4	29 July 2011	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	WBC International Heavyweight Title. McBride knocked out at 2:25 of the fourth round.
Loss	35–9–1	Tomasz Adamek	UD	12	9 April 2011	Newark, New Jersey, United States	IBF International/WBO NABO Heavyweight Titles. 108–119, 107–120, 108–119.
Loss	35–8–1	Matt Skelton	UD	3	9 October 2010	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Prizefighter Tournament Heavyweight Semi-final. 28–29, 28–29, 28–29.
Win	35–7–1	Franklin Egobi	SD	3	9 October 2010	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Prizefighter Tournament Heavyweight Quarter-Final. 29–28, 29–28, 28–29.
Loss	34–7–1	Zack Page	UD	8	10 July 2010	🇺🇸Poughkeepsie, New York]], United States	72–80, 72–80, 74–78.
Loss	34–6–1	Andrew Golota	TKO	6	6 October 2007	New York City, United States	IBF North American Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the sixth round.
Loss	34–5–1	Mike Mollo	TKO	2	7 October 2006	Rosemont, Illinois, United States	WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:44 of the second round after McBride was knocked down three times in the fight.
Win	34–4–1	Byron Polley	TKO	4	1 April 2006	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the fourth round.
Win	33–4–1	Mike Tyson	TKO	6	11 June 2005	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	Referee stopped the bout after the sixth round. Tyson retired after the fight.
Win	32–4–1	Kevin Montiy	TKO	5	18 March 2005	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the fifth round.
Win	31–4–1	Marcus Rhode	KO	3	4 December 2003	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	30–4–1	Lenzie Morgan	KO	1	9 August 2003	Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
Win	29–4–1	Najee Shaheed	TKO	9	17 March 2003	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	IBC Americas Heavyweight Title.
Win	28–4–1	Craig Tomlinson	KO	3	25 October 2002	Revere, Massachusetts, United States	IBC Americas Heavyweight Title. Tomlinson knocked out at 2:31 of the third round.
Win	27–4–1	Reynaldo Minus	KO	3	26 July 2002	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	26–4–1	Gary Winmon	TKO	2	24 May 2002	Revere, Massachusetts, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the second round.
Loss	25–4–1	DaVarryl Williamson	TKO	5	18 January 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:48 of the fifth round.
Win	25–3–1	Rodney McSwain	PTS	10	3 November 2001	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Win	24–3–1	Willie Phillips	PTS	10	11 August 2001	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Win	23–3–1	Domingo Monroe	KO	1	26 June 1999	Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	22–3–1	Michael Murray	TKO	3	11 April 1998	Southwark, London, United Kingdom
Win	22–2–1	Yuriy Yelistratov	TKO	1	22 November 1997	Manchester, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the first round.
Loss	21–2-1	Axel Schulz	TKO	9	30 August 1997	Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany	McBride was knocked down in the ninth round.
Win	21–1–1	Paul Douglas	TKO	5	2 June 1997	Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	BBBofC Northern Ireland area/Irish Heavyweight Titles.
Win	20–1–1	Stoyan Stoyanov	TKO	1	28 April 1997	Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Loss	19–1–1	Louis Monaco	TKO	5	7 February 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:44 of the fifth round.
Win	19–0–1	Tui Toia	TKO	2	14 January 1997	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:25 of the second round.
Win	18–0–1	Roger McKenzie	TKO	6	3 December 1996	Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Win	17–0–1	Shane Woollas	TKO	2	6 November 1996	Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win	16–0–1	Steve Garber	TKO	7	2 July 1995	Dublin, Ireland	Referee stopped the bout at 2:17 of the seventh round.
Win	15–0–1	Atelea Kalhea	KO	1	13 May 1995	Sacramento, California, United States
Win	14–0–1	Jimmy Harrison	TKO	1	22 April 1995	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	13–0–1	Carl McGrew	TKO	5	4 March 1995	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	12–0–1	Carl Gaffney	TKO	1	7 February 1995	Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Win	12–0–1	John Lampre	TKO	1	10 December 1994	Portland, Maine, United States
Win	11–0–1	Dean Storey	TKO	3	12 November 1994	Dublin, Ireland
Win	10–0–1	Graham Arnold	TKO	2	24 September 1994	Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	9–0–1	James Truesdale	TKO	3	26 August 1994	Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Win	8–0–1	Stanley Wright	PTS	6	17 June 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	7–0–1	Roger Bryant	TKO	1	4 June 1994	Reno, Nevada, United States
Win	6–0–1	Edgar Turpin	TKO	1	6 May 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:02 of the first round.
Win	5–0–1	John Harewood	TKO	3	1 December 1993	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	4–0–1	John Harewood	TKO	3	1 December 1993	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	3–0–1	Chris Coughlan	PTS	4	13 October 1993	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	2–0–1	Joey Paladino	KO	2	15 September 1993	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Paladino knocked out at 2:32 of the second round.
Win	1–0–1	Gary Williams	PTS	4	13 February 1993	Manchester, United Kingdom	40–39.
Draw	0–0–1	Gary Charlton	PTS	6	17 December 1992	Barking, London, United Kingdom

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Kevin McBride from BoxRec