Eamonn O'Kane explained

Eamonn O'Kane
Nationality:	Irish
Nickname:	King Kane
Height:	176cm
Weight:	Middleweight
Birth Date:	18 March 1982
Birth Place:	Banagher, County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	17
Wins:	14
Ko:	5
Losses:	2
Draws:	1

Eamonn O'Kane (born 18 March 1982) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 2011 to 2015. At regional level, he held the Irish middleweight title in 2013, and won the Prizefighter series in 2012.

Amateur career

As captain of the Northern Irish team, O'Kane won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the middleweight division.^[1]

Commonwealth Games results

2010

Defeated Ranil Jayathilakage (Sri Lanka) 5–0
Defeated Nathon McKwen (New Zealand) 9–2
Defeated Afaese Fata (Samoa) 7–2
Defeated Keiran Harding (Wales) 12–6
Defeated Anthony Ogogo (England) 16–4

Professional career

In May 2012, O'Kane won the Prizefighter 24: All-Irish Middleweights tournament, defeating Anthony Fitzgerald via split decision in the quarter-finals, Ryan Greene via first-round technical knockout in the semi-finals and JJ McDonagh via unanimous decision in the final.^[2]

Professional boxing record

|-|align="center" colspan=8|17 fights, 14 wins (5 knockouts), 2 losses, 1 draw|-| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|- align=center|Loss|14–2–1|align=left| Tureano Johnson||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|14–1–1||align=left| Lewis Taylor||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|13–1–1||align=left| Ferenc Hafner||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|style="background: #B0C4DE"|Draw|align=center|12–1–1||align=left| Virgilijus Stapulionis||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|12–1||align=left| Álvaro Gaona||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|11–1||align=left| Kerry Hope||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|10–1||align=left| Anthony Fitzgerald||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|9–1||align=left| Gary Boulden||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|align=center|8–1||align=left| John Ryder||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|8–0||align=left| Terry Carruthers||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|7–0||align=left| JJ McDonagh||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|6–0||align=left| Ryan Greene||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|5–0||align=left| Anthony Fitzgerald||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|4–0||align=left| Wayne Reed||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|3–0||align=left| Joe Rea||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|2–0||align=left| Tommy Tolan||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|align=center|1–0|| align=left| Dmitrij Kalinovskij||||align=left||align=left|

Notes and References

Web site: O'Kane achieves Commonwealth dream. 13 October 2010 . 13 October 2010.
Web site: O'Kane takes his chance. 5 May 2012.