Gabriel Dossen Explained
Gabriel Dossen |
Nickname: | Black Assassin |
Weight: | Middleweight |
Nationality: | Irish |
Birth Date: | 1999 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ivory Coast |
Style: | Southpaw |
Gabriel Dossen (born 29 November 1999)[1] is an Irish amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships.[2] [3] [4]
Boxing career
Dossen fights out of the southpaw stance.[5] He currently fights under the Olympic Boxing Club in Galway having formerly fought with the Furbo Boxing Club in Spiddal.[4]
Dossen won bronze in the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships as a light welterweight and bronze at the 2017 EUBC European Youth Championships.[6] On 30 May 2022, he won middleweight gold at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[7] [8]
Personal life
Dossen was born in Ivory Coast and moved to Ireland at a young age.[2] [9] [10] [7] He currently lives in the Knocknacarra area of Galway where he works at Tesco and is a business studies student at .
Notes and References
- Web site: AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016. 25 April 2023. iba.sport.
- Web site: BoxRec: Login. 25 April 2023.
- Web site: Gold for Ireland as Ireland's Gabriel Dossen becomes the new European middleweight champion. independent.
- News: Gold for new European champion Gabriel Dossen. The Irish Times.
- Dossen opens Ireland account with European win. Ed. Leahy. 23 May 2022. www.rte.ie.
- Web site: AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016. Medallist by Weight Category. 25 April 2023. iba.sport.
- Dossen grabs gold at European Championships. Rob. Wright. 30 May 2022. www.rte.ie.
- Web site: Gold for Galway's Gabriel Dossen in European Championships. T. J.. Galvin. 30 May 2022. Irish Examiner.
- Web site: Galway's Gabriel Dossen wins gold at European Championships. Gavan. Casey. The42. 30 May 2022 .
- Web site: Galway fighter floors the odds in lifting Irish crown. Stephen. Glennon. connachttribune.ie.