| Gary O'Sullivan | |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Nickname: | The Celtic Warrior |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Reach: | 70+1/2 in |
| Weight: | Middleweight |
| Birth Date: | 1984 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mahon, Cork, Republic of Ireland [1] |
| Total: | 37 |
| Wins: | 31 |
| Ko: | 21 |
| Losses: | 6 |
| Stance: | Orthodox |
Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan (born 14 July 1984) is an Irish professional boxer. Between 2009 and 2017, he held multiple middleweight championships at regional level including the Irish title.
He also acted and performed stunts in the 2007 film Strength and Honour.
O'Sullivan defeated Matthew Hall in a close contest, at Upton Park, London, on 14 July 2012 on the undercard of David Haye vs. Derek Chisora, to win the WBO intercontinental middleweight title.[2]
It was announced following this defeat of Larry Smith that O'Sullivan would take on former world contender Milton Nunez.[3] O'Sullivan, before the fight, described the bout as "the most important fight of my life". He started the fight well with some solid body shots easily claiming the first round. He knocked Nunez down in the second round and ultimately scored an impressive victory, by TKO, over Nunez in the third round.[4]
After a loss to Chris Eubank Jr., O'Sullivan won four straight fights to earn a December 2017 bout against rising prospect Antoine Douglas on HBO. While the fight was meant to be a showcase for Douglas, O'Sullivan won a gritty battle by seventh-round knockout.[5]
After beating Berlin Abreu on 4 May, it was announced that O'Sullivan would be fighting on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II on 15 September. A fight with David Lemieux, a fight that Spike had previously chased in recent years, was mooted but O'Sullivan seemed reluctant to give Lemieux the fight as he had previously turned it down himself. However, after weeks of back and forth verbal jousting online, the fight was officially made with both fighters declaring that they will knock the other out and many tipping it as a potential fight of the night.
O’Sullivan was knocked out in the first round.[6]
In his first comeback fight, O'Sullivan defeated Gabor Gorbics on points in his home country of Ireland.[7]
In his next fight, O'Sullivan recorded his second win in a row, defeating overmatched opponent Khiary Gray in six rounds.[8]
On 11 January 2020, O'Sullivan fought former world champion Jaime Munguia, who was ranked #1 by the WBO and #3 by the WBC at middleweight. O'Sullivan put up a great fight, but in the end Munguia just had too much left in the tank, as he finished the Irishman in the eleventh round via TKO.[9]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Loss | 31–6 | Sofiane Khati | PTS | 8 | 17 Mar 2024 | |||
| 36 | Loss | 31–5 | Erislandy Lara | TKO | 8 (12), | 28 May 2022 | |||
| 35 | Win | 31–4 | Nodar Robakidze | UD | 6 | 29 May 2021 | |||
| 34 | Loss | 30–4 | Jaime Munguia | TKO | 11 (12), | 11 Jan 2020 | |||
| 33 | Win | 30–3 | Khiary Gray | TKO | 6 (10), | 16 Mar 2019 | |||
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Gabor Gorbics | PTS | 8 | 7 Dec 2018 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 28–3 | David Lemieux | KO | 1 (12), | 15 Sep 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–2 | Berlin Abreu | RTD | 3 (10), | 4 May 2018 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Antoine Douglas | TKO | 7 (10), | 16 Dec 2017 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Nick Quigley | TKO | 4 (10), | 30 Sep 2017 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Chauncey Fields | KO | 2 (8), | 13 May 2017 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Ronald Montes | RTD | 3 (8), | 18 Mar 2017 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Jaime Barboza | UD | 8 | 17 Sep 2016 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Chris Eubank Jr. | RTD | 7 (12), | 12 Dec 2015 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | David Toribio | KO | 2 (10) | 10 Oct 2015 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Melvin Betancourt | KO | 2 (10) | 23 May 2015 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Milton Núñez | TKO | 3 (8), | 14 Mar 2015 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Larry Smith | TKO | 2 (6), | 26 Feb 2015 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Anthony Fitzgerald | TKO | 1 (10), | 15 Nov 2014 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Jose Medina | 6 | 5 Jun 2014 | ||||
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Billy Joe Saunders | UD | 12 | 20 Jul 2013 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Tadas Jonkus | TKO | 3 (8), | 3 May 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Matthew Hall | 12 | 14 Jul 2012 | ||||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Paul Morby | PTS | 6 | 10 Mar 2012 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Robert Long | TKO | 1 (10), | 25 Jun 2011 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Ryan Clark | KO | 1 (4), | 21 May 2011 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Sylvain Touzet | TKO | 3 (6) | 26 Jun 2010 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ciaran Healy | PTS | 10 | 14 Dec 2009 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Arturs Jaskuls | PTS | 6 | 25 Jul 2009 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Marcin Piatkowski | 1 (6), | 25 Apr 2009 | ||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jimmy LeBlanc | 4 (8), | 14 Mar 2009 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Idiozan Matos | TKO | 3 (6), | 26 Oct 2008 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Sergejs Volodins | 1 (6), | 13 Sep 2008 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Eugen Stan | 6 | 5 Jul 2008 | ||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Tye Williams | TKO | 1 (4) | 15 Apr 2008 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Robert Harris | TKO | 1 (4) | 15 Mar 2008 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Peter Dunn | 6 (6), | 26 Jan 2008 |