Jon Jo Irwin Explained

Jon Jo Irwin
Realname:John Irwin
Weight:feather/super featherweight
Nationality:English
Birth Date:31 May 1969
Birth Place:Denaby, Doncaster, England
Style:Orthodox
Total:30
Wins:19 (KO 5)
Losses:5 (KO 3)

John Irwin (born 31 May 1969, Doncaster), known as Jon Jo Irwin, is a retired English amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s.

Boxing career

Amateur

As an amateur he represented England and won a gold medal in the -57 kg featherweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] [2]

He also won the prestigious 1991 ABA featherweight championship, against Mark Bowershttp://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=20741&cat=boxer (Pinewood Starr ABC (Crowthorne),[3] boxing out of Tom Hill ABC (Doncaster).[4]

Professional

As a professional won the Irish featherweight title, World Boxing Board (WBB) super featherweight title, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental featherweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British featherweight title against Paul Ingle, and European Boxing Union (EBU) featherweight title against Steve Robinson, his professional fighting weight varied from NaNNaN, i.e. featherweight to 129NaN, i.e. super featherweight.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1990 Athletes. Team England.
  2. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. Web site: 104th ABAE National Championship . https://archive.today/20131023235707/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/19901999/1991/ . dead . 23 October 2013 . abae.co.uk . 31 December 2012 . 1 January 2013 .
  4. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing.
  5. Web site: Statistics at boxrec.com. boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. 1 January 2013.