| Kevin McBride | |
| Realname: | Kevin Martin McBride |
| Nickname: | The Clones Collosus |
| Weight: | Heavyweight |
| Reach: | 80 in |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Birth Date: | 1973 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 46 |
| Wins: | 35 |
| Ko: | 29 |
| Losses: | 10 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is an Irish former professional boxer[1] who is best known for defeating Mike Tyson. As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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. Tyson quit the fight at the end of Round 6 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 anymore.[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".
McBride has suffered seven 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 and weighing 282 pounds to Page's and 205 pounds, McBride was outworked and out punched by his smaller, faster, more aggressive opponent.[4]
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.
McBride ended his career after losing to Mariusz Wach on 29 July 2011 during a boxing gala held at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut.
McBride's nickname, "The Clones Colossus", recalls Barry McGuigan's sobriquet "The Clones Cyclone".
He is married to Danielle Curran. The couple share two children, a daughter and son.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Loss | Mariusz Wach | KO | 4 (12), | 29 Jul 2011 | ||||
| 45 | Loss | 35–9–1 | Tomasz Adamek | UD | 12 | 9 Apr 2011 | |||
| 44 | Loss | 35–8–1 | Matt Skelton | UD | 3 | 9 Oct 2010 | |||
| 43 | Win | 35–7–1 | Franklin Egobi | 3 | 9 Oct 2010 | ||||
| 42 | Loss | 34–7–1 | Zack Page | UD | 8 | 10 Jul 2010 | |||
| 41 | Loss | 34–6–1 | Andrew Golota | TKO | 6 (12), | 6 Oct 2007 | |||
| 40 | Loss | 34–5–1 | Mike Mollo | TKO | 2 (12), | 7 Oct 2006 | |||
| 39 | Win | 34–4–1 | Byron Polley | TKO | 4 (10), | 1 Apr 2006 | |||
| 38 | Win | 33–4–1 | Mike Tyson | 6 (10), | 11 Jun 2005 | ||||
| 37 | Win | 32–4–1 | Kevin Montiy | TKO | 5 (10), | 18 Mar 2005 | |||
| 36 | Win | 31–4–1 | Marcus Rhode | KO | 3 (10) | 4 Dec 2003 | |||
| 35 | Win | 30–4–1 | Lenzie Morgan | KO | 1 (10) | 9 Aug 2003 | |||
| 34 | Win | 29–4–1 | Najee Shaheed | TKO | 9 (12) | 17 Mar 2003 | |||
| 33 | Win | 28–4–1 | Craig Tomlinson | KO | 3 (12), | 25 Oct 2002 | |||
| 32 | Win | 27–4–1 | Reynaldo Minus | KO | 3 (10) | 26 Jul 2002 | |||
| 31 | Win | 26–4–1 | Gary Winmon | TKO | 2 (10), | 24 May 2002 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 25–4–1 | DaVarryl Williamson | TKO | 5 (8), | 18 Jan 2002 | |||
| 29 | Win | 25–3–1 | Rodney McSwain | PTS | 10 | 3 Nov 2001 | |||
| 28 | Win | 24–3–1 | Willie Phillips | PTS | 10 | 11 Aug 2001 | |||
| 27 | Win | 23–3–1 | Domingo Monroe | KO | 1 (?) | 26 Jun 1999 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 22–3–1 | Michael Murray | TKO | 3 (8), | 11 Apr 1998 | |||
| 25 | Win | 22–2–1 | Yuriy Yelistratov | TKO | 1 (8), | 22 Nov 1997 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 21–2–1 | Axel Schulz | TKO | 9 (10) | 30 Aug 1997 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Paul Douglas | TKO | 5 (10), | 2 Jun 1997 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Stoyan Stoyanov | KO | 1 (6) | 28 Apr 1997 | |||
| 21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | Louis Monaco | TKO | 5 (6) | 7 Feb 1997 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Tui Toia | TKO | 2 (8) | 14 Jan 1997 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Roger McKenzie | TKO | 6 (6) | 3 Dec 1996 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Shane Woollas | KO | 2 (8) | 6 Nov 1996 | |||
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Steve Garber | TKO | 7 (8), | 2 Jul 1995 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Atelea Kalhea | KO | 1 (6), | 13 May 1995 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Jimmy Harrison | TKO | 1 (?) | 22 Apr 1995 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Carl McGrew | TKO | 5 (6), | 4 Mar 1995 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Carl Gaffney | TKO | 1 (6), | 7 Feb 1995 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | John Lampre | TKO | 1 (6) | 10 Dec 1994 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Dean Storey | TKO | 3 (6) | 12 Nov 1994 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Graham Arnold | TKO | 2 (6) | 24 Sep 1994 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | James Truesdale | TKO | 3 (?) | 26 Aug 1994 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Stanley Wright | 6 | 17 Jun 1994 | ||||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Roger Bryant | TKO | 1 (4), | 4 Jun 1994 | |||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Edgar Turpin | TKO | 1 (4), | 6 May 1994 | |||
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | John Harewood | 3 (4) | 1 Dec 1993 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Chris Coughlan | PTS | 4 | 13 Oct 1993 | |||
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Joey Paladino | 2 (4), | 15 Sep 1993 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Gary Williams | 4 | 13 Feb 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Gary Charlton | 6 | 17 Dec 1992 |