Philip Sutcliffe Sr. Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Cllr
Philip Sutcliffe
Office:	Dublin City Councillor
Term Start:	June 2024
Constituency:	Ballyfermot–Drimnagh
Party:	Independent Ireland
Birth Date:	10 November 1959

Philip Sutcliffe (born 10 November 1959) is an Irish politician, former boxer and two-time Olympian. He competed at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games.^[1] Additionally, he was the winner of four national titles in Ireland, two at bantamweight and one each at lightflyweight and flyweight, as well as bronze medals in two successive European Amateur Boxing Championships, in Germany in 1977 and 1979.^[2]

His son Philip Sutcliffe Jr. is also a notable boxer.^[3]

Sutcliffe contested the local electoral areas of Ballyfermot–Drimnagh and Kimmage–Rathmines for Independent Ireland in the 2024 Dublin City Council election.^[4] He was elected for the Ballyfermot–Drimnagh area.^[5]

1980 Olympic results

Below is the record of Philip Sutcliffe, an Irish bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) by decision, 0-5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phil Sutcliffe Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/phil-sutcliffe-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Yard Barker. Sports-reference.com . 22 August 2016.
2. Web site: Thomas MylerBoxing . Sutcliffe driving Crumlin back into limelight . Independent.ie . 23 February 2005 . 22 August 2016.
3. News: Sutcliffe Jr suffers first career defeat. RTÉ Sport . 7 May 2016 . 22 August 2016.
4. Web site: Nominations of Candidates for the Dublin City Council Local Elections 2024. www.dublincity.ie. 16 May 2024.
5. Web site: Garvey . Maurice . 10 June 2024. Local Elections: Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste loses seat . 11 June 2024 . Echo.ie . en.