Tyrone McCullagh
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Nickname | White Chocolate | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1990 Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Tyrone McCullagh (born 9 September 1990) is an Irish former professional boxer. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2010 European Championships[1] and represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he reached the quarter-finals.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]McCullagh was born in Derry.
Away from boxing, he works as a mental health nurse[3] and has acknowledged the work of the NHS on his fight shorts.[4]
An outspoken Irish nationalist, he has stated numerous times that he will not box for the British title despite being in a position to do so.[5]
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]An amateur with Illies GG in Donegal and then Holy Family GG in Belfast, he won the Irish title in 2010[6] and would go on to claim bronze at the European Championships in Moscow that summer. A runner-up at National level twice more, as well as spending time in Kazakhstan as part of the Astana Arlans World Series of Boxing team.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Turning professional having been angered by the politics of the amateur side of the sport,[7] McCullagh made his professional debut on 25 July 2015, in Ellesmere Port, where he scored a second-round knockout (KO) of Tamas Laska.[8]
Following 10 wins, and a move down in weight to super-bantamweight, he secured a shot at the Celtic title versus Scottish champ Joe Ham. McCullagh defeated Ham in Belfast on 30 June 2018, surviving a knockdown in the third round to otherwise dominate the Glaswegian.[9]
McCullagh would then beat English champion Josh Kennedy on 5 October 2018[10] to add the WBO European title to his collection, a belt he would subsequently defend versus Spanish champion Alvaro Rodriguez.[11]
McCullagh returned to featherweight in his next fight to enter The Golden Contract competition and he would win his quarter-final bout on 4 October 2019 at the York Hall, London, versus late replacement Razaq Najib.[12][13] McCullagh was subsequently defeated by Ryan Walsh in the semi-finals at the same venue on 21 February 2020.[14]
Professional boxing record
[edit | edit source]| 15 fights | 14 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 6 | 0 |
| By decision | 7 | 1 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 15 | Loss | 14–1 | United Kingdom Ryan Walsh | UD | 10 | 21 Feb 2020 | United Kingdom York Hall, London, England | The Golden Contract: Featherweight – semi-final |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | United Kingdom Razaq Najib | UD | 10 | 4 Oct 2019 | United Kingdom York Hall, London, England | The Golden Contract: Featherweight – quarter-final |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Spain Álvaro Rodríguez | UD | 10 | 3 May 2019 | United Kingdom Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle, England | Retained WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | United Kingdom Josh Kennedy | UD | 10 | 5 Oct 2018 | United Kingdom Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Won vacant WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | United Kingdom Joe Ham | UD | 10 | 30 June 2018 | United Kingdom SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Won vacant BBBofC Celtic super-bantamweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Nicaragua Elvis Guillén | TKO | 3 (6), 2:10 | 21 Apr 2018 | United Kingdom SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Germany Tom Tran | TKO | 5 (8), 0:55 | 1 Dec 2017 | United Kingdom Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | United Kingdom Craig Derbyshire | DQ | 2 (?) | 16 Sep 2017 | United Kingdom Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Nicaragua José Aguilar | PTS | 4 | 10 Jun 2017 | United Kingdom Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ghana Michael Barnor | PTS | 4 | 3 Mar 2017 | United Kingdom Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Nicaragua Edwin Téllez | TKO | 4 (6), 2:32 | 8 Oct 2016 | United Kingdom Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Latvia Aleksandrs Birkenbergs | PTS | 4 | 25 Jun 2016 | Republic of Ireland National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Latvia Antons Zacests | TKO | 1 (4), 1:43 | 6 Feb 2016 | United Kingdom Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Hungary Bence Sipos | TKO | 2 (4), 0:15 | 21 Nov 2015 | United Kingdom York Hall, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Hungary Tamas Laska | TKO | 2 (4), 1:14 | 25 July 2015 | United Kingdom Ellesmere Port Sports Village, Ellesmere Port, England |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Tyrone McCullagh on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).