Tyrone McCullagh

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Tyrone McCullagh
Personal information
Nickname
White Chocolate
NationalityIrish
Born (1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 35)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight
Boxing career
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights16
Wins14
Win by KO6
Losses2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Moscow Featherweight

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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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