Finbar PatrickMcGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961) is an Irish boxing promoter and former professional boxer. Born in Clones, Ireland, McGuigan was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone and held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 to 1986. At regional level he also held the British and European featherweight titles between 1983 and 1985. In 1985, McGuigan became BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In 2005 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
McGuigan founded, and is the current president of, the Professional Boxing Association (PBA).[1]
He is the founder and CEO of Cyclone Promotions.
McGuigan is a dual citizen of both Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Irish former featherweight world champion BarryMcGuigan. He has two brothers and a late sister, Nika. McGuigan grew up in rural Kent, England near Whitstable...
win led the Belfast Telegraph to liken him to a "reincarnation" of BarryMcGuigan. In December 2010, Frampton won his first professional title, the BBBofC...
known. McGuigan was also a respected songwriter. His son, BarryMcGuigan, was world featherweight boxing champion in 1985–1986. Pat McGuigan became known...
McGuigan is a Gaelic surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: Andy McGuigan (1878–1948), Scottish soccer player Barry McGuigan...
signed a promotional contract with BarryMcGuigan's Cyclone Promotions. Under the guidance of Barry's son, Shane McGuigan, she made her professional debut...
BarryMcGuigan World Championship Boxing is a British video game released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Thomson MO5 and ZX Spectrum by the...
including Hugh Russell, Neil Sinclair, BarryMcGuigan, Paddy Barnes and Carl Frampton.[citation needed] McGuigan was training by Storey from the age of...
included the Jamaican and Australian national football teams. In 1985, BarryMcGuigan defeated Eusebio Pedroza for the World Boxing Association featherweight...
members Salvador Sanchez, Eusebio Pedroza, Azumah Nelson, Wilfredo Gomez, BarryMcGuigan, Kostya Tszyu & Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. He retired in 1999 with a record...
Atlas." Atlas also worked the corners of featherweight world champion BarryMcGuigan in one fight and light heavyweight Donny Lalonde. Lalonde was a top-ranked...
James Joyce, W B Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Best, Alex Higgins and BarryMcGuigan, plus some of Northern Ireland's most famous politicians. Flatiron Building...
years. Amongst the boxers he later promoted were BarryMcGuigan and Dave McAuley. However, after McGuigan's surprise defeat to Steve Cruz in Las Vegas, United...
Sevens (Steff) Shane Warne's ball of the century (Mike) BarryMcGuigan (Elis) Life Of Evel (Mike), McIlvanney On Boxing (Elis), In Sunshine or in Shadow (Steff)...
championships three times, losing to International Boxing Hall of Fame members BarryMcGuigan, Azumah Nelson and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., respectively. Cabrera beat...
pianist on the show. She co-presented Charity Lords of the Ring alongside BarryMcGuigan in August 2009. After this she took maternity leave. She began filming...
Boxing Association (WBA) and lineal featherweight title by defeating BarryMcGuigan on June 23, 1986 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in a 15-round unanimous...
BBC Panorama broadcast a report on Kinahan's involvement in boxing. BarryMcGuigan spoke of intimidation in boxing. Daniel Kinahan denied the allegations...
switched trainers from Adam Booth to Shane McGuigan, son of former WBA featherweight champion BarryMcGuigan. On 24 November 2015, Haye and his new promotion...
hosted by Nick Weir and Lisa Rogers, and featured former boxing champion BarryMcGuigan as the referee. Instead of the typical challenges as seen on the US...
successful Irish boxer BarryMcGuigan gave his manager, Barney Eastwood, at the end of successive bouts. The single 'featured' lines by McGuigan, Ronald Reagan...
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