Brian Magee was born on 9 June 1975 and is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012.
14 Facts About Brian Magee
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Brian Magee held the WBA super-middleweight title in 2012, and the IBO title from 2001 to 2004.
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Brian Magee won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland in the latter.
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Brian Magee won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
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Brian Magee turned professional in March 1999, and fought Dean Ashton at the Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England on the undercard of a bill that included Damaen Kelly, Michael Brodie and Clinton Woods.
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Brian Magee won his opener knocking out the Stoke man inside two rounds.
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Brian Magee won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super middleweight title in January 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England.
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Brian Magee then won the IBO world super middleweight title and defended it successfully eight times.
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Brian Magee was then defeated in his attempt for the European title.
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On 11 September 2010 Brian Magee defended his European Title against Armenia's Roman Aramian with the Armenian not starting the ninth round.
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Brian Magee challenged IBF Super-Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Canada on 19 March 2011.
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Brian Magee lost the fight to Lucian Bute by TKO in the tenth round.
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On 30 July 2011 Brian Magee captured the interim WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Jaime Barboza in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Brian Magee travelled to Denmark to face "The Viking Warrior" Mikkel Kessler in his home nation with the WBA Super Middleweight Title at stake.