- Neil Sinclair
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Neil Sinclair Statistics Real name Neil Sinclair Nickname(s) Sinky Rated at Light Middleweight Nationality Northern Irish Born 23 February 1974
Belfast, Northern IrelandStance Orthodox Boxing record Total fights 37 Wins 31 Wins by KO 24 Losses 7 Draws 0 No contests 0 Medal record Men’s Boxing 1992 World Junior Championships Competitor for 
IrelandBronze Montreal 1992 Light Middleweight Commonwealth Games Competitor for 
Northern IrelandGold 1994 Victoria Light Middleweight Neil Sinclair aka Sinky (born 23 February 1974 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional boxer.[1] He usually fights at light middleweight or the divisions either side.
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Amateur career
Sinclair boxed for Ireland as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships at Montreal in 1992 and also won a gold for Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[2][3]
Professional career
Sinclair turned professional in April 1995, winning his first fight at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, in which he knocked out Marty Duke on a card that included Darren Corbett and the final fight in the career of Damien Denny.
In June 2007, Sinclair announced his retirement[4] although he decided to return to boxing within a couple of months.
In May 2009, Sinclair won the Irish light-middleweight title with a stoppage victory over Henry Coyle at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast.
Writing
He writes a regular column for irish-boxing.com, entitled Sinky Says.
See also
References
- ^ "Neil Sinclair". Boxrec Fighter Page. http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=9310. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
- ^ Ulster Council medal winners at Commonwealth
- ^ "World Junior Championships". IABA. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060905005346/http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Olympics-performances.htm. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
- ^ David Kelly. "Battling Neil won't Sinc without trace". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070701072709/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/article2706648.ece. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
External links
- Professional boxing record for Neil Sinclair from BoxRec
Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight 1930 – 2002: up to 67 kg • 2006: up to 69 kg 1930: Leonard Hall (RSA) • 1934: Dave McCleave (ENG) • 1938: Bill Smith (AUS) • 1950: Terry Ratcliffe (ENG) • 1954: Nicholas Gargano (ENG) • 1958: Joseph Greyling (RSA) • 1962: Wallace Coe (NZL) • 1966: Eddie Blay (GHA) • 1970: Emma Ankudey (GHA) • 1974: Mohamed Muruli (UGA) • 1978: Mike McCallum (JAM) • 1982: Chris Pyatt (ENG) • 1986: Darren Dyer (ENG) • 1990: David Defiagbon (NGR) • 1994: Neil Sinclair (NIR) • 1998: Jeremy Molitor (CAN) • 2002: Daniel Geale (AUS) • 2006: Bongani Mwelase (RSA)
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Prizefighter contestants
- People from Belfast
- Boxers from Northern Ireland
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
- British boxing biography stubs
- Sportspeople from Northern Ireland stubs
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