- Eamonn Loughran
Infobox_Boxer
name=Eamonn Loughran
realname=Eamonn Loughran
nickname=
weight=Welterweight
nationality= |nationality= flagicon|Northern Ireland Northern Irish
birth_date=birth date and age|1970|6|5
birth_place=Ballymena ,Northern Ireland
home=Ballymena ,Northern Ireland
style=Orthodox
total=30
wins=26
KO=12
losses=2
draws=1
no contests=0|Eamonn Loughran born in
Ballymena ,Northern Ireland is a former professional boxer.cite web | author=Boxrec | title="Eamonn Loughran" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=1055| accessdate=13 March | accessyear=2007Boxrec Fighter Page] He usually fought atlight welterweight orlight welterweight or the divisions either side.Amateur career
As an amateur, Loughran boxed for Ireland and won a
silver medal at the 1987 World Junior Boxing Championships inHavana ,Cuba defeating theCuba n and American fighters on the way to the final. Loughran then turned professional later that year. [ cite web | author=| title="Irish Champions at the World Junior Championships" | work=IABA | url=http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Olympics-performances.htm| accessdate=13 March | accessyear=2007] [ cite web | author=| title="World Junior Championships - Havana, Cuba" | work=EABA | url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps1987.html| accessdate=13 March | accessyear=2007]Professional career
Loughran fought out of the Breen Gym in
Belfast and, in December 1987, fought his first professional fight at theUlster Hall , Belfast,County Antrim , Northern Ireland, in which he beat Glaswegian Adam Muir on a card that included Dave "Boy" McAuley andAndy Holligan . [cite web | author=Tomas Rohan | title="Irish Champions" | work=Irish Boxing | url=http://www.irish-boxing.com/champions.htm# | accessdate=13 March | accessyear=2007]It was five years, during which he fought twenty professional fights, before Loughran challenged for his first title belt.
Loughran is a former Commonwealth
Light Welterweight Title holder and won theWBO Welterweight Title and defended this title five times until he lost toJosé Luis Lopez in March 1996 after which Loughran announced his retirement.Post retirement
Loughran never returned to the ring, or to boxing, after the defeat to Lopez. He now lives in his native Ballymena working in the building and property industry. He is also a keen golfer and plays regularly. [cite web | author=Cormac Campbell | title="Ever wondered what happened to Eamonn Loughran?" | work=Irish Boxing | url=http://www.irish-boxing.com/october03/6_October_2003_Loughran_Interview.htm | accessdate=13 March | accessyear=2007]
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