- Barney Eastwood
Barney Eastwood (b. 1932,
Cookstown ,County Tyrone ,Northern Ireland ) is an Irishboxing promoter andbookmaker .Eastwood was introduced to
boxing through the weekly boxing tournaments at the nearby US air base and by the tutelage of a school teacher of his fromCounty Cork . At 19 years of age Eastwood was married, to his wife Frances, and was living in Carrickfergus running a pub and assist in the running of a local boxing club. In the late 1950s Eastwood was running small boxing shows in Belfast.Eastwood was most notable for promoting the career of
Barry McGuigan , however after McGuigan's surprise defeat toSteve Cruz in Las Vegas, U.S. the relationship between the two soured and this led to a costly and acrimonious legal battle between the two. [cite web | author=Tómas Rohan | title="Barry McGuigan" | work=BBC News | url=http://www.irish-boxing.com/mcguigan.htm| accessdate=28 May | accessyear=2006]During the 1980s and 90s, Eastwood ran "Eastwood's Gym" along with
John Breen on Belfast's King Street. In February 2008 it was announced that Barney Eastwood would be selling his chain of 54 Betting Shops to UK chain Ladbrokes for £135 Million.[cite web | author= | title="Thank you very much for the memories, Mr Eastwood" | work=
Irish Independent | url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/thank-you-very-much-for-the-memories-mr-east-wood-358529.html| accessdate=28 May | accessyear=2006]Notable fighters promoted
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Barry McGuigan
*Crisanto Espana
*Paul Hodkinson
*Noel Magee
*Ray Close
*Dave Boy McAuley
*Victor Cordoba
*Fabrice Benichou References
External links
* [http://www.britishboxing.net/managers_69-Barney-Eastwood.html Profile on Britishboxing.net]
* [http://www.eastwoodbookmakers.com/home/default.asp Eastwoods Bookmakers ]
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