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Boxing At The 2014 Commonwealth Games
Boxing competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland were held from 25 July to 2 August at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and were concluded on 2 August at The SSE Hydro. For the first time ever women's boxing was contested. Medal summary Medal table ;Key: Men's events Women's events Participating nations 46 nations competed, leaving 25 that did not * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * See also * Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics References External linksOfficial results book – Boxing {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 2014 Commonwealth Games 2014 Commonwealth Games events C 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre
The SEC Centre (originally known as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre until 2017) is Scotland's largest exhibition centre, located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the three main venues within the Scottish Event Campus. Since the opening of the original buildings in 1985, the complex has undergone two major expansions; the first being the SEC Armadillo in 1997, and then the OVO Hydro in 2013. The venue's holding company SEC Limited, is 91% owned by Glasgow City Council and 9% owned by private investors. It is probably best known for hosting concerts, particularly in Hall 4 and Hall 3. Development history The Scottish Development Agency first supported the construction of an exhibition centre in Glasgow in 1979. A site at the former Queen's Dock on the north bank of the Clyde at Finnieston, which had closed to navigation in 1969, was selected. Land reclamation wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qais Ashfaq
Qais Ashfaq (born 10 March 1993) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, Ashfaq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career He won the 2012 and 2014 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the Meanwood ABC and Burmantofts ABC respectively. Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 32: Defeated by Chatchai-decha Butdee (Thailand) 3–0 European Games result Baku 2015 *Round of 32: Defeated Georgi Gogatishvili (Georgia) 3–0 *Round of 16: Defeated Selçuk Eker (Turkey) 2–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Omar El-Hag (Germany) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by Dzmitry Asanau (Belarus) 3–0 Commonwealth Games result Glasgow 2014 *Round of 16: Defeated Neo Thamahane (Lesotho) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Joe Ham (Scotland) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Benson Gicharu (Kenya) 3–0 *Final: Defeated by Michael Conlan (Northern Ireland) 3–0 Professional career He tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thulani Mbenge
Thulani Mbenge (born July 15, 1991) is a South African professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career Mbenge was an outstanding amateur before joining the professional ranks, winning the South African junior welterweight championships in 2010 and 2011, and a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ..., Scotland. Professional career As a professional Mbenge has won South African, WBC, IBO and African Boxing Union titles. Professional boxing record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbenge, Thulani Living people 1991 births South African male boxers Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandeep Jangra
Mandeep Jangra (born 19 May 1993) is former Indian amateur boxer and current professional. He won the silver medal at the 2013 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in the welterweight category. He represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the same category and won the silver medal. He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2015. Jangra is coached by Indian boxer Akhil Kumar and supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company. After his third professional bout he was signed to be coached by Roy Jones Jr. Mandeep Jangra has achieved a few major achievements other than Arjuna Award & Silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth games. Notable results include a silver medal at the 2013 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian games. Professional career Jangra made his professional debut on 7 May 2021, winning a four round unanimous decision over Argentina's Luciano Ramos at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee Kissimmee ( ) is the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Fitzgerald (boxer)
Scott William Fitzgerald (born 13 December 1991) is a British professional boxer. At regional level, he held the British super-welterweight title from 2019 to 2020. As an amateur, he won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev .... Professional boxing record References External links * 1991 births Living people English male boxers Welterweight boxers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Preston, Lancashire Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing England Boxing champions Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{England-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Duffy (boxer)
Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator and reality television personality who is currently a co-host of ''The Bottom Line'' on Fox Business, as well as a contributor on Fox News. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. He first gained fame as a cast member on '' The Real World: Boston'', 1998's '' Road Rules: All Stars'' and 2002's '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons'', before going on to serve as district attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin. Early life Duffy was born on October 3, 1971, in Hayward, Wisconsin, the tenth of 11 children of Carol Ann (née Yackel) and Thomas Walter Duffy. Duffy has a marketing degree from St. Mary's University, and a J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law. Duffy started log rolling at age five and speed climbing (sprinting up 60 and 90 foot po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Maxwell (boxer)
Samuel Maxwell (born 17 October 1988) is an English professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth light-welterweight title from 2021 to 2023 and the British light-welterweight title from 2021 to 2022. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career Maxwell started boxing aged 11 at the local Higher Side gym, and went on to join the Solly amateur gym in Liverpool going on to win the ABA Championships. He represented Great Britain from 2012 to 2016 and competed for the British Lionhearts squad at the 2015 World Series of Boxing competition (WSB). He boxed Vasyl Lomachenko twice during the WSB. His wins included Morocco, Algeria, Germany, Kazakhstan and China. He won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished his amateur career in 2016. Professional career Maxwell made his professional debut on 7 October 2016, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Ibrar Riyaz at the Greenbanks Sports Academy in Liverpool. After compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Junias
Jonas Junias Jonas (born 24 November 1993 in Swakopmund) is a Namibian boxer and a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career Jonas attended Vrederede Primary School, Atlantic Junior Secondary and SI Gobs Secondary School, he gained fame in 2014, when he won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games at the age of 20. In the process he became only the fourth Namibian boxer to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He competed in the men's light welterweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was defeated by Hassan Amzile of France in the round of 32. He was the flagbearer for Namibia during the Parade of Nations The Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing, and medal ceremonies. Some of the elements of the modern ceremonies date back to the Ancient Games from .... References External links * * * * * * 1993 births Living people Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Taylor (boxer)
Josh Taylor (born 2 January 1991) is a Scottish professional boxer. He is the WBO and ''Ring'' magazine light-welterweight world champion, having held the ''Ring'' title since 2019, and the WBO title since 2021. He previously held the WBA (Super) title from 2019 to May 2022; the WBC title from 2021 to July 2022; and the IBF title from 2019 to August 2022. At regional level he held the Commonwealth light-welterweight title from 2016 to 2017, and as an amateur boxer he won a lightweight silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and light-welterweight gold at the 2014 edition. From May 2021 to May 2022, Taylor reigned as the undisputed light-welterweight champion, unifying all four major titles in the division and being only the sixth male boxer to do so. With his win over José Ramírez in 2021, Taylor became the second Scotsman to be an undisputed champion and the first Briton to do so in the four-belt era. Nicknamed "The Tartan Tornado" for his aggressive boxing style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (Trinidadian Boxer)
Michael Alexander (born 28 March 1993) is a 60 kg boxer from Port of Spain, Trinidad. He won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in 2013, bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and a third bronze at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. Alexander won a silver medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ..., Colombia. Michael Alexander is the father of Aiden Henrry Ishmael Alexander who was born on the 12th of October 2012 to Michael's first wife Sonia Reid when they were only 18 years old; Subsequently the two divorced and both went their separate ways. In 2019 he Won Bronze at the Pan American Games in Lima Peru. References 1993 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cordina
Joe Cordina (born 1 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who held the IBF super-featherweight title in 2022. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth lightweight titles between 2018 and 2019. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and gold at the 2015 European Championships, both in the lightweight division. He also represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Cordina is of Maltese heritage. In 2015 he had a daughter. Amateur career At the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, he lost in the first round of the lightweight event to Eugen Burhard of Germany by a score of 7–13. In 2012 Cordina won a bronze medal at the European Under-22 Boxing Championships held in Russia. He defeated German boxer Artur Bril in his quarterfinal bout before losing 13–12 to Russian Maksim Shmiglev in the semi-finals. He was eliminated from the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships after losing his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Fitzpatrick (boxer)
Joseph Fitzpatrick (born 4 December 1994) is a professional boxer from Northern Ireland. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a lightweight. Amateur career Commonwealth Games result Glasgow 2014 *Round of 16: Defeated Qhobosheane Mohlerepe (Lesotho) 2–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Nicholas Okongo Okoth (Kenya) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Michael Alexander (Trinidad and Tobago) 3–0 *Final: Defeated by Charlie Flynn Charles "Mailman" Flynn (born 6 November 1993, Lanark) is a professional boxer and Commonwealth gold medalist from Scotland. Amateur career Flynn competed in the men's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the gol ... (Scotland) 3–0 Professional boxing record References External links * 1994 births Living people Male boxers from Northern Ireland Lightweight boxers Southpaw boxers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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