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Tom Corr
Thomas Corr (born 9 July 1962) is a former amateur boxer. He was born in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... Corr won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Munich, West Germany in the light middleweight division. He also won a bronze medal representing Northern Ireland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. 1982 World championships record *Defeated Dennis Milton, (United States) points 3:2 *Defeated Mirosław Kuźma, (Poland) points 3:2 *Lost to Alexander Koshkin, (USSR) points 5:0 1982 Commonwealth Games record *Defeated David Hall (boxer), David Hall, (Australia) points *Defeated Paul Lewis (boxer), Paul Lewis, (Wales) points *Lost to Shawn O'Sullivan, (Canada) KO Round 2 1984 Olympics record *Defeated Arigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
