Eamonn O'Kane (born 18 March 1982) is a former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
from Northern Ireland who competed from 2011 to 2015. At regional level, he held the
Irish
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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middleweight title in 2013, and won the
Prizefighter series
The Prizefighter series was a professional boxing tournament created by boxing promoter Barry Hearn and aired on Sky Sports. The format has an initial eight fighters, who compete in four quarter-finals of rounds (number and length of the rounds i ...
in 2012.
Amateur career
As captain of the Northern Irish team, O'Kane won the gold medal at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...
in the middleweight division.
Commonwealth Games results
2010
*Defeated Ranil Jayathilakage (Sri Lanka) 5–0
*Defeated Nathon McKwen (New Zealand) 9–2
*Defeated Afaese Fata (Samoa) 7–2
*Defeated Keiran Harding (Wales) 12–6
*Defeated
Anthony Ogogo (England) 16–4
Professional career
In May 2012, O'Kane won the
Prizefighter 24: All-Irish Middleweights tournament, defeating Anthony Fitzgerald via split decision in the quarter-finals, Ryan Greene via first-round technical knockout in the semi-finals and JJ McDonagh via unanimous decision in the final.
Professional boxing record
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:OKane, Eamonn
1982 births
Living people
Male boxers from Northern Ireland
Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Middleweight boxers
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Boxers from County Londonderry