John Joseph "John Joe" Nevin (born 7 June 1988), is an Irish

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. He is a two-time Olympian, and a

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silver medalist.

Early life

John Joseph Nevin was born in

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, and is a member of the

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community. He attended Scoil Mhuire CBS primary school in the town.

Amateur career

2008 , Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament

Nevin qualified for the

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by winning the first Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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2008 , European Union Amateur Championships

Nevin won the 2008 EU Amateur Championships in Cetniewo,

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2008 , Olympic Games

At just 18 years of age, Nevin competed in

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at his first

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. He beat

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9–4 in his first round before being beaten by Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn 9–2 in the round of 16. Enkhbatyn went on to win gold in the final.

2009 , World Amateur Championships

On 9 September 2009, Nevin guaranteed Ireland a historic sixth medal at the

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after he beat China's Yu Gu in Milan. He won his quarter-final 7–5. In the semi-final he lost by 5–4 to Russian Eduard Abzalimov, and so took away a bronze medal.

2011 , World Amateur Championships

At the 2011 World Boxing Championships in

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, Nevin reached the semi-finals after beating Orzubek Shaymov of Uzbekistan 19–17 in the quarter's. Nevin lost to Britain's Luke Campbell in the semi's through a very controversial countback, forcing him to settle for a second World Championship bronze medal. This however was more than enough to qualify Nevin for the 2012 London Olympics.

2012 , Olympic Games

Nevin won his first fight in

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, defeating Denmark's Dennis Ceylan by a wide margin of 21–6. In his second fight of the games he saw off Kazakhstan's Kanat Abutalipov by a margin of 15–10. In his quarter-final bout he beat

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to secure a semi-final place and the guarantee of at least a bronze medal. He reached the final after defeating the reigning bantamweight world champion

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of Cuba, 19–14. In the final however, Nevin lost 14–11 to Britain's Luke Campbell, winning a silver medal in the process. Nevin reportedly said that he wants his legacy from the Games to be "a closer relationship between Travellers and the settled community."

2013: European Amateur Championships

In June 2013 he won a gold medal at the

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in the Bantamweight division.

National Titles

In 2012, Nevin won his fifth straight national senior title, incidentally beating his cousin Michael Nevin 23-3 in the final. Nevin was unable to defend his national title in 2013 because he injured his wrist while sparring in the high performance, the title was taken by Declan Geraghty from Crumlin boxing club. That didn't stop the Irish Amateur Boxing Association from picking Nevin as their #1 choice for the 2013 European Boxing Championships being held in Minsk later that year.

Professional career

Having announced the previous year that he planned on turning professional, Nevin finally did so in 2013. Speaking on 22 October, he said "This is the next step for me. I've done everything I wanted to do in the amateur business, if I could change the colour of the Olympic medal I would but that's done and now it's time to move on and hopefully bring back a world title to Ireland." Nevin signed a management deal with a business sports partnership that includes GreenBlood Boxing from Philadelphia and Berkley Sports & Media from London. Nevin made his professional debut in a

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bout on 17 March 2014 against Alberto Candelaria, winning by unanimous decision.

Personal life

He is married with two children.

Controversy

Nevin has frequently attracted controversy through his involvement in several high profile public order incidents. In 2013, Nevin was arrested and charged following a drunken altercation with his father in a public street in Mullingar. In 2015, Nevin was barred from every public house in his home town of Mullingar by court order, following a violent fracas.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

World Juniors 2006
at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl

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