Irish Heavyweight Champion Candidates

[Marchegiano]

Alright NSB, I've taken to showing my work instead of doing everything myself and then telling y'all about it later. I could say it's to include more community input, but really it's because I have less time for research. When i show some half-done ****, folks tend to finish it for you.

Here I've compiled the most complete list of Irish champions you're going to find online. What y'all need to do is comment on this thread and tell me who should be cut from the list.

Don't know history? Don't worry about, history section has a sister thread. Don't know domestic modern boxing? Stay out of threads I start, they're for more in-depth fans. What I mean is I'm not really asking y'all to look **** up. If you want to, cool, but what I'm really after is the input from a fan who actually gave a **** about the Irish championship in 2010 or a fan who cares about the Irish lineage, that sort of input.



List:

Peter Corcoran 1771

Dan Donnelly 1811

Jack Langan 1823

Simon Byrne 1830

Samuel O'Rourke 1833

Mick Hayden 1842

Yankee Sullivan 1847

Richard O'Baldwin 1866

James Dillon 1874

Paddy Ryan 1878

John Sullivan 1885

James Corbett 1892

Peter Maher 1890

Con Coughlin 1892

Pat Scully 1895

Tom Sharkey 1895

Jem Roche 1905

Packey Mahoney 1905

Bob Brown 1909

Matthew Curran 1909

Dan Voyles 1912

Packey Mahoney 1913

Jem Roche 1913

Con O'Kelly 1914

Bartly Madden 1916

Jim Coffey 1917

Dave Magill 1923

Gene Tunney 1926

Jack Doyle 1932

James Braddock 1935

Tom Currin 1935

Butcher Howell 1938

Ernie Simmons 1940

Chris Cole 1942

Pat Mulcahy 1942

Paddy O'Sullivan 1943

Martin Thornton 1944

Gerry McDemott 1948

Paddy Slavin 1949

Pat Stapleton 1960

Terry O'Connor 1976

Tommy Kiely 1979

Gordon Ferris 1980

Seamus McDonagh 1991

Kevin McBride 1997

Colin Kenna 2008

Coleman Barrett 2010

Martin Rogan 2010

Tyson Fury 2012

Niall Kennedy 2015


All good proper Irish heavyweight champions do ya say? If no one has any arguments for me, then, here y'all go another great resource done by yours truly. You are welcome.

I guess you have to add **** to add an edit line. You can't just do it cause you want to. I was going to add in the reason for editing I didn't actually make this alone and Willow-o-wisp helped a lot.

[REDEEMER]

I think Jack Dempsey was Irish ?

[Marchegiano]

I think Jack Dempsey was Irish ?

**** I did legit forget Dempsey.

The rule is at least one parent or grandparent born on the island of Ireland. So if jack's dad or grandpa can be confirmed from Ireland he can be an Irish champion.

To be clear, I didn't make this up. I got it from the BUI, the current Irish boxing sanctioning body. They formed in 1980 but recognize Irish champions as early as Peter Maher in 1890

I took the BUI's rules and applied it to champions I know of in history. So if Jack fits, if his poppa or grandpa is from Ireland, I'll add him but if not then he's just an Irish-American champion. I know his moms was from Scotland.

[Marchegiano]

William Harrison Dempsey Jack - Geneanet

Short answer is no, he's not Irish enough.

Jack's family, both his father and his mother's side, have been in america since before america revolted.

[Marchegiano]

Oh snap, see, I had forgotten. It's been so long since I did anything like this I forgot going this route is actually the long way.

I forgot, I provoke youse all the time because youse have to be provoked to do anything. That's also why your clickbaits are so clickbaity.

It's cool, I'll just go the classic route and submit to authors.

[mlac]

Why no Mike the rebel Perez ?

[Smash]

what about muhammad irish ali himself & his grand dad Abe Grady, still get a chuckle out of that one

[Marchegiano]

Why no Mike the rebel Perez ?

Not a champion.

what about muhammad irish ali himself & his grand dad Abe Grady, still get a chuckle out of that one

BUI says cut-off is grandfather. Abe is Ali's great.

Clay, Clay Sr., John Grady, then Abe Grady. He's too far removed to count.

[Marchegiano]

Last bump, any input you want to have get it in.

[tsaakiuyr]

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