Who are you looking for?

Install Famoose

Keep Famoose on your home screen or desktop for easy access.

Open this site in Chrome or Edge and look for Install app in the browser menu or address bar. If no install option appears, you can bookmark Famoose instead.

Famoose.co
Appearance
Text size
Page width
Colour
Discover›Sport
Contents
Barry McGuigan
Athlete

Barry McGuigan

Famoose for

Winning the world featherweight boxing title.

World champion · BBC award

Born
28 February 1961
Birthplace
Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland

More people

Lionel MessiLeading Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title.Serena WilliamsWinning 23 Grand Slam singles titles.Usain BoltRunning 100 metres in 9.58 seconds.

Barry McGuigan

Barry McGuigan is an Irish former boxer and promoter known as the Clones Cyclone.

Early life

Amateur beginnings

Trained with clubs in Fermanagh and Monaghan before representing Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Career

  1. 1978

    Commonwealth Games

    Competed for Northern Ireland.

  2. 1980

    Olympics

    Represented Ireland in Moscow.

  3. 1983–1985

    Regional titles

    Held British and European featherweight titles.

Achievements

World champion

Held the WBA featherweight title.

BBC award

Was voted Sports Personality of the Year.

Beyond boxing

Community support

Attracted supporters across Northern Ireland’s sectarian divide and supported children’s cancer charity work.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Sinn Féin. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.