Barry McGuigan

Barry McGuigan fascinates me less for his belts than for what he represented. A featherweight from County Monaghan who carried hopes across a divided Ireland, he became a unifying figure when his country desperately needed one. Winning the WBA title at just 168 centimeters, plus that 1985 BBC Sports Personality award, speaks to ferocity packed into a small frame, hence 'The Clones Cyclone.' What I appreciate most is his second act as a promoter; he never really left the sport. He strikes me as a fighter who understood boxing was as much about people as punches.

Name (English)

Barry McGuigan

Name (Japanese)

バリー・マクギガン

Reading

ばりー・まくぎがん

Born

February 28, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland

Height

168 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• 1985 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
• 2005 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBA World Featherweight Champion
• The Ring World Featherweight Champion

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20McGuigan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AE%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394683

Tags

• County Monaghan
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.