Freddie Gilroy boxer

Freddie Gilroy boxer
bouts
31
won
28
lost
3
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
bantamweight
Debut
1957-02-09
Height
-
Reach
-
Age
80
Born
1936-03-07
Death
2016-06-28
Nationality
United Kingdom

Frederick Gilroy (7 March 1936 – 28 June 2016) was a Northern Irish boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at Bantamweight. As a professional, he took the Commonwealth (British Empire) and European Bantamweight titles in 1959 and contended for the World Bantamweight Title in 1960.Frederick Gilroy was born on 7 March 1936 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Getting an early career start, he joined the St. John Bosco amateur boxing club at the age of nine.At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won a bronze medal in bantamweight boxing. After a first round bye, Gilroy defeated Boris Stepanov of the Soviet Union by a third-round knockout. He then beat Mario Sitri of Italy on points, before losing to Wolfgang Behrendt of Germany on points.Johnny Morrisey fell to Gilroy in an eighth round knockout in Belfast on 17 September 1958 in the second round eliminator for the Commonwealth Bantamweight title.On 10 January 1959 he defeated Peter Keenan decisively in an eleventh round TKO in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to take the Commonwealth (British Empire) Bantamweight title. Most effective in the match was Gilroy's left hook. Keenan was floored in the third by a left hook, and was down for an eight count in the eighth. In the tenth, Keenan was twice down for counts of nine, before a towel from his corner signaled the end of the bout. Keenan, the former champion, fought courageously to stay in the bout as long as he did.On 3 November 1959 he took the EBU European Bantamweight title from Italian Piero Rollo in a narrow fifteen round points decision in Wembley, London.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1962-10-20 Johnny Caldwell WWWWLW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1962-06-05 Rene Libeer LWLWDW Empire Pool, Wembley WIN
Points
1962-03-03 Billy Rafferty WLWWLW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1961-05-27 Pierre Cossemyns WWLWWW Palais des Sports, Brussels LOST
KO
1961-04-29 Boualem Belouard LWLDDD Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1961-04-12 Jackie Brown WWWWWL Ice Rink, Paisley WIN
KO
1961-03-23 Billy Calvert WDDLLW The Stadium, Liverpool WIN
Points
1961-01-31 Ugo Milan WDLDLD Royal Albert Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1960-10-25 Alphonse Halimi WLWWWW Empire Pool, Wembley LOST
Points
1960-04-25 Ignacio Pina LWLWWD King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester LOST
Points
1960-03-19 Billy Rafferty WWWWWW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1959-12-05 Bernie Taylor WWWWWW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1959-11-03 Piero Rollo WWWDWW Empire Pool, Wembley WIN
Points
1959-09-15 Mario D'Agata WWWWLL Empire Pool, Wembley WIN
Points
1959-06-02 Al Asuncion LWWWWL Empire Pool, Wembley WIN
Points
1959-04-15 Charles Sylla DLWLLW Kelvin Hall, Glasgow WIN
KO
1959-03-07 Jacques Colomb WWLWLD Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1959-01-10 Peter Keenan WWWLWL Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1958-10-29 Jose Luis Martinez LWWWWW Kelvin Hall, Glasgow WIN
Points
1958-09-17 Johnny Morrisey WWLWWW Kelvin Hall, Glasgow WIN
KO
1958-06-30 George Bowes WWWDWW Engineer's Club, West Hartlepool WIN
Points
1958-05-21 Kimpo Amarfio DWLLLW Kelvin Hall, Glasgow WIN
Points
1958-03-08 Pierre Cossemyns WWLWWL Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1957-10-05 George O'Neill LLLWWL Ulster Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1957-06-26 Jose Alvarez LWLLLL Firhill Park, Glasgow WIN
Technical knockout
1957-05-22 Archie Downie WLWWW Firhill Park, Glasgow WIN
KO
1957-04-13 Terry McHale WLLLWW Belfast WIN
KO
1957-03-30 Jim Cresswell WLWWLL Ulster Hall, Belfast WIN
KO
1957-03-16 Jackie Tiller WWWWWL Ulster Hall, Belfast WIN
Points
1957-02-23 Danny McNamee LLLLL Belfast WIN
KO
1957-02-09 Derek McReynolds LLD Ulster Hall, Belfast WIN
KO