Jon Jo Irwin boxer
- bouts
- 24
- won
- 19
- lost
- 5
- draw
- 0
- Status
- inactive
- Division
- featherweight
- Debut
- 1992-09-08
- Height
- 5′ 8″/173cm
- Reach
- -
- Age
- -
- Born
- 1969-05-31
- Death
- -
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
John Irwin (born 31 May 1969, Doncaster), known as Jon Jo Irwin, is a retired English amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s.As an amateur he represented England and won a gold medal in the -57 kg featherweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.He also won the prestigious 1991 ABA featherweight championship, against Mark Bowers (Pinewood Starr ABC (Crowthorne), boxing out of Tom Hill ABC (Doncaster).As a professional won the Irish featherweight title, World Boxing Board (WBB) super featherweight title, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental featherweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British featherweight title against Paul Ingle, and European Boxing Union (EBU) featherweight title against Steve Robinson, his professional fighting weight varied from .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}124+3⁄4 lb (56.6 kg; 8 st 12.8 lb), i.e. featherweight to 129 lb (59 kg; 9 st 3 lb), i.e. super featherweight.
Date | Opponent | Last Opponents' Results | Place | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999-12-04 | Steve Robinson | WDWWWW | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester | LOST Split-decision |
1999-02-13 | Alex Moon | WDWWWW | Telewest Arena, Newcastle | WIN Points |
1998-05-09 | Esham Pickering | WWWWWW | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield | WIN Points |
1997-10-11 | Paul Ingle | WWWWWW | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield | LOST Corner retirement |
1996-12-17 | Ricky Rayner | WLWWDW | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | WIN Points |
1996-10-11 | Smith Odoom | LWWWWW | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair | WIN Points |
1996-05-14 | Colin McMillan | WWWWWW | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham | LOST Points |
1995-12-18 | Elvis Parsley | WLWWLW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Technical knockout |
1995-09-20 | Mike Deveney | WLWWWL | Furzefield Leisure Centre, Potters Bar | WIN Points |
1995-07-17 | Learie Bruce | WLWLLL | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Technical knockout |
1995-06-30 | Manuel Calvo | WWWWLW | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | WIN Unanimous decision |
1994-12-13 | Bamana Dibateza | WWLLWL | Furzefield Leisure Centre, Potters Bar | WIN Points |
1994-10-04 | Harry Escott | LLLLWW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Points |
1994-05-10 | Michael Armstrong | WWWWWL | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | WIN Points |
1994-01-22 | Derek Amory | LWLWLL | Kings Hall, Belfast | LOST Technical knockout |
1993-12-21 | Peter Harris | LLWLLL | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Points |
1993-10-06 | Peter Buckley | LLLLLL | Conference Centre, Solihull | WIN Points |
1993-04-28 | Kevin Middleton | LLWWWW | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull | LOST Technical knockout |
1993-03-16 | Colin McAuley | LLWLLL | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WIN Points |
1993-02-23 | G G Goddard | LLDLLL | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | WIN Technical knockout |
1993-01-20 | Mark Hargreaves | WLWWWL | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull | WIN Technical knockout |
1992-11-24 | Colin Lynch | LLLWLL | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | WIN Technical knockout |
1992-09-30 | Miguel Matthews | LLLLLL | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull | WIN Points |
1992-09-08 | Colin McAuley | debut | Doncaster | WIN Points |