Jon Jo Irwin boxer

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