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 | Titles | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-04 | Steve Robinson | WDWWWW | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester | EBU European Featherweight Title | LOST Split-decision |
| 1999-02-13 | Alex Moon | WDWWWW | Telewest Arena, Newcastle | BBBofC British Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1998-05-09 | Esham Pickering | WWWWWW | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield | vacant BBBofC British Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1997-10-11 | Paul Ingle | WWWWWW | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield | BBBofC British Featherweight Title Commonwealth (British Empire) Featherweight Title | LOST Corner retirement |
| 1996-12-17 | Ricky Rayner | WLWWDW | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | Commonwealth (British Empire) Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1996-10-11 | Smith Odoom | LWWWWW | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair | vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1996-05-14 | Colin McMillan | WWWWWW | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham | BBBofC British Featherweight Title | LOST Points |
| 1995-12-18 | Elvis Parsley | WLWWLW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | BBBofC British Featherweight Title | WIN Technical knockout |
| 1995-09-20 | Mike Deveney | WLWWWL | Furzefield Leisure Centre, Potters Bar | BBBofC British Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1995-07-17 | Learie Bruce | WLWLLL | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | World Boxing Organisation Inter-Continental Featherweight Title | 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 | WBO Penta-Continental Super Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1994-10-04 | Harry Escott | LLLLWW | Grosvenor House, Mayfair | WBO Penta-Continental Super Featherweight Title | WIN Points |
| 1994-05-10 | Michael Armstrong | WWWWWL | Doncaster Dome, Doncaster | Vacant WBO Penta-Continebtal Super Featherweight Title | 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 | vacant BUI Ireland National Featherweight Title | 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 |
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| 1992-09-08 | Colin McAuley | debut | Doncaster | WIN Points |