Damaen Kelly pugile

Damaen Kelly (born 3 April 1973) (also incorrectly known as Damien Kelly) is a British former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who competed from 1997 to 2006. He held the IBO flyweight title from 2000 to 2001 and the IBO super-flyweight title in 2004, and once challenged for the IBF flyweight title in 2003. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the British flyweight title in 1999; and the European flyweight title in 2000. As an amateur he represented Ireland in the flyweight division, winning bronze medals at the 1993 World Championships and 1996 European Championships, and reached the quarter-finals of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US.Kelly was born and brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.As an amateur at club level, Kelly fought out of the Holy Trinity Boxing club in the Turf Lodge area of West Belfast. At national level Kelly boxed for Ireland and won the national title five times. During his career fighting for the national team he won a bronze medal at the flyweight division during the 1993 World Championships in Tampere, Finland.Kelly followed that bronze medal with another bronze medal at the 1996 European Championships in Vejle, Denmark. The bronze medal Kelly won at the European Championship in Vejle gave him automatic qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US, where he reached the quarter-finals.