Gary Cully ('The Diva') pugile

Gary Cully (born 26 January 1996) is an Irish professional boxer who has held the Irish lightweight title since 2020. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Championships and fought at the 2014 Youth World Championships.And then I think Rio didn’t help... and then seeing Mick Conlan being robbed as well... I’ve seen it in the National Stadium over the years, but when I saw how hard Michael trained for the Olympics, to go out and be robbed like that on the biggest stage – in front of the whole world, like – that was a big thing as well, yeah.—Cully discussing his motivations for turning pro earlyCully began boxing at the age of seven at St David's Boxing Club in Naas. He won gold in the flyweight event of the 2013 European Youth Championships in Rotterdam, defeating Masud Yusifzada of Azerbaijan in the final and taking home the Best Boxer Award. He then represented his country at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships in Sofia, making his debut in the bantamweight class. He lost his first match by split decision to Ukrainian Voldymyr Fedora, who would eventually fall to Peter McGrail in the quarter-finals.