Jon Jo Irwin

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.

Jon Jo Irwin
Statistics
Real nameJohn Irwin
Weight(s)feather/super featherweight
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
NationalityEnglish
Born (1969-05-31) 31 May 1969
Denaby, Doncaster, England
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins19 (KO 5)
Losses5 (KO 3)
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland featherweight

Boxing career

Amateur

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.[1][2]

He also won the prestigious 1991 ABA featherweight championship, against Mark Bowers (Pinewood Starr ABC (Crowthorne),[3] boxing out of Tom Hill ABC (Doncaster).[4]

Professional

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 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.[5]

References
  1. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "104th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
  5. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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