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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 name	John Irwin
Weight(s)	feather/super featherweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	English
Born	(1969-05-31) 31 May 1969 (age 53) Denaby, Doncaster, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	19 (KO 5)
Losses	5 (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

External links

• Boxing record for Jon Jo Irwin from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image - Jon Jo Irwin
• Article - Top boxer Jon Jo helps troubled pupils make a fist of schooldays

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